Some of our most recent events included collecting food for the Friends in Need Food Bank in Maple Ridge, sailing in English Bay, holding our annual advancement ceremonies, hosting a family camp at Camp Whonnock, sleeping over at the Vancouver Aquarium, and visiting the 4Cats Art Studio.
[Jun] We congratulate three of our Scouts for receiving their Chief Scout Award!
Matthew, Teowyn and Thenuja earned the required Outdoor Adventure Skills, completed the needed volunteer hours over their time in Troop, and completed a community service project.
[Mar-Apr] We’ve had a very busy early spring! Beavers went canoeing, tree planting and attended the Beaveree; Cubs went to Camp Blacktip, went fishing and attended the Cuboree where they got to try archery; Troop cleaned up Kanaka Creek, attended Min-Jam in Gibson’s BC, and helped out at this year’s Beaveree!
[Jan-Feb] This winter has been extremely busy for 1st Haney. All sections have been camping, with Troop back-packing at the BCIT Woodlot, Cubs also stayed in Woodlot, Beavers attended the Area Sleepover and Science World Sleepover, and Venturers & Rovers went to Rovent in Manning Park! Beavers and Cubs also went snowshoeing on Mt. Seymour, and Cubs tried out Curling at the local curling club. Beavers had some messy fun at the 4 Cats Art Studio in Maple Ridge.
We held our annual Baden Powell Founder’s Day Banquet at Camp Whonnock. Over 125 in attendance to celebrate this special day in the Scouting calendar. Bars to the Medal of Good Service were awarded to Christ and Phil Goncalves, with the Medal of Good Service awarded to David Meunier and Colin Morrow.
[Dec] In August of 2017, Scouter Byron along with others raced to the scene of an accident, rescuing a family of 5 from a burning car, adminstering CPR, and ultimately saving their lives. This special act of heroism resulted in Scouter Byron being awarded the Silver Cross, one of Scouts Canada highest honors for valor. Caitlyn Piton our National Youth Commissioner came out to help with the presentation.
New stories here:
https://www.mapleridgenews.com/video/witness-account-to-pitt-meadows-accident-it-was-on-fire-on-impact/
https://www.langleyadvance.com/news/heroes-honoured-for-saving-family-from-burning-suv-in-pitt-meadows/
[Dec] We entered a float in the Maple Ridge Christmas Parade and took 1st place!!! Our snow machine, the great costumes on our kids, and the enthusiastic signing put us over the top! Shoutout to some of our youth who helped the Maple Ridge Christmas Parade Committee by serving hot chocolate and popcorn in the park during all the festivities.
[Sep-Dec] Great start to our season. We began with our all-section Kick-Off Camp at Whonnock, followed by a few hikes, canoeing, shoreline cleanup, indoor rockwall climbing, laser tag, bowling, and more camps!
[May-Jun] Group was very busy during the final stretch of the 2016/17 season, which included a couple canoeing adventures, sailing, our annual Group Family Camp at Whonnock, bike hikes, attending Jamboree on the Trail with youth from all around the Lowermainland, bowling, laser tag, campfires, and more!!!
Already looking forward to the upcoming 2017/18 season… with the Group at 95% capacity as of June 28th, this are looking way-way up!
[May-6] For a second year running 1st Haney completed an official Good Turn Week project at the Ridge Meadows Hospital. Partly funded by Scouts Canada, we were able to revitilize existing spaces in the front of the hospital, the Oncology garden and the Alouette garden.
Here is a write-up about the project on the Scouts Canada GTW site: http://one.scouts.ca/goodturnweek/all-project-list/hospital-garden-improvement-project/
