Dear Brother and Sisters in Scouting With this letter the WFIS-World Council turns with a personal request to you. Used or new scout uniforms and neckerchiefs...
Hi! Recently, my troop hosted a troop from Toronto when they visited Boston. They attended Merit Badge University at Harvard, visited the Museum of Science and...
Sounds like my son's Troop :) I know they were in Boston in March *G* Unfortunately my son couldn't make it as he had a specialist's appointment on one of...
Ham Radio at Nighthike. Vancouver, BC I'll be at the Church Parking Lot with the Ham Radio set up. We will also have another set up at Site 22. Demonstrated...
Klaus asked me to post this: Hallo all Thank you for your respond. Actually they do not have a homepage yet. May they can do it in a couple of weeks, but I'm...
... Hash: SHA1 ... I second the motion: City visits like this create a strong sense of team among the members of the troop. They are also a signature event...
I have 2 questions directed at people with experience with being a scout leader 1. is it possible to have a troop with only female leaders? I know it's...
Actually funnily enough these questions came up recently at a training session I was a course co-coordinator at. Ok according to BP&P: 4008.6 – Co-Ed...
-> I know some male leaders that won't take a girl camping unless they have a female adult with them, I know others who prefer to have a female adult present...
And can any group in any province do it, or it usually the eastern Canada that does it? I'm in Manitoba and have heard about it, and think it's a great idea, ...
... You can do anything you want to.... :-) The stem tags are in the Scout Shop catalog so it is a legit fundraiser. There are various permutations of it....
Check out the Ham radio Station set up on the tonight at the Church Parking lot and at Site 22 of Pacific Spirit Park. Church Parking Lot St. Anselm's Church ...
Apple Day or Tag Day. From what I know (out West), it started as a PR for scouting to give back to the community. The youth would polish up the apples and hand...
Apple Day is alive in Ontario, despite the desire to drop it and go to only Scout Popcorn. I remember Apple Day as always being a fundraiser. Initially it was...
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... Hash: SHA1 ... Apple Day is a strange beast from a policy standpoint: It's not an Official Fundraiser of Scouts Canada, but SC sells Apple Day crests and ...
Apple Day started in the Maritimes back in the 1930s, so it's been around awhile, and I always thought everyone did it, though I'm obviously mistaken on that. ...
My recollection (not 100% reliable) is that it used to be an official fundraiser with centralized purchasing of apples and money collected going up to higher...
The Voyageur Council commiccioners quality award requirements include a reference to apple day: 6. ____ Fund Raising The Company participates in Apple...
Apple day was a bummer this year. They had it on the same day as JOTA and here in Vancouver an Lower Fraser Valley ESS exercise taking the hams away from JOTA....
You don't have to do apple day on the "official" day. Our village has an artists festival around apple day time, which draws in the rich tourists from Ottawa....
... Hash: SHA1 ... So not only is there membership decline, but search volume decline! There is a notable spike every September, which is not surprising. It is...
There's the same decline if you change the search terms to "boy scouts" or "boy scouts america". For "boy scouts", you can filter it for just the U.S. and get...
... Hash: SHA1 Hello everyone, Any Coleman whisperers[*] out there? One of my troop's Peak 1 Feather 442 single-burner stoves has a problem: Fuel sometimes...
... Our Troop owns 10 Peak1 Featherlites. I have converted any that needed it to single control lever. (eliminating the notorious "swing arm"). Your stove...
... Hash: SHA1 ... Notorious!?! I much prefer the model 400A (with "swing arm" simmer control). I will gladly trade a 400A stove for a newer 400B or 442 or ...
... The (flame control) swing arm is part of the generator. It's one more place for fuel to leak. The single lever control for fuel supply and flame control...