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ScouterRhonda — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:47:37 CDT

2nd Berwick Cubs is a thriving pack. We are preparing to start up a new year, 4 leaders, 1 Kim, and 1 Activity Leader. We have a busy year planned learning knots, building Kub Kars, doing compass work, hiking and camping. We just received a new Kub Kar track last year that was donated - and look forward to having fun using it. We will be going on hikes, swimming, campfires, more camping and lots of fun in the coming months. The Pack has been around for a lot of years and its size has varied from the large group of about 60 boys (2 packs) to a small group of 10, and last year had 21 boys and girls. We meet at the Berwick Baptist Church on Tuesday nights from 7-8:30pm.

ScouterRhonda — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:43:42 CDT

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JimJotcham — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:21:41 CDT

We have 4 Rovers in 2007-2008 and 1 Crew Advisor (Scouter Tom).

Our Crew does not have regular meetings, but actively participates at most major Scouting events. Two of our members (Daniel and Dedra) are Colony leaders with 2nd Berwick.

Scouters Tom and Jim were invested at the Crew Wood Badge 1 course in Dartmouth on Jan 12/08.
Rovers Sam (Samantha) and Kyle were invested at the Winter Camp on Feb 9-10/08.
Rovers Daniel and Dedra were invested during at the Kings Camporee May 9/08.

Sam and Tom took the Crew section-specific course in January 2008 and received woggles.

Kyle completed his Core and Outdoor Skills courses in Bridgewater on June 20/22 2008.

ScouterRhonda — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:26:50 CDT

Leaders:
Rhonda Sawler (Akela) 538-7151
Vicki Oickle (Mang)
Todd Dempsey (Hathi)
Robert Chittick (Bagheera)
Randy Smith (Kim)
Drew Schoonhoven (Activity Leader)

JimJotcham — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:15:32 CDT

Feb 2008 - Kings Venturer Winter Camp - all you can eat & great friends.

Feb 2008 - Our linking camp - a great place to live, but it had a pesky Cub infestation.

Mar 2008 - Curling event with 2nd Berwick Troop, Company, and Crew participation.

Mar 2008 - Venturers Walter & Ryan at our bushcraft/survival camp - no tents, tarps, or ropes!

April 2008 - Walter walking the rope on the obstacle course.

April 2008 - Assorted advisors sitting around the campfire while manning the gate at the Halifax SAR Eco-Endurance Challenge,a Rogaine event.

May 2008 - providing gate security at the Kings Camporee at Blomidon Provincial Park.

JimJotcham — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:10:40 CDT

2008

Feb 8-10 Kings Venturer Winter Camp at Camp Hiawatha / major social event; 55 participants

Feb 15-16 2nd Berwick Linking Camp at Camp Hilles / sleeping in a snowbank

Feb 20 Group Banquet / 3 Queen's Venturers announced: Daniel, Nicole, Peter (= Walter)

Mar 13 Curling followed by bonfire at Jim's

Mar 14-15 Winter survival camp / bushcraft at '25 acres' in Lawrencetown Anna Co.

Apr 4-6 Boot Moot at Camp Harris

Apr 25-27 Offer of Service at Halifax SAR Eco-Challenge (a.k.a. Rogaine)
- provided 24-hour emergency shelter, first aid, water, and radio contact for participants
- worked the main gate

May 9-11 Offer of Service at Camporee at Blomidon Provincial Park
- provided gate security

May 28 - Hike and weiner Roast to Crystal Falls (S. of Greenwood).

May 31 Hotdog sale (Jamboree fundraiser) at the Apple Blossom Parade

Jun 4 - Beach Sweep and weiner roast at Harbourville (Bay of Fundy)

Jun 5-6 Offer of Service to Kings Mini-Alert
- provided score-keeping and first aid

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July 25-27 Splash! at Camp Mush-a-mush

September - Operation Alert at Camp Nedooae

JimJotcham — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:10:51 CDT

Special thanks to the Knights of the Crimson Cross for investing 2 of our Rovers
(Sam & Kyle) at a very memorable midnight investiture at the winter camp.

April 2008 - Kyle while at the Halifax SAR Eco-Endurance Challenge. Zzzzz...

ScouterRhonda — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:06:10 CDT

At the top of Cape Split '06	Bronco ride - Mini Alert '04
New Kub Kar Track '08	Mang getting ready to race 08
Thanks to Bryan & Mark for the new track '08	The Pack with the new Kub Kar Track 08
Campfire at Winter Link Camp '08	Climbing the rocks at the family closing at the shore - '05
Fall hike to Crystal Falls '06	Everyone at the Winter Link Camp '08
Mini Alert '04	Cubs stocking shelves at Foodbank '07
Whittling at Winter Camp '06	Snowshoe races at Winter link camp '08
Footprint found on hike '07	Scoutrees planting '06
Tug-O-War at Mini Alert '04	Adding beads & paint to Leather Crafts
Even salamanders were at camp	All sections represented at Link Camp '08
Great hike at Noggin's Corner '07	Lunchtime at the top of Cape Split '06

MichelleBull — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:36:39 CDT

April 2006, Camp Henry. "Light Weight Camping" SW Nova Trip, Whale Watching off Brier Island

SW Nova Trip, 2005, trapped at Fort Anne SW Nova Trip. Group shot

SW Nova Trip, 2005, Trapped like lobsters SW Nova Trip, 2005, schooner launch at Museum

MichelleBull — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:14:52 CDT

Award winners at our annual BP week banquet, February 2008. Back row, left to right: Robert Chittick, certificate of commendation, Peter (Walter) Bull, Queen's Venturer Award, Randy Smith, Chief Scout Award, Ivan Rafuse, Bar to the Medal of Merit, Terry Clarke, certificate of commendation, 20 year service award, Rhonda Sawler, 20 year long service award. Middle Row: Vicki Oickle, Medal of Good Service, Bradley Sanford, Chief Scout Award, top popcorn seller, Samantha MacCallum, top popcorn seller. Front Row, Nicole Palmer, Queen's Venturer Award, Rhea Sanford, Top popcorn seller. Missing: Daniel Bull, 5 years service, Queen's Venturer, Theresa Rafuse, 15 years long service, Ross Skinner, 5 years service.

