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Scouting needs dedicated volunteers to help provide fun and exciting adventures for our youth. You can get involved as a leader working with your child and other children in the community, or as an administrative support volunteer working behind the scenes. We provide all the training and resources you need to help provide the adventure of a lifetime.
There are many different volunteer roles for all interests and abilities:
Many parents get involved as casual helpers, assisting at occasional meetings or camps, or taking on a specific short-term task.
There are lots of reasons to volunteer!
Of course, you'll receive the satisfaction of helping youth
enjoy fun and fulfilling adventures with their friends. You can enjoy
valuable time with your own children in Scouting.
Through training and skills development workshops, you may
pick up talents to help you in your home or work life.
And as a part of a leadership team, you'll also meet and work with
other dedicated volunteers who share your commitment
to young people and the community.
But the best reason? IT'S FUN!
Scouts Canada offers all the tools you need to be comfortable and successful in your role. All it takes is a willingness to learn. Informal coaching and mentoring, various training courses and workshops, excellent handbooks and electronic resources, a monthly magazine, and an informative website will help you provide vibrant and dynamic programs.
Parents are always welcome and
encouraged to participate with their child in the programme. We
depend on parents being as involved as possible to make our meetings
and outings as much fun as possible.
There are a number of ways for parents to help out:
Coordinators accept the responsibility
for the successful completion of a task on behalf of the Colony. This
involves working in cooperation with the Leaders and reporting to the
Group on progress and completion of the task. It involves planning,
delegating, accomplishing the task, and reporting on the outcome. It
is important work that frees the Leaders to focus on providing an
interesting and exciting program for the kids.
Craft Parent Coordinator
This is a new position that has worked well in other larger
Beaver Colonies. This parent is provided the yearly schedule
of events and picks crafts the kids do according to the general
themes of the meetings. This year there will be approximately
19 crafts needed. The Coordinator works with our new student
helper to plan, purchase and practice the craft so that it can
be successfully completed on time and on budget. There are many
scouting resource books and crafts found on-line which are
already created. It may be necessary for another parent to help
the coordinator but we don't know at this time.
Baden Powell Dinner Coordinator
This evening is an important evening event where the entire
Easthill Beavers and Cub Group and families are invited to
a potluck dinner at the recreation centre. The event requires
planning the evening with the group executive and delegating
tasks required to make it a success. Has a budget to complete
the task.
Family Camp Coordinator
Is responsible for the annual Easthill Cubs and Beavers camp
that is held at the group campsite at Alouette Lake Group
Campground. Makes the reservation, plans and makes information
available to all the participants, makes an outline of
activities and crafts, delegates to have the appropriate
tasks completed on-time and on budget.
Camp Cook
Plans and purchases all the food for any camping event. Delegates
the task of actually cooking the meals and works within a budget.
Colony Photographer
Organizes a photographic record of the year.
Parent Helpers
The parent helper has the largest and most flexible job
description. Basically it operates in a parent participation
fashion. He or she has very little responsibility but is
invaluable. They work under the direction of the Beaver
Leaders at the occurring event (meeting, fieldtrip, etc.).
In scouting it is very important that a certain ratio of
adults (leaders and helpers) to Beavers is maintained.
The parent helper helps the colony maintain such concerns.
On meeting evenings the parent helper would stay in the
background and possibly assist in the craft, prepare the
snack and drink, and stay to help with cleanup.
Based on the expected number of kids and the number of
events per year each family should sign up for about three
days per year.
Popcorn Coordinator
Distributes the Scouting Popcorn
catalogues to Beavers and Cubs who are delegated to sell popcorn.
Collects the orders and money. Makes the purchase of the Popcorn
at wholesale and picks up the order. Distributes the product back
to the sellers who deliver it to their customers. Reports to
group at the successful completion of the task.
Chocolate Coordinator
Picks up the order and distributes the Chocolate Almonds
equally to each Beaver and Cub. Advertises the event through
signage and strata newsletter. Makes a route map for each and
delegates the selling task to the kids. Collects the money
and unsold product and redistributes if necessary. Reports
to group at the successful completion of the task.
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