Tag: Safety

Why not to bring a red metal water bottle to Scout events.

Scouter Wouter
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...

Investing in our Scouters Ongoing Training – First Aid Weekend

Scouter Wouter
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...