September 16-18 was the 24th Kitchener’s all-Section Fall Camp event at Blue Springs Scout Reserve.   A collection of Beavers to Rovers, Scouters and parents, 83 in all, hiked, did the obstacle course, did archery, did cooking over a campfire, had evening campfire time, all in perfect weather.

It was a great adventure for all. 

Yes, 24th Kitchener Scouters got their First Aid training and had fun doing it

The 24th Kitchener had it’s “Welcome to Summer” party at Breithaupt Park near the splash pad. Fun games, geocaching, big bubbles, as well as cooling on the pad provide for a great time. Then, we celebrated advancements and milestones and finished off the afternoon with a pot luck meal

Oct 22, 23, 24 of 2021 proved a wonderful opportunity to get back to camping.   The weather was a little chilly but the campfires kept all toasty.

2021Over the next eight-weeks, our Sections will visit eight different countries, develop new skills through fun challenges and support their communities and the planet by leading exciting “Scouts for Sustainability” activities.

With the help of a symbolic transporting compass, Scouting members can ping around the globe to different destinations quickly.   In each country they are faced with a challenge or a fun activity to champion as a Section. Once completed, the Section can collect a crest for that week and eventually curate the full composite crest!

Each week, Scouting mmbers will acquire a “GADGET” in pursuing their adventures; these items will be used in the activity for Week 8: Contraption Action, so they will be holding on to their GADGETS!

As COVID-19 becomes more controlled, the Cubs, Scouts and Venturers are taking an opportunity camp on the weekend of October 23^rd at Camp Heidelberg.

There is excitement and great expectation while the busy work of preparation occurs.

With the forecast saying thundershower for our party time we are moving to the church for our fun.    See you there from 2:00 until 5:30

Please bring a board game/ lawn game if you have one.

During play time ( 2 – 3:15) there will be activities to explore:

Outside:  – Big bubbles

                – walking the labyrinth

                – lawn games  (bring one if you have one!)

                 – Frisbee, balls

 Upstairs –  Board games  (bring your favourite)

                 – arts and crafts

                 – balloon fun

Gym      –   dodge ball

             –    hockey with poodle noodles and balloon

At 3;15, it is cleanup time and meet in the Sanctuary for a brief ceremony.

After the ceremony we will enjoy our potluck downstairs.

See you there!  

Previously if you wanted a registration fee refund or support through the No One Left Behind (NOLB) program, you  were to e-mail either
nolb@scouts.ca or
refunds@scouts.ca .
These requests with all the other requests that come in to the Online Service Centre (OSC) have to be triaged, (separated by type and region of Canada) so as to get the requests to the right person in the right place.  The automation in the new procedure will:

• free up people who triage,
• speed response time, and
• capture more information up front.

With the new procedure, if you e-mail either of those addresses you will get a response something like

The new procedure is:

• go to https://help.scouts.ca/hc/en-ca/requests/new , or
• go to http://MyScouts.ca select the “Support” link in the small banner at the very top of the page which will take you to http://help.scouts.ca and then select the “Submit a Request” link in the upper right hand part of the page, or
• go directly to https://help.scouts.ca and then select the “Submit a Request” link in the upper right hand part of the page, or
• go to http://24th.ca and select the “Submit a Scouts Canada Request … “ link at the bottom of the page. It will take you directly to the “Submit a Request” form.

Once you get to the new request submission form you can enter:

• your e-mail address if you are not logged in
• a short subject title, e.g “Request for Joey Doe”
• a description e.g. “I would like to get a refund of Joey’s fee for registration with the 24^th Kitchener
• a support type that has a dropdown list that includes:
  • Refund Requests, and
  • Subsidies (No One Left Behind)
• a region specification that has a dropdown list, select: “Ontario – Central”

then press “submit”

Yours in Scouting
David White
Group Commissioner
24^th Kitchener Scouting Family