Scouting Background Checks

I've posted an article that talks about the ins and outs of Scouting background checks, see Background Checks and Scouting.

Registration Night - September 9th!

Come one, come all ...

ATTENTION ALL FUTURE and RETURNING BEAVERS, CUBS, SCOUTS and VENTURERS!

The 433rd Toronto Scout Group is holding our 39th Annual Registration Night on:

• Tuesday, September 9, 2008
• 7:00 – 8:30 pm
• St. Luke’s United Church (located at the corner of Kipling and The Kingsway)
• Registration Fee $135.00
  

Beavers: Ages 5 – 7, Kindergarten – Grade 2
Cubs: Ages 8 – 10, Grades 3 - 5
Scouts: Ages 11 – 14, Grades 6 – 9
Venturers: Ages 14 – 17, Grades 10 - 12

Beavers and Scouts meet Wednesday nights, Cubs and Venturers on Tuesday nights at St. Luke’s. Scouting is for girls and boys.

Come and sign up for a great year of friendship, camping, outdoor fun and adventure, games, learning, Cuborees and Beaverees, and much more!

Parents: Are you interested in being a leader or a Group Committee member or just helping out from time to time? Do you have a hobby or special interest you would like to share? Come
and talk with our current leaders on Registration Night, and find out how you can also get involved.

The mission of Scouting is to help youth achieve physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potential, not only as individuals but also as responsible citizens. For more information please visit www.gtc.scouts.ca or call 416-233-2937.

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A printable version of this can be found here.

Swimup Camp at Wye Marsh (June 21st)

Information on the swim-up camp has been sent out. It is also available for download here.

Please note that fees for Beavers are different from the other sections as listed above. Please contact your leaders.

Thanks!

Family Picnic Day at Woodland Trails - Sunday, June 29, 2-7pm

The GTC is having a family picnic day on Sunday, June 29th at Woodland Trails near Ballantrae/Stouville. A rain date has been set for July 6th.

This event is open to individual families - it is not a group run event.

Registration forms are available here. Registration runs into June but there is a bonus for registration before May 9th.

Directions to Woodland Trails are available here and a map is here.

Also please see the notes on parking and shuttle buses.

Polite Comments are Welcome, Spam is Not

This is the closest thing to a policy on Commenting, Spam, and offensive language in comments.

Annual Humber West Hobby Show

The annual Hobby Show for The Alders, Humber West , and Old Mill will be on Saturday, April 5th from 1-3pm at St. Lukes United Church.

The Hobby Show is open to all sections. There are individual and group projects. Only one project can be entered per category - there are over 120! Youth compete within their section and age. There will be lots of awards.

Click on the links below were updated on March 21:

1. Hobby show flyer.
2. Letter to parents.
3. Details on the classes (categories) and the Venturer competition.
4. Details on the competition rules.
   
5. Details of the classes and rules in one file (#3 and #4).
   

We will be receiving entries the evening before the show. (Time to be updated).

There is also this year the Venturer Digital Challenge.

Baden Powell Banquet

Our annual banquet honouring Baden Powell will be held on Wednesday, February 20th at St. Lukes United.

There will be food and prizes.

Before dinner the Beaver Buggy, Cub Kar, and Scout 18-wheeler races will be run.

See your section leaders for details.

Scout Christmas Tree Sales

The 433rd's annual Christmas tree sales are now running on weekends. For more information on hours, check here.

We are located at St. Lukes United Church on the south east corner of The Kingsway and Kipling Avenue.

This year we have Fraiser Firs, Balsam Firs, White Spruce, and Douglas Fir (instead of the usual Scotch Pine).

Please come out and support the 433rd.

Thank you and Merry Christmas!

Browser beware: Next Blog

The 433rd blogs are hosted by Blogger (a Google service). Part of that service includes the Blogger Navigation bar at the top.

Please note that the 433rd does not control where the Next Blog link will take you.

Current reports indicate there is ongoing abuse of blogging services to post objectionable materials. Some of these so-called spam blogs contain viruses and malware. If you do find yourself on a page with objectionable materials, please report it via the FLAG BLOG link (also on the Navigation bar).

At this time, we strongly recommend not using the Next Blog link.

Update: Google has been taking action to clean this up. There is a good article, here.

Nonetheless - use with care.

Enter the Bat Page ...

So that we can keep this blog focused on significant group announcements and events, I've set up The Bat Page as a place to post articles on scoutcraft, resources, and related interest.

Thanks, Mang

Using Web Feeds for blog headlines

Readers of blogs (and online newspapers) can take advantage of technology that delivers headlines to you dynamically. Dynamic feeds are provided by standard services called RSS and Atom.

For those of you who aren't familiar with how to use these feeds, look at the bottom of this blog, you should see a subscription link.

Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)"

Both Internet Explorer (and Firefox) support subscribing to feeds. After clicking on the subscription link should you should see plain version of recent blog articles with a box at the top inviting you to subscribe that includes a link saying "Subscribe to this feed" (or a "Subscribe Now" button).

By default, Internet Explorer will put your feed into a folder called "Microsoft feeds" and displayed under feeds in your favorites centre (and similarly, Firefox will add the or Live Bookmark to your book marks tool bar along with "Firefox Aids").

Just click on the feed icon and you should see recent article titles in on a page (or as a list of book marks). It's a great way to keep up to date.

Welcome

Welcome to the unofficial blog of the 433rd Toronto Scout Group.

We hope to use the blog as a tool to improve communication between the Group leadership, our youth and their parents.

In the near future we will be posting articles and announcements to the blog including event notifications, helpful links, and other useful information.

Just a few things to remember:

• Everything posted here is publicly available - anyone can read it
• Comments are allowed; however, this blog is moderated and all comments will be held until they can be reviewed to ensure they are appropriate.
  

We highly recommend subscribing (see below) to this blog (using Web Feeds in Internet Explorer or Live Bookmarks in Firefox).

Additionally, for your convenience, posts can be looked up in the archive by date, or by category (labels).

Thanks, Mang