Mangapapa Scouts Group

Happy New Year - here’s to lots hiking for 2023!

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There are still a few places left for Canoe School. Sunday 15th January to Saturday 21st January 2023. After some initial training we are off down the Whanganui River. This is Scouting at its best. But it’s not just canoeing. You will learn how to load a canoe, how to handle your canoe in rapids and how to read the water ahead of you and how to work in a team. And you’ll visit a bunch of places that are only accessible from the river. No previous canoeing experience is required. But you must be able to confidently swim 100 metres in full gear.

https://scouts.nz/canoe-school/

Applications close Friday 30th November 2022

A BEAUTIFUL local whanau is going "over and beyond" for ***deprevention this HALLOWEEN.

Losing loved ones, weather it be from su***de or not - is extremely heartbreaking. As much as it hurts sometimes, remembering and practicing what 'lost loved ones' enjoyed MOST - really does HELP with the 'healing process'. In memory of Leslie Rendall xx .

Halloween is hugely celebrated within our whare, we go to extremes with dressing up, and we are going to be attending this event, with all our resources and promo gear too.

Come along Gizzy,
, AND YOURSELVES SILLY - At the same time, connect and engage with the team from , and let's start talking about the scary subjects - in a safe non-judgmental manner! We have an awesome team of humans, and through our work, lived experiences, and training, we are....

ALWAYS,

Hear 4 U

Please support our Combined Venturer group tomorrow by buying a sausage if you’re near the Warehouse 🤩

Congratulations to Val Scott 🎉, winner of our grocery raffle. She was thrilled to receive the groceries today 😁

RIP Your Majesty 💜🕊

An exert below from Chief Scout Bear Grylls OBE , as he leads the mourning for our Patron.

As a family of Scouts, we are united in sorrow for the loss of our Patron, HM The Queen. She leaves a bright legacy of hope and promise for future generations. Together, we will honour her memory.

We will remember her and give thanks for her kindness, her service, and the unwavering support she showed our movement over many decades. She was truly a friend to Scouts everywhere.

The Queen smiles at two young people while stood with Prince Philip and Bear Grylls.
I will miss her quiet leadership, her values and integrity, and her wonderful sense of humour. While she was our monarch and Patron, she always made time to listen to our Scouts and recognise their achievements. Her smile would light up the room.

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Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads, Scout Dads, Step Dads, Foster Dads, caregivers and anyone else who takes on the role of “Dad”

🎫 Keep an eye out for our Cubs and Scouts selling raffle tickets at PaknSave Gisborne this Saturday, be in to win a $300 Grocery Hamper 🎫

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Want to learn what it's like to go exploring in Antarctica, and tick off an Experience for your Antarctica Better World badge?

At 7pm on Monday August 1st our friends from The Last Great First are joining us online for a special Antarctica event ❄️

You can register to attend and find details for how to join on Mahi Tahi here: https://bit.ly/3PF7Lcd

Thanks to all our volunteers! 🙏👏👏👏

National Volunteer Week 19-25 June 2022 honours the collective energies and mana of volunteers in Aotearoa.

This year’s theme is ‘Time to Shine / He wā pīataata.’ It’s a time to recognise and celebrate volunteers, a time to shine / pīataata. It’s Matariki, a new year and a fresh start; a time to dream / moemoeā and make plans for the future.

To celebrate NVW we are sharing stories from some of our wonderful volunteers starting tomorrow, so don't forget to check back each day ⚜️💜

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NATIONAL SCHOOLS UPDATE!!!
Registrations will be opening on Saturday June 11th for Snow School, Mountaineering School, Canoe School, and Walsh Memorial Scout Flying School ❄️🗻🛶🛫

While you are waiting for the 11th to roll around, make sure you head to https://scouts.nz/national-schools/ and have a read about what you need to know/do before registrations open.

Thanks to all that bought Firewood raffle tickets, the Cubs drew #187 - congratulations! We had a very happy winner on the phone

💜 A couple of Scout quotes 💜

Remember Cubs are meeting at Rock pools tonight 🦑🐙🌊

Stay tuned - as our Cubs and Scouts will be selling Firewood raffle tickets soon 🎟

Cubs, remember meeting at Fishing spot today- see your emails.
Have fun 🎣🐟😀

In India’s Bihar state, one campaigner takes on plastic pollution

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In India’s Bihar state, one campaigner takes on plastic pollution A youth activist is driving policy changes on single-use plastics in India’s Bihar State.

