Our adventurous little Beaver Scouts went on a big adventure when they slept over at the Canadian Warplane Hermitage Museum. The Beavers learned about flight, how the planes work. They also learned about Canada’s contribution to the many wars and conflicts over the past and how the Royal Canadian Air Force played their role in giving us the freedom and peace we enjoy today.
Scouts blaze their own trail, but before they can do that they need to be prepared for their adventures by learning essential skills that will help them to have fun and safe adventures for years to come. The permit camp is a key skills camp that allows our Scouts to learn how to use tools for camp safely. Earning their permits is an important goal for our Scouts so they can take a primary role in the setup and operation of camps going forward. 1st Milton Scouts participated in the Annual Mississauga / Wellington Area Permit Camp this past weekend. ...
Our Beaver Scouts went on their fall camping adventure at Blue Springs Scout Reserve. The theme of the camp was Harry Potter, all of our young wizards had an amazing time as you can see from the video below.
After 2 school meetings which mostly consisted of the beginning of year housekeeping it was time to get out on our first fun adventure. Our new Scout Troop got out of the school this week to visit our local Scout Camp for an evening of archery and fun games around the campfire. The weather was perfect as the Scouts took aim for a few rounds of archery before heading back to one of the many campfire rings. There was a lot of fun and laughter as our group of young women and men played fun team building games around the...
This past weekend our Howler Cubs (3rd year) went on the biggest adventure of their Scouting Journey so far. They attended the Dorchester International Brotherhood Camporee (D.I.B.C.). With 2600 youth and 300 staff this was by far the largest event they have ever seen. The Credit Hills Armadillo sub-camp had about 148 youth in attendance from around the area and the event itself was attended by members from Scouts Canada, Girl Guides of Canada, Boy Scouts of America and Girl Scouts of America. The Howlers were excited to be put into patrols with some older Scouts from 1st Acton Scouts...
We try to take every opportunity to get outside and into nature with our Youth. Last night in place of our normal School meeting the Cub Pack visited Crawford Lake Conservation Area for a 4KM hike along the Escarpment trail. Everyone had a lot of fun and the view from the lookout was beautiful and reminded us all of our connection to nature. We couldn’t help but stop by the amazing wood wolf carving to take a quick picture of the Cub Scouts from the pack who made it out last night.
This past weekend was our annual ScouTrees fund-raiser and community environmental project day. Early in the morning on Saturday, 1st Miton Beavers and Cubs were out in force planing trees to help the environment and our community. Scout Trees has been an annual Scouts Canada event since 1972, where as a group Scouts Canada has planted over 80 million trees across the country! The 1st Milton Group was the 3rd largest group in attendance this year, and we planted over 500 trees to help offset carbon emissions and make the work a greener place. ...
The 1st Milton Cub Scouts slept over at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum! We had a great time learning about the planes, and the role that Canada, and the RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force) played during wartime. The Cubs did many experiments to learn about the science of flight including making our own gliders and hot air balloons. The highlight of the night was getting the chance to sleep under the planes. This was a unique adventure that the Cubs loved and will remember for years to come. We also had a great time linking with the other Cub Packs,...
The Cub Scouts went on a spiritual adventure when they visited the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple in Mississauga Ontario to have the unique opportunity to learn about Buddhism and Chinese Culture. We learned that the temple is also the meeting place for the 6th Meadowvale Scouting group and we were delighted to get the chance to meet their Scouters and Cub Scouts. The Cubs received a tour of the temple and an introduction to Buddhism. We learned quite a bit, and then joined the 6th Meadowvale Cub Pack for some fun games so that everyone could burn off some...
