Western Fair Volunteers

Written by Jeff Parker | 04 August 2010

It's amazing how time passes! Time to think of possibly helping at the Scout Display at the Western Fair. The Fair starts September 10 and goes to September 19 this year. We are looking for volunteers again for the 10 day event.

We anticipate similar times as last year. The weekends (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) run from 11:00 to 21:00 and weekdays (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) from 15:00 to 21:00.

We would appreciate 6 to 8 individuals at any given shift. A shift would be minimally 3 hours. This would allow for breaks, overlapping coverage of activities as well as enough coverage within our display area. Venturer Companies and Rover Crews are encouraged to come as a unit. If the weather continues like we have had of late, we could break our attendance record we reached a couple of years ago of 4600 !

Please send your response back to me with your day and time you would like to commit to. I need this information so that Sarah Ransome can obtain enough tickets for your entry and I can place your choice on our timesheet.

Looking forward to hearing from you - hopefully by September 3. This request is also going out to the 3 areas around London - so get your response back soon.

YIS
Jeff Parker

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Leaders wanted...

Written by System Administrator | 14 July 2010

So you think you have what it takes?

Our Volunteer Recruitment and Development Handbook (VRAD) contains information on our screening and training strategies and is an essental ressource for all Leaders of all Scouting sections.  We base Scouting’s Volunteer Recruitment and Development Strategy on the principle that the delivery of great programs to youth depends on:

• Finding adults who have the aptitude and willingness, then
• Developing their competence.

We are looking for enthusiastic and skilled individuals to help us deliver the Scouts Canada programs to the youth of Oxford County and surrounding areas.

"It is great to see these kids grow over time"

All it takes is around 2 hours each week from your time to give the kids in our area a great time. The more leaders each Group has, the easier it is to deliver the program. And we have free training available for all new leaders, so you don't have to worry about not knowing what to do.

Here are the Groups that are looking for new leaders:

• 6th Woodstock (4 new leaders wanted)
• ...

Interested? Contact the This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more info or contact the groups directly (see the Groups pages). Note that all leaders need a valid Police Record Check, before they can work with any Youth in the Mindaamin Groups.

And we can also have more youth if we have more volunteers, so come on, join up and be a part of Scouts Canada!

Honours and Awards nomination

Written by System Administrator | 27 June 2010

We made it easier for anybody (as a member of this site) to nominate somebody for an Scouting Honour and Award. After you login to the site, you will find a nominate option in the 'Other' menu on the site.

You can also use this link. The nominations is e-mailed to the DAC's for Honours and Awards automatically. They will contact you when and if required.

Lost your login info? Not a member yet, but you are part of Mindaamin Scouting? Please contact the This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Mindaamin Scoutbook now open

Written by System Administrator | 16 June 2010

Mindaamin Scoutbook opens its doors...

The Social Connect site for Mindaamin Scouts is now open. The site is meant as a place where Scouts (of every generation) can connect to other Scouts. It does not matter if you are a Cub, Scout, Venturer or whatever Section you are in (and it does not matter from what country you are either), s long as you are part of the World Scouting Organization, you can register and become a member of the site.

Use the site to connect to Scouts from Engeland and the Netherlands and many more countries. The URL to give to your Scouting friends is: http://mindaaminscouts.ca/scoutbook.

Note that user-ID's on the Scoutbook site and this site are different, so you will have to register, even if you are a member of the main Mindaamin site.