Reminder: Scouts and Venturers meet at Tainui Hall tomorrow at 6pm

STEM Scout Gitanjali Rao named TIME’s Kid of the Year

STEM Scout Gitanjali Rao named TIME’s Kid of the Year Fifteen-year-old scientist and inventor Gitanjali Rao, who went through the Boy Scouts of America’s STEM Scouts programme as a young girl, has been honoured as TIME’s first-ever Kid of the Y

🐦 🦅 🕊 in Tairawhiti to keep an eye out for ..,

Today is World Wetlands Day and we’re celebrating with a recent exciting find of the North Island Fernbird in Tairawhiti 🤩 These birds are only found in wetland habitats and are becoming rarer due to habitat loss and predation by rats, mustelids and cats. They are also very secretive, so they are more often heard than seen.

https://www.doc.govt.nz/news/events/national-events/world-wetlands-day/
Photo provided by Malcolm Rutherford

A 12-year-old Boy Scout used his skills to rescue a lost couple and their injured dog on a trail in Hawaii

Great job by a 12yr old Scout in Hawaii 👏👏👏

A 12-year-old Boy Scout used his skills to rescue a lost couple and their injured dog on a trail in Hawaii A 12-year-old Boy Scout in Hawaii takes the organization's motto "be prepared" very seriously and used his knowledge to help rescue a couple and their injured dog on a trail.

Scouts are due to start back next week. Please keep an eye on your emails for starting date, time, and location.
Please message if you don't hear by tuesday 8th Feb 🙏😊⛺️

Looking forward to welcoming the Cubs back on Wednesday 9th Feb 🤍🤍🤍

Why Is Scouts Beneficial For Children? - Scouts SA

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Why Is Scouts Beneficial For Children? - Scouts SA Scouts activates the adventurous side of children and encourages them to push boundaries and overcome fears. Group Leaders will connect with youth members to build a mutually trusting relationship, supporting youth to give things a go, where previously they may have felt scared. Making new friends c...

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⚜️ Scout Leaders, come aboard the Scoutship! 🚢 This is where you'll find loads of knowledge, tools & templates to help you grow professionally, in Scouting and beyond.

🔎 Explore our searchable resources and dive into those you're most interested in!

🔗 Find it at: http://www.scoutship.scout.org

expedition - venture

Our older scouts are now Venturer age - so this is worth aiming and saving up to go to!

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Study reveals impact 10 minutes of exercise can have on adults over 40

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Study reveals impact 10 minutes of exercise can have on adults over 40 We know that regular exercise has many health benefits, but new research is showing just what impact that may have on the population. More than 110,000 deaths a year could be prevented if adults over 40 spent 10 more minutes a day on moderate physical activity, according to a new study.

🧗‍♀️ 💜 challenge yourself 💜

As more info re Scouts operating in Red traffic light Covid setting becomes available it will be shared here.

➡️ please do not be offended if our volunteers ask to scan your vaccine pass if you enter the hall when picking up or dropping off your young person. This is a requirement of operating under the vaccine pass system. Better yet, wait outside to pick up your young person.

➡️ Be calm, be kind and please remember your masks 😷, and to scan in.

➡️ The start date for Term 1 2022 for Cubs and Scouts will be announced on here this friday.

➡️ But, the Group won’t be starting back until after Waitangi weekend at the earliest.

➡️As we are a small group we can continue in-person scouting in Covid19 Red light setting: with some extra safety guidelines, including and mask-use indoors and vaccinated adults only allowed inside the Hall 😷 💉🏡

Term 1 Start for Cubs: Thursday 13th Feb 2020

Wacky Weekend: Strange Birds

Cool page for your cubs and scouts to follow 🦅

Wacky Weekend: Strange Birds Take a gander at these photos of some of the weirdest winged creatures ever caught on camera!

Bear Grylls: how to become extraordinary

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Bear Grylls: how to become extraordinary School for me was often a bit of a battle and I definitely wasn’t a great achiever as a teenager — at least not by many of the measures our education system foc