Past+Events+(2008-2009)

include page="MainTemplate" =Past Events (2008-2009)=

So that you can look back to past years, 20th Winnipeg Beavers is proud to give you our past events pages.

2008 Sept-Dec

 * **Date** || **Description of Events** ||
 * September 15 || Welcome to our colony ||
 * September 22 || We meet at the Church but plan on a trek to the forest across the street. Outdoor games and "taking care of the world" are on tap. Parents are invited along. **Dress for the weather!** ||
 * September 29 || Crafts and games. We will be learning the **Beaver Law, Promise, and Motto**. If the weather allows, some of our games will be in the Church field. ||
 * October 6 || With a double event of Thanksgiving and Election coming up, we will be creating a Thanksgiving craft and having a voting game. ||
 * October 13 || **Thanksgiving: no meeting tonight** ||
 * October 20 || Tonight we will be at the Church playing games and colouring. The parachute will come out to play. We continue reading **Friends of the Forest**. ||
 * October 29 || Halloween party. Get your costume out for some fun games, snacks, and stories. Leave your uniform at home tonight and if you'd like, please bring a small plate of //peanut-free// snacks. ||
 * November 3 || We meet at the Church tonight to create felt gingerbread men which will be displayed on our 20th Winnipeg float entry in the Santa Claus Parade on November 15. We will play games and read a chapter from our **Friends of the Forest** story to learn of the Beaver Law, Promise and Motto. ||
 * November 10 || We will be meeting at the **Fort Garry Horse Museum** at **551 Machray Ave.** at **7:00 pm** for a visit. Parents are to bring Beavers directly to the Museum. Uniforms are required. ||
 * November 11 || **Tuesday**: We meet outdoors at the parking lot of the Safeway, **731 Henderson Hwy.** at Bronx Ave. We plan to process with police escort 1 Â½ blocks north to the Cenotaph for a short service and laying of our Remembrance Wreath to honor those who fought for our freedom. Please __dress for the weather__ as we will be outside for an hour. ||
 * November 14 || **Friday:** We will be building in the heated garage of Kleysens Transport. Any parents wishing to help in the build/decoration of the float please contact Hawkeye. ||
 * November 15 || **Saturday:** Today we meet downtown at the marshalling point for the floats and participants of the **Santa Claus Parade**. The Beavers, Cubs will be riding on a flat bed semi trailer courtesy of Kleysen Transport. We plan to be outside for about 2 hours so please be dressed for the weather. Permission slips with the details will be sent out as soon as the details have been sorted out. ||
 * November 17 || Hay-ride/sleigh-ride at Miracle Ranch. ||
 * November 24 || Itâ€™s **Investiture Night** at the Church. Come join in the ceremony that sees your Beaver invested with the 20th Winnipeg Colony. The Beavers will receive their scarves and woggles as well as their new tails for their hats and, finally their lodge patches. We will also invest our 3 new leaders to the group. Coffee and juice will be served afterwards and we ask parents of 1st year Beavers to please bring a plate of baking for afterwards. __Please be mindful of those with nut allergies__. ||
 * December 1 || We meet at the Church to make a Winter Craft. ||
 * December 8 || Tonight we meet at **7:00** at **Winnipeg Harvest, 1085 Winnipeg Ave.** (first left off McPhillips St. from Notre Dame intersection). We will learn of the work this organization does and prepare food hampers. Parents are asked to stay and help as well as __bring a non-perishable food item__ as we will weigh our total contribution on the large scale. See you there. Also, please remember that this is a __uniform-required event__. ||
 * //**December 13**// || 1:00 Wind-up event at the **Steinbach Aquatic Centre**. Charge will be $13.00/person age 6yrs and over. We swim from 1:00-3:30 and will have pizza and refreshments from 3:30-5:00. ||
 * December 15 || Tobogganing at St. Vital Park has been __CANCELED__ due to weather. We will meet at the church at 6:45 for our last meeting of 2008 for games and a craft. ||
 * December 15 || Tobogganing at St. Vital Park has been __CANCELED__ due to weather. We will meet at the church at 6:45 for our last meeting of 2008 for games and a craft. ||

