Scout Swim

Scouts will be going to the Scona Pool (10450 - 72 Avenue) to earn their swim badge, splash, dive and have lots of fun this week before we break for the holidays.  We will be meeting at the pool at 6:30 PM.

For more information on Scona pool please visit their website at www.sconapool.com

Scout Holiday Party

We are almost done the first half of our Scouting year. Before we break for the holidays we will be having our annual party and breaking of the pinata. We will be meeting at the Parkallen Elementary School Gym on December 7th starting at 6:30 PM.

Knife Safety Skills

Scouts will be continuing their Knife Safety Skills to earn their Knife Permits this week at the school, plea bring your scout books.  Thanks to all the Scouts who were able to attend the Saturday meeting to practice the axe and fire safety skills.  These skills are important to have for the upcoming Scout Winter Challenge Camps.

Tobogganing Nov 24th

Scouts will be tobogganing this week at the Mill Woods Park (66 Street and 24 Avenue - across from the Mill Woods Town Centre Mall).  Please dress for the weather, bring a helmet and your favorite toboggan.

It is all about the Knots

Our Scout Group will be working on one of the key skill essentials in Scouts this week.  Our Scouts will be learning about knots.  This skill is handy when we made our Monkey Bridge at our 2011 Fall Camp, tying up your siblings, 2011 Spring Thaw Camp, your group commissioner and your canoe during our canoe trip.

Preparing for Remembrance

This week our Scouts will be getting ready for the Remembrance Day Parade at the University of Alberta Butterdome.  We will be meeting at the Parkallen Elementary School at our regular time of 6:30 PM.

No Meeting this week

There is no Scout meeting this week.  We will be back at the Parkallen School next week on November 9th.

Halloween Party Scout's Style

Scouts,

It is that time again to put on our best costumes and have some fun.   This will be your test run before we go to our Spooky Fall Camp in Evansburg next weekend.  We will be meeting at the Parkallen School at our regular meeting time.

Mwhahahahahah

Investiture Night

Our next meeting on October 19th will be our Investiture Night where we will be investing new members to our Scout Troop.  Please wear full dress uniform and parents may want to bring a camera.  

Fall Bottle Drive

Scoutss will be out in the Parkallen Community delivering flyers for our upcoming Bottle Drive/Edmonton Food Bank Drive.  Please dress for the weather.  We will be meeting at the Parkallen Elementary School at 6:30 PM.

Getting Ready for October

Scouts have a busy month and year ahead of them.  For the month of October the Scouts will be working on their investiture preparations  , bottle drive and most of all our Fall Camp (Oct 28 - 30).

I have been advised by Scout Patrol Leader Aurora that the Scouts this year plan on attending many camps (Canoe Trip, Horse Camp, Mad Trappers, Spring Thaw and Fort Edmonton to name a few), continue the service project of the of knitting hats for the homeless and skill building (Paddling, Knife Safety, Lashing, Fire building, Horseback Riding, etc.).

Our first meeting in October will be back at the Parkallen School Gym at our regular time of 6:30 PM.

Lost in a Corn Maze

This week the Scouts will be meeting at the Edmonton Corn Maze.  We will be practicing on what to do when lost, 101 ways to eat corn and how to build a shelter out of corn until someone rescues us.  Please dress for the weather and bring a flashlight.

Troop Alert!

It was great to meet with all our returning and new scout members.  We are still putting the final touches to our year program plan based on your input.  This week we will meet at the Parkallen Elementary School Gym to kick our year off.

September 14th First Scout Meeting

Just a reminder to all Scouts that we will be having our first Scout meeting on September 14th at 6:30 PM in the Parkallen School Gym.

Your homework this week is to think of activities that you would like to try this year.

Spring Thaw 2011

Since 1987 Scouts have been competing and having lots of fun at the Spring Thaw Camp during the first weekend of June each year. Each Scout Troop competes in a series of fun and challenging events. This year was the 25th Anniversary and the Scouts competed in six most popular activities that have been held over that time.

The six activities that were the most popular were the Climbing Wall (hosted by 5th St. Albert), Archery (hosted by 182nd Riverbend), Snoopy's Biplane (hosted by 186th Knottwood), Survival Techniques (hosted by 26th St. Peters), Pirates Revenge (hosted by 6th Edmonton) and Castle Siege (hosted by 24th Parkallen). Each activity was designed to be fun but challenge each Scout Patrol on team work, scouting skills, creativity and attitude. Awards were given to each patrol that finished with top marks.

During the course of the camp each Troop were also graded on how their camp were organized, cleanliness and chores. The group that had the best camp wins the Chris Buchkowski Award. Other fun events for the Scouts were a campfire, carnival, auction, field of strength and the dreaded obstacle course.

24th Parkallen worked hard all year for this camp and were awarded first place for Snoopy's Biplane, won the Chris Buchkowski Award for best campsite and won First Overall.

Below are some pictures from the camp:

Found some ants during the build of Castle Siege.

Target Range to test the Scouts on accuracy and distance.

Scouts had to build giant slingshots and fire water balloons from two locations.

Near the end of the event we allowed Scouts and volunteers to have a water balloon fight.

Left over snow from the morning.

One view of the obstacle course.

May Long Weekend Canoe Trip

Every year our Scouts Troop plans canoe trip along the Red Deer River. Our Scouts train at the Scona Pool to learn paddling, steering and safety in the canoe. We have to bring all of our own gear, food and water and paddle down the river. We practice no trace camping on the crown land in the badlands. This area is full of bugs, interesting hiking terrain and full of fossils for the kids to discover. Below are pictures from our past three years.

2011

The 2011 Canoe Trip was along the Red Deer River from Tolman Bridge to Bleriot Ferry. The river was high and fast due to the wet Spring but still safe for all our paddlers. Our last day of the trip was full of rain but that did not dampen our scouts spirits but they were happy to have a hot drink at the days end.

















2010

The 2010 Canoe Trip was further south on the Red Deer River. This trip was full of good weather, great scenery and exiting wildlife. The river was low in some spots where our scouts had to dig into their fur trapping roots and portage through the shallow parts of the river.















2009

The 2009 Canoe Trip was on the Red Deer River from the Tolman Bridge Campground to Bleriot Ferry. During this trip our campers had amazing weather all weekend until Monday morning where they woke up to 4 inches of snow. They visited the castle, found fossils and had an amazing trip.