9th Vancouver Pathfinders

We’re meeting at Trout Lake Park tonight for an awesome evening of camp skills! Learn knife skills, how to light a match and prepare a fire, and make some fire starters to take home!

Meet at the parking lot off of 19th Ave at 6:45 pm. Pick up from the same place at 8:30 pm.

Also, reminder that camp forms for unit camp at Camp Kanaka in Maple Ridge from June 24 – 26 are due tonight! You can use your cookie cash. Speak with Christa on site if you have questions about cookie cash.

Lastly, if you have not yet brought back payment for fall or spring cookies, please do that today!

We’re heading to VanDusen Botanical Gardens tonight for a special tour of the gardens, and to trial VanDusen’s new nature challenge! We’re meeting at 5:30 pm at the entrance to the gardens.

It’s a beautiful time of year, with many unique plants in bloom, so be sure to bring your photo-taking devices!

If you haven’t brought your forms and payment back, you can bring them with you tonight. This activity costs $5 to attend, or you can use your cookie cash! Forms are available here.

Also, we’re heading to camp from June 24 – 26 at Camp Kanaka in Maple Ridge for our first camp in two years! We’ll be sleeping in tents, enjoying nature, cooking delicious food, making time for homework and school projects as needed, and generally getting reconnected with the outdoors and each other. Camp costs $90 to attend, and you can use your cookie cash!

Forms and payment are due next Wednesday June 8. Please email Christa if you have any questions about using your cookie cash for this fun event.

Lastly, reminder that registration for next year is open! You can register online using iMIS number 37088 (the iMIS number for the unit). Don’t delay, as the unit fills up quickly.

This week, we are doing an outdoor games and dessert night at Trout Lake Park with the 1st Rangers! Meet at Trout Lake Park at 6:45 pm at the parking lot (entrance off of 19th Ave), near the concession stand. Come dressed for the weather, and bring your headlamp!

Also, reminder that Outdoor First Aid is this Sunday, and forms and payment are due tonight!

Lastly, if you are interested in going to district camp with the 6th Pathfinders, who have some extra space with their unit, please connect with Karla for more info.

Tonight, we are meeting at the church and doing a variety of activities connected to the Going Global and Different Together program areas.

3rd years will also be working on camp planning. If you are in 3rd year and planning on using the June 24-26 camp as your gold camp, please confirm with the leaders tonight and plan to attend the planning meeting!

Next week, we’re doing an outing with the 1st Rangers! We’re heading to Trout Lake for games, snacks, and a celebration in honour of the girls who completed their Canada Cords last year as we weren’t able to celebrate their accomplishments due to COVID. Plan to be outside next week for some fun in the park!

Also, reminder that on Sunday May 29, we are doing an awesome outdoor first aid course with Coast Wilderness First Aid! Girls will cover valuable first aid skills, and earn CPR C and AED certification! This course counts towards your Canada Cord.

Forms and payment ($25, or use cookie cash!) for first aid are due next Wednesday May 25.

Lastly, we’re going to VanDusen Gardens on June 1 for an eco-outing and badge challenge. That outing costs $5 to attend. Forms and payment are due June 1. Check out the posting in the Calendar for more information about that exciting event.

Ready to get geared up for outdoor adventures? We’re doing an awesome outdoor first aid course with Coast Wilderness Medical Training!

This course, designed specially for Pathfinders, will cover:- Responding to an Emergency- CPR/AED for adults & children (with CPR C & AED certification)- Choking- Hypothermia Wraps- Minor Wound Care- Splinting  …all in an awesome outdoor setting! Meet at the Greater Vancouver Parks parking lot on 16th Ave, just west of Blanca St, on the north side of 16th Ave (Pacific Spirit Regional Park – Park Centre Parking Lot, 4915 W 16th Ave, Vancouver, BC V6R 3E9) 

Check out the forms below for more information. This course costs $25 to attend. Forms and payment are due Wednesday May 25. Talk to Christa about using your cookie cash!

SG1-2021-EN First Aid May 29 2022

SG2-2018-EN Outdoor First Aid May 29 2022

Outdoor First Aid Kit List

Unfortunately, due to leader illness, we are going to tonight’s meeting on Teams.

Sign in at 6:45 pm for a fun evening of Going Global activities, that count towards your Canada Cord!

Here is the meeting information:

Microsoft Teams meeting – Join on your computer or mobile app

Click here to join the meeting

Or call in (audio only)+1 647-738-5322,,866651472#   Canada, Toronto

Phone Conference ID: 866 651 472#Find a local number | Reset PINLearn More | Meeting options

On Wednesday May 4, we’re doing a neighbourhood clean up around the church!

Come dressed for the weather (including rain jacket, warm shoes and socks, and a toque), as we’ll be outdoors!

Holidaze is the West Coast Area Girl Guides annual summer camp at Camp Olave in beautiful Sechelt, BC. The camp is open to Sparks, Brownies, Guides, Pathfinders, Rangers, and adults, it’s guaranteed to be a week of fun, friendship, and adventure.

For 2022, dates by branch are as follows:
Adults: August 19-25th
Sparks and Brownies: Day event August 20th
Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers: August 21st-25th

This is an Area-wide camp, and the 9th Pathfinders will not be attending as a unit – girls register individually. If you are interested in attending Holidaze, please register directly with West Coast Area following the instructions and using the form on this web page. Holidaze always fills up quickly, so please register ASAP if you are interested in attending!

Campership subsidies and opportunities to use your cookie cash towards this fun week are available, so if you are interested in attending camp and would like more information about camperships and/or cookie cash, please submit your registration form ASAP (you pay after you’re accepted) and then speak to Karla or Christa for more information about available funding.

As a reminder, we also have a unit camp planned for the last weekend of June at Camp Kanaka in Maple Ridge, so this will not be your only opportunity to go camping this summer. 🙂

This week, we’re going glow bowling at Grandview Lanes!

Meet at the corner of 7th and Commercial, outside the bowling alley, at 6:15 pm. Bowling starts at 6:30 pm, so if you’re running late, please come into the bowling alley and meet us inside.

Please come in uniform. Also, we’ll be wearing bowling shoes, so please remember to wear socks!

Lastly, if you haven’t returned your forms and $5 for this event yet, not to worry – you can bring them with you to the bowling alley.

We’ll also have a couple of cases of cookies for anyone that would like an additional case to sell.

See you on Wednesday night!