Apple Day is an annual Scouts Canada fundraising campaign that started in 1932 in New Brunswick when Scouts would hand out apples in front of stores to the community. The community members would make a donation in exchange for the apples. Today, Scouts continue the tradition of Apple Day every October. Typically, Scouts in Central Ontario will go out on the weekend after Thanksgiving to do their fundraising campaign to raise money for camping trips, equipment and outings. However, due to the ongoing Covid-19 Pandemic, Scout groups are unable to do the annual campaign safely, prompting the City of Toronto to not grant us a city wide permit. So we decided to take it virtually. CLICK...
It is a new Scouting year and many parents are going shopping for new gear for their Scout. A standard piece of equipment that we ask all Scouts to have is a water bottle. Metal water bottles are very popular because they tend to hold up to the abuse that youth put them through. In a pinch most can also be used in the field to boil water to clean it for drinking if required. There are a lot of different styles and colour options to choose from. One colour that we ask you not to buy for your Scout...
Milton Scouts from both the 1st Milton, and 7th Milton groups joined forces on Sunday to march with pride in the annual Milton Ontario Remembrance Day Parade. Albeit a chilly day, from Beaver Scouts to Rover Scouts we were out to show our pride and remember the sacrifice of those who came before us so that we can enjoy the freedom that we do today. Having the opportunity to impart the importance of this day to our youth is a great honour that falls on to the shoulders of our Scouters and we were very proud at how well behaved...
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. ...
During Earth Hour people are encouraged to power down all their lights and electronics between 8;30pm and 9:30pm, so what better way to celebrate Earth Hour than to attend a large Scouts Campfire. The Central Escarpment Council of Scouts Canada (CEC) along with the staff at Blue Springs Scout Reserve held a huge campfire for all who wished to attend, and attend they did. The event even attracted those from outside our council with groups from The Greater Toronto Council, Yellow Briar and Shining Waters council coming out to enjoy an evening of silly songs and the glow of the...
Drivers start your engines! One of the most anticipated events in the Scouting year is here. The Credit Hills Area Rally and our own 1st Milton Group Rally. Our Beavers and Cubs have been hard at work on their cars and are looking forward to racing them over the next few weeks. On Tuesday our Beaver Scouts will have an all colonies Beaver Buggy Race where we will have all of our beavers from 1st Milton colony A and colony B racing their buggies for a shot at the top spots. On Saturday March 4, 2017 many of our Cubs...
Being a Scouter (Adult Volunteer) means committing to a growth mindset and to continued education and skills development. 1st Milton Scouting strives to create an as safe as possible environment for our youth to explore and grow. We have very active youth and from time to time accidents happen. To ensure that our leadership team have the skills required to deal with anything that our kids can throw at us one of the most common training that a new Scouter will be sent on is First Aid Training. Recently four 1st Milton Beaver Scouters form both Colony “A” and Colony...
As the holiday season quickly approaches we look to the welfare of those less fortunate than us and ask the question what can we do to help. Instilling a sense of service to our community and charity in our youth is an important goal of the Scouting movement. As such 1st Milton Group will be providing assistance to the Salvation Army with their annual food and toy drive. On Saturday, December 3 between 9:00am and 12:00pm, 1st Milton Group will be stationed at Canadian Tire on Steeles Ave in Milton. When you go into the store you will be...
After a long and at times gruelling debate we are proud to release to the world #1stMilton This social media hash-tag will allow the entire 1st Milton family to share their fun and exciting Scouting adventure with each other. Did your Beaver or Cub just come home excite and proud of something they did at a meeting or event? capture that moment with the #1stMilton tag and share it with the rest of our Scouting family. Want to keep up with what’s happening at our meetings, on our hikes or at camp (if we have cell service) then follow the...
On Sunday November 6, 2016 Milton Scouts will be marching in the Milton Ontario Remembrance Day Parade. This is a very imporant day in our community, and in our scouting journey as we pay tribute to all of the fallen, and active members of the Canadian Forces who have fought in the many conflicts in the past that afford us the freedom we enjoy today. We will be meeting in the parking lot on Mary Street across from our sponsor, The Royal Canadian Legion at 1:15 to gather for the start of the parade at 1:30. The parade will march...
