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All good Scouts By KYLIE WILSON
FULL OF FUN:
Young Wangaratta Scouts Beth McCully and Alistair Sunderland with leader Howard Jones. PHOTO: Kylie Wilson
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WALK into just about any Scout hall in the country and you’ll find clean cut, energetic children eagerly working as a team and learning about the world around them. But while Scouting has been around for generations, it is far from an old fashioned organisation, particularly in the North East, with troupes making the most of email and social media to communicate and publicise their activities. Howard Jones, a leader at 3rd/4th Wangaratta Scout Group, has spent the past quarter of a century in Scouting, both in Australia and Canada, including involving his sons in the movement. He believes the Scout movement continues to provide a good grounding of practical skills, and leadership,for youth. “It’s something they’ve got for life,” Mr Jones said. Fellow 3rd/4th Wangaratta Scout Group leader, Carolyn Hicks, agrees. She said there has been a real shift in formal education, towards hands-on learning and values education. “This is the basis of the Scout method and has always been, so in that way, Scouting has actually been ahead of its time,” she said, noting a big focus on helping the environment. For Beth McCully, one of the group’s female Scouts, camping, night walks and hearty camp breakfasts are particular favorites. continued page |
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