White Pine Council
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Upcoming Events
12/03/2021 - 7:00pm - 12/05/2021 - 12:15pm
White Pine Council (Charitable # 10776 1694 RR0205) is 1 of 20 Councils within Scouts Canada and is located in Eastern Ontario, hosting 3800 members in 100 Groups. The Council generally covers the territory from Pickering to Napanee, up to the southern border of Algonquin Park.
White Pine maintains 5 properties within its six traditional event areas which benefit members by providing a variety of locations for delivering exciting, year-round outdoor program activities. The Council also runs a vibrant residential and day summer camp program out of Camp Samac in Oshawa, ON for youth ages 5 to 16.
White Pine Council is supported by the Central Ontario Service Centre (COSC) located in Oshawa, Ontario. The COSC also services Central Escarpment, Greater Toronto and Shining Councils.
News
ScoutCon Crest available for pre-order
If you participated in last week’s Scout Con the crest are now available for pre-order through the Scout Shop.
https://www.scoutshop.ca/products/scoutcon-spring-2021-crest
Great 8 Challenge Crest
Scouts Canada has released more information about how to order the Great 8 Challenge Crest and details about who is eligible.
The PDF is available on the Great 8 Challenge website:
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1) The Great 8 Challenge introduction video is here: It has also been posted on our FB page.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3mc332ZlYs (Share, share, share away). Let's get our Council rocking this challenge!
2) There are also many sessions for our GCs and GSS' team to join throughout the next 12 weeks. All of this information can be found in the DHLC ScoutCon Portal. Please promote to your GCs and attend sessions if you can.
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Camp Samac to receive Ontario Heritage Act designation - April 29, 2021
Camp Samac has been recognized by City Council as a property of cultural heritage value or interest under the Ontario Heritage Act. At the April 26 Council meeting, Council unanimously approved the designation of Camp Samac at 1711 Simcoe Street North.
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MAR 18, 2021 Although there is no current plan for senior sections award presentation, our CRM says:
The process for submitting remains the same as the past two years. The GC and/or Contact Section Scouter must enter the award completion into MyScouts. Each group commissioner has received the Group Commissioner Handbook for Recognition provided by the Recognition Network.
I've asked for information regarding any actual awards presentation at Queen's Park (as that was always the deadline requirement in the past for April 1st).
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Scouts Canada, the country’s leading youth organization, offers seven challenging programs for boys, girls and youth age 5-26 in thousands of individual groups in most cities and towns across Canada. Over 74,000 young people enjoy Scouts Canada’s programs, which are provided by 23,000 caring and dedicated volunteers. Scouts Canada’s national office is located in Ottawa.
Scouts Canada is a not-for-profit organization (Charitable Registration No. 10776 1694 RR0028) and a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement.
