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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Feb 23, 2007
Page
2
Judges commend natives and celebrate Project North Pole and the Santa Claus Project. They note a clear community vision for winter events and year over year growth, with progressive ideas to improve programs each year as the project enters its sixth year.
Roberts praised district staff committee members and Citizens of Chetwynd for their role in the Chetwynd Winter Light Up project. Judges noted a clear community vision across visual display, festive events, winter pleasures, goodwill programs, tourism and promotion. Partial funding comes from the District of Chetwynd.
Dozens of local Scouts and Guides gathered at the Royal Canadian Legion for National Scout and Guide Week with a potluck and cake for 100. The event marked the global 100th anniversary of Scouting based on Baden-Powell’s 1907 camp on Browsea Island. Local leaders cite scouting as a long-standing part of Chetwynd history and a tool to prepare youth for life.
Connie West leads Sparks in Chetwynd detailing a program that blends indoors and outdoors activities with life skills like sewing and knot tying. Crawford notes Beavers cubs and scouts gain responsibility while valleys of leadership emerge as youths collaborate. West highlights Guides empowering girls since the 1970s and a shy daughter blossoming through participation. See LIFELONG, page 3.
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