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Anti-Bullying with the RCMP
Tonight in Beaver Scouts we had a special guest from the RCMP who came to discuss bullying with the youth. We make sure to have an anti-bullying night every year with the Beaver Scouts as it truly is one of the most important lessons the youth must learn. After some good questions about bullying, the … Continue reading
Tail Ceremony–A Celebration of Growth
Tonight was the Tail Ceremony for our Wednesday night Beaver Scouts, and once again the weather was perfect! As most of our colony are returning members, the kids were really excited to get their new tails! We hiked through the Exploits River Canyon Lookout trails looking for nature and stopping at all the lookout platforms. … Continue reading
2012 Popcorn Kick-off!
Tonight was our 2012 Scout Popcorn kick off. All of our Beavers, Cubs and Scouts were invited along with their parents to see what Scout Popcorn is all about. Most of the information in the presentation will be available on our website this weekend, but we did capture a few of the best moments on … Continue reading
Welcome (back) to Beaver Scouts!
After a long three months off it was AWESOME to get back to Beaver Scouts! Tonight we had a smaller group but they were all excited to be back. We started off by talking about some of the changes we can expect in Beaver Scouts this year as the program is revamped. A big part … Continue reading
It’s Phone Book Time Again!
We cancelled this week’s Beaver Scout meetings in order to give the Beaver Scouts a bit of extra time to get their phone books delivered. Next week we will be working with the Exploits Valley Search & Rescue team to provide the Beaver Scouts with some potentially lifesaving training on what to do in the … Continue reading
Helping Take Care of the World
Tonight our Brown and Blue Tail Beaver Scouts went above and beyond to be true to their promise to “help take care of the world”. The Beaver Scouts spent the evening cleaning up the land around the Memorial United Church, and ended up collecting two big garbage bags full of litter! This is an annual … Continue reading
Fit Kids with Fundamentals
Tonight we were lucky enough to have Jason from Fundamentals as our special guest. Jason led the Beaver Scouts in a Fit Kids workshop, and everyone had a BLAST! After the exercises he challenged the kids to a mummy wrapping contest, and the video below really tells the story! Can’t say enough about the team … Continue reading
Emergency First Aid
As Scouters we always strive to “be prepared” for any situation, and having emergency first aid certification is pretty important for the activities we like to do! So on Saturday, perhaps the nicest day so far this spring, we volunteered to spend the day inside sharpening our life-saving skills at Keyin College. Along with the … Continue reading
Beaver Buggy Race!
Tonight was the MUCH anticipated Beaver Buggy race! As a special treat, Baloo visited from our Cub Scout pack and set up the computer to time the races. This is the first time we have ever timed the Beaver Buggies and the kids were pretty excited! Rusty took some pictures that I’ll post soon. Sunshine … Continue reading
CIBC After Hours Bank Tour
Normally if you run into a bank at 6:00pm the nice police officers come and take you to prison, but not tonight! The wonderful staff at CIBC hosted our Beaver Scout Colony for a tour of the bank. The Beaver Scouts split up into two groups and the team at CIBC let them explore every … Continue reading