2nd Berwick Group Annual Report
September 1, 2006 - August 31, 2007

Scouting in Berwick had a good year in 2006 - 07. Our membership remained fairly stable, at 33 youth and 16 adults and once again we offered an active Scouting program, from Beavers to Venturers, and participated fully in area events, several provincial events and even a national event. It is probably the quality of the program last year, as well as some increased advertising, that has led to a 33 % increase in youth membership in the current Scouting year (2007-08).
The Scouting program is based on the idea of learning by doing, particularly in the outdoors. We held or attended at least 16 camps in 2006-07. These included three Cub camps, winter and summer, plus Mini-Alert, eight Scout camps, including Kings Camporee, provincial Alert and Pre-Jam camps, New Brunswick’s Star Trek camp, and Canadian Jamboree, and at least seven Venturer camps, including camporee, Alert, RAVE, Kings Venturer Winter Camp (run by our leader Jim Jotcham), PJ and CJ. We also had several hikes and other outings, including canoe outings. We also participated in regional and area Kub Kar races and area 18 Wheeler Races.
Other outings our groups went on include trips to the Valley Waste Management Centre, the local fire hall, swimming at the youth centre, bowling, the Oaklawn Farm Zoo, the Discovery Centre in Halifax, an inter company Venturer challenge in Halifax, curling and a sleepover at Roos for the Venturers, besides trips to local beaches and woodlands. Our group was also active and visible in the community, attending the Remembrance Day parade, the Santa Claus parade, and church parade during Scout/ Guide week, besides doing many, many fundraisers. These included our traditional ones of apple day, popcorn and Scoutrees, plus the Gala Days booth and Apple Blossom Festival booth, and many hotdog sales, bottle drives and car washes.
The highlight of the year for 8 Scouts, 2 Venturers and 4 leaders was undoubtedly our attendance at the Canadian Jamboree outside Montreal, a most rewarding experience and one we will remember for a lifetime. Participants had the opportunity to try many new things and to hone their camping skills, besides meeting people from all over Canada and around the world.
Service to the community is an integral part of the Scouting movement and 2006-07 was no exception to this. Our Cubs made up shoe boxes for Samaritan’s Purse and helped at the food bank. Scouts did a school yard clean up and canvassed for the Red Cross. Together with Venturers they helped with the Town of Berwick’s haunted house and did the highway clean up for the Women’s Institute. Venturers also provided a check point at the provincial search and rescue training, did a beach sweep and served at the Lieutenant Governor’s garden party. And of course, individual members, both youth and leaders, did a wide variety of volunteer work in the community.
We strongly believe in ensuring that our leaders and youth are properly trained. All the 2nd Berwick leaders have done the wood badge I training for Scouting and a good proportion of them have done wood badge II as well. All our leaders have at least St. John Ambulance standard first aid training, as do all the Venturers and second and third year Scouts. Some of our leaders are trainers and help with area and provincial training events, including one first aid trainer. We also help to lead the annual sixer/second, patrol leader/assistant patrol leader, and Venturer executive training courses and encourage our youth leaders to attend.
We are happy to report that many of our leaders are active at an area level and even beyond, in putting on Scouting events of various types.
Some of our members were honoured in 2006-07. Two of our Scouts earned their Chief Scout Awards. We also awarded our leaders a 15 year pin, 3 certificates of commendation, and 3 Centennial medals.

MichelleBull — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:04:21 CDT

Our Beaver Colony meets every Monday evening from 6:30 - 7:30 at the Berwick Baptist Church. We have 10 Beavers this year and 4 leaders.

Beavers are our youngest members, ages 5-7. Using crafts and games, Scouting develops their social skills. We have lots of guest speakers, tours, and even an occasional sleepover.

MichelleBull — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:03:08 CDT

2nd berwick has 4 active Scout leaders and 6 Scouts, ( 5 of 3rd year and 1 of 2nd year).Two of our 3rd years have finished off everything for their Chief Scout award. Congrats Randy and Bradley.
We meet Wed. night from 7-9 pm at the Anglican Church Hall

canoe trip on Annapolis River, fall 2007

JimJotcham — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:02:08 CDT

We have 5 Venturers (Walter, Nicole, Jackie, Ryan, and Greg) in 2007-2008
and two Company Advisors (Scouters Jim and Kirk).

We meet every Wednesday evening at 7:00 pm at the Berwick United Church.

Sometimes Rovers join us at our meetings. Scouter Tom is always there.
(the Company & Crew are tightly linked).

In 2007-2008 we proudly put forward three Queen's Venturers - Daniel, Nicole, and Walter.
Daniel is a first-year Rover, and completed the QV requirements this year.

scouterdale — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:56:41 CST

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scouterdale — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:14:09 CST

Nova Scotia Scouts
Scouts Canada

ScouterRhonda — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:05:10 CST

Berwick, Nova Scotia has a very active scouting program starting from Beavers, to Cubs, then Scouts, on to Venturers, and now has an active Rover crew. This covers youth from age 5 to 26 with a scouting program that started in 1907 in England. It started in North America in 1908 right here in Nova Scotia at Port Morion.

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