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Registration Night

There will be a Whitby District registration night Wednesday, August 22, 2007, from 7 pm until 9 pm.

Let’s Go Canoeing — Spring 2007

But First, Let’s Get Trained!!

Calling All New and Experienced Paddlers. 2 ORCKA courses to help improve your paddling skills, taught by certified, provincial canoe tripping instructors: Derek Mereweather and Lewis Williams.

“Let’s Go Paddling”- ORCKA (Ontario Recreational Canoe and Kayak Assoc.)

**Flatwater Canoeing Levels - confidence & skill building training
Pool Training: Tues. June 5/07 (7:00pm-8:30pm) @ Camp Samac Pool
Practical Water Training: Sat. June 9/07 (9:00-4:00pm)
Location: Nonquon River near Seagrave (north of Port Perry)st: $40.00
“Let’s Go Canoe Tripping” – ORCKA Canoe Tripping Level 1A (Tandem)/Level 1B (Solo)
Theory: June 7, 14, 21 (7-9:30pm)
Pool: Tues. June 12 (7:00-8:30pm) @ Samac Pool
Trip: June 23-24/07
Cost: $140.00 includes all costs except parking (incl. food, insurance, equipment, manual, camping fees, crest)
Trip Location: the beautiful, rocky Kawartha Lakes system
Prerequisite: This is a course for those with camping and some wilderness canoe tripping experience and who can control their canoe in tandem while in the stern.

Successful candidates will be qualified to organize small, personal canoe trips.

Registration forms and waivers — contact Lewis Williams at

Scoutrees to celebrate 100 years of Scouting on April 21

After several tentative dates, the Scoutrees planting for 2007 has been confirmed for April 21. This year, Whitby Area Scouts will plant 100 white pine trees in honour of the 100th birthday of Scouting.

The special Centennial Grove tree planting is set for April 21, beginning at 10:00 am. It is hoped that all groups within Whitby Area will be represented in this anniversary event. 100 container grown white pine trees have been ordered for planting. If each group in Whitby Area is represented at the planting that would convert to 5 trees for each group.

Each group will be provided with identity tags for the trees so that each group's planting location may be tracked and recorded for Area records. By doing this, it is hope that those youth who are able to return to the Waterfront Trail planting site at a future date may relocate and identify their contribution to this unique Scouting celebration.

This year's trees are from 24" to 30" in height and come in a pot. It will probably take about 15 minutes to properly clear, dig, fertilize, plant and mulch EACH tree.

Gerdu Ameristeel, Whitby Mill has agreed to sponsor this event. We hope that you will come out and enjoy this special occasion with all of the Scouting members of Whitby Area. Food and refreshments will be available following the planting. We also hope to have a special marker stone in place to provide an ongoing reminder of this celebration of the 100th Year of World Scouting.

New date for Road and Trail Cleanup

In order to avoid Easter, the date of our annual Road and Trail Cleanup has been changed to April 14, 2007. All members are encouraged to attend.

Register now for the Whitby Area Cuboree

The Whitby Area Cuboree is coming up May 25 to 27, 2007. You must register your pack by April 15. The 2007 Cuboree registration package is now available here in PDF format. You can print it out and fill in the form by hand (neatly) or fill it in on-screen and print it out afterwards. The form will automatically calculate the fees when you fill in the number of people. Adobe Reader 8 (free download) is recommended.

Whitby Scout Trail is now officially open!

Read all about the new Whitby Scout Trail at http://groups.msn.com/whitbyscouttrail located in the Pringle Creek valley lands from the corner of Bradley Drive and Pringle Drive in the south to just south of Manning Road in the north. This joint project of Scouts Canada, Whitby Area and the Corporation of the Town of Whitby was opened officially on Saturday, February 17, 2007. Is you haven't yet visited, be sure to go check it out.

This is a tremendous shared project between local scouting and the municipality, for the benefit and enjoyment of the community, and is a fitting acknowledgement of the centennial of Scouting. Al Halton (the driving force behind this long-term initiative) has ideas, with the Town of Whitby, to extend the trail further.

Greg Luke receives Silver Acorn award

On October 2, 2006, Scouter Greg Luke received the national Silver Acorn award for his work with Whitby's Cubs, Scouts, and Rovers. The Silver Acorn is given "for especially distinguished service to Scouting" and is the highest level of award given for service at the local or regional level. Read more >>

Mystery Moot

Mystery Moot 2007 is coming up in May, hosted by Whitby Area Rovers.

Rovers travel to Prague to "Restore the Faith"

In May 2006, 10 Rovers from Whitby travelled to a site east of Prague in the Czech Republic for a service project. A derelict Catholic church was the object of their quest. The church is the only remaining building in the area surviving from the Second World War era, and it is being restored over a period of several years by the Scout Association of the Czech Republic with the help of Scouts from several other countries. The $3 million project memorializes the 22 villages which formerly surrounded the church. Read more >>

Crest design competition

The deadline is the January 18 area meeting, so check out the rules and enter, or do a group entry for your colony, pack, lodge, or six.

Join Scouting in Whitby Area

Scouting has programs for young people from 5 to 26 years old (both male and female), and lots of fun for leaders, too. Check out our "Join Scouting" page for more information about times and locations available.

Bring on the Adventure!