Green Timbers Area Home Page

June is here, and the sun is shining! Can you believe the end of the year is now? Kids will be out of school next week and we will be enjoying barbeques and beaches, patios and water parks! It really is such a great time of year. I hope that you have a fun summer and enjoy all of your family time. On behalf of my Area team and myself, I would like to send a big thank you to you for all the time you have given to Scouting. You are the most important part of our programs. I look forward to working with you again next season.

As an Area, we would like to congratulate Jim Bryce on his success as Council Commission for the Fraser Valley. Jim’s term ended in June. This brings us to announce our new Council Commissioner, Ken Pepin, former Area Commissioner of Coho. We are looking forward to working with Ken.

Again, this year, Green Timbers Area is going to provide each volunteer member with a Calendar of events. We should have this to your Group Commissioner very soon. I hope that you take the time to plan your year, and include Council and Area events with your plans.

Congratulations on a great year!

Valerie Fleming
Green Timbers
Area Commissioner

Scouters Club

The LDS Church
10122 140 St Surrey
The 3rd Sunday of the month up to May, 6:45pm to 9pm

No One Left Behind

No One Left Behind grants for individual youth to cover membership and/or participation in Scouting will become available once again starting September 1st for the new Scouting season. The website will be and forms will be updated accordingly.

To help reduce the challenges experienced last year because of the time lag between when the section Scouter completed the form and those forms were received here, the following notice will be printed on the application forms:

All applications for No One Left Behind subsidies must be received at Scouts Canada’s National Office within 60 days of the application for which the funds are required. Funds are allocated on a "first come first serve basis."

And please take particular note of the following message with regard to timing associate with NOLB applications:

"No One Left Behind subsidies are made possible thanks to the generosity of donors across the country. All applications need approval by the Council and must reach Scouts Canada within 60 days of the date the application was submitted by the section Scouter. This is true for subsidies on membership, registrations to camps and other supported subsidies. The applications are treated on a "first come first serve" basis". Any applications older than 60 days will be returned to your office and will not be considered.

John Rietveld

Gone Home

Eric (Gib) Cavaghan

A Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday, Sept 26, 2010 at 1 PM at 26045-84th Ave, Langley BC.

Please visit the Notice for Eric (Gib) CAVAGHAN.
http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?I=LS000144784204X

Website

The website will (finally) be revamped over the next month or 2 depending on my work schedule
-Eric

Comments/suggestions to ejackisch@yahoo.ca

River Rafting

Bring your Scout Group on a River Rafting Adventure this summer! Hyak offers amazing river trips with discounted Scout Group rates! One and two day river trips on the Thompson River are available from July through September. All of the one day trips include lunch, and the two day trips include four gourmet meals. We are flexible to the needs of your group, therefore additional meals and nights of camping are available.

Scout Leaders raft for free!

Insurance: Hyak has a long standing indemnity agreement with Scouts Canada. Minimum age for rafting is 8 years old or 65 lbs.

Check out the website at hyak.com, contact their office at 1-800-663-7238 for special group rates.

Scouts get adventure and award

Forty three Venturer scouts from B.C. were transported from Vancouver to Victoria by Orca class vessels and Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats to receive the highest scouting honour, the Queen's Venturer award.

Full Article

PJ 11 Brochure

COAA Form Usage Chart

Click Here (PDF)

Earth Hour 2010 Celebration - City of Surrey Sat Mar 27, 2010, Surrey, BC

On March 27 at 8:30 p.m. the world will turn off its lights for just one hour – Earth Hour – to show it’s possible to take action on climate change.

The City of Surrey is hosting a celebration from 7:30-9:30pm at City Centre Plaza including live entertainment, hot chocolate, and lots of fun activities for all age groups. At 8:30pm we will join the world as we turn off the lights of Surrey City Centre and celebrate climate change action by candlelight until 9:30pm.

Bring all the family and have fun as we make a difference, and contribute towards our important role in the fight against climate change.