2009 Jan-Apr

 * **Date** || **Description of Events** ||
 * January 5 || Welcome back! Tonight we will have an "ecology" theme with discussion and games. Come and have fun learning about taking care of the world. ||
 * January 12 || We meet at **Alpine Bowling Lanes** for some 5-pin bowling at 6:45 at 20 Alpine Road (just east of Safeway at the corner of Fermor and St. Anneâ€™s Road). Cost is $3.00/game or $5.00/2 games if time permits. Please confirm if your Beaver will attend as we need to confirm our numbers. ||
 * January 19 || **Breaking News!!.**. It is warm enough, so we will go tobogganing at St. Vital Park. We meet at the usual time. Dress for the weather and bring your sled, toboggan, or slider. Beavers, you can tell your parents there is enough space for them to take a few runs as well. ||
 * January 26 || Today we meet at one of our Police Stations for a tour of the facility at 7:00. Weâ€™ll have a hand out with the location shortly. Stay tuned. ||
 * January 31 || **Polar Pond** is an outdoor event we do every year. This year's theme is "Voyageur." It will be held at [|Valley Gardens Community Club] (218 Antrim Rd.) between 10:00 and 2:00. We will do games and provide a BBQ lunch. The cost is $10 per person ($5 for ages 3 and under); this includes the lunch, events, and crest. This year our events will be both inside and outside, so Polar Pond is a "go" even if things get cold (we will be in more than out if it is //really// cold). ||
 * February 2 || Its **Beaver Buggy Build Night** at the Church in anticipation of our races the following week. Please bring a hammer. Parents are asked to help their Beaver with assembly. ||
 * February 9 || **Race Night!** We will be racing our Beaver Buggies tonight as well as have some other racing type of activities. We may invite another Beaver group to join us for the evening. There will be with refreshments later. Parents please stay and cheer the Beavers on this night. ||
 * February 15 || A Church parade is planned at [|John Black United Church] for 2:00 followed by an interfaith service. Think of it as a â€œSuper Scouts Ownâ€. ||
 * February 16 || Louis Riel Holiday â€“ No meeting planned. ||
 * February 23 || Visit to the **Petland Store** in [|Kenaston Common Shopping Center] just behind Rona on Kenaston just North of McGillivray. ||
 * March 2 || We meet at Church but weâ€™ll be outside to play road hockey in the parking lot, snow shoeing in the field as well as trying out the Klondike skis. Please dress for the weather tonight. ||
 * March 9 || We will be at the Church tonight to plant flower seeds and decorate the pots the flowers will be planted in. Weâ€™d like to see how your flowers are doing in April when we have our final meeting of the year. ||
 * March 16 || We meet at the South YMCA on 5 Fermor for an evening on the play structures and fun. See you there at 6:45. ||
 * March 20-21 || Friday Night â€“ Saturday Morning Sleepover at the Church. Come Beaver and Parent for a night of Bowling, a movie, snacks and games and a sleepover starting Friday night at 7:00. We will bowl at Alpine Lanes and come back to the Church for games fun and a movie. We will serve breakfast in the morning and the sleepover will finish at 9:00 a.m. Stay tuned for more details. ||
 * March 23 || Unfortunately the museum tours we were trying to arrange did not pan out so weâ€™ve planned an evening at **Fun F/X, 1686 Pembina Hwy.** We will meet **at Fun F/X** at **6:45** and the **cost is $4.99** to play on the inflatable structures with an **additional fee for tokens** (depending on how much you wish to purchase). I understand that the â€œShow â€™N Save and/or other such fundraiser coupon books may have a coupon for token purchases as well as the MTS Yellow Pages directory ||
 * April 6 || We meet at the Church tonight to make puppets and entertain each other with puppet shows. Also the Aluminum Can Contest Weigh-In will be tonight, so bring in your cans. And if you are wanting to draw a crest for the summer camp crest contest, tonight is the night to bring your drawing in. ||
 * April 11 || We meet at Extra Foods on St. Anneâ€™s Rd to canvass for ScouTrees. Weâ€™re asking the Beavers to take a one hour block during this time. Leaders will be present with the kids and parents are encouraged to stay if possible. The goal is to have 2 Beavers for each hour. ||
 * April 13 || We meet at the Church but plan to canvass the streets in the vicinity of the Church for ScouTrees; A program that raises money for the Scouts Brotherhood fund which supports Third World development projects. A leader will accompany the kids as they go door to door. A Saturday at Extra Foods on St. Anneâ€™s Rd. is being planned by our commissioner. ||
 * April 20 || Weâ€™re planning a swim outing at the â€œYâ€ on 5 Fermor at 6:45. Hope you can make it out for that both Beaver and a Parent. ||
 * April 27 || Our last regular Beaver meeting for the year. We plan to picnic **at the church** at 6:00. There will be hot dogs, drinks, dessert, a craft and some games. Donâ€™t forget to bring your flowers we planted in March. ||
 * May 24 || **Windup/Swim up Ceremony** at the Church from 2:30-5:00. Open to all Beavers and family. White tails in particular are invited to join in the celebration. ||
 * May 30 || **ScouTrees planting** 10:00 a.m. 'til noon. We will be at [|Henteleff Park] ||
 * June 12-14 || **All Sections Summer Camp:** A 2-night Camp for the **Beavers, Cubs and Scouts of our area** happens at **Camp Amisk**. Itâ€™s a fun camp with the theme being **Fear Factor** and all activities will reflect this theme. ||
 * June 27-28 || Our own **20th Winnipeg Overnight Camp** happens at **Camp Amisk**. This camp is for our own Beavers and Cubs. ||
 * June 27-28 || Our own **20th Winnipeg Overnight Camp** happens at **Camp Amisk**. This camp is for our own Beavers and Cubs. ||