Past+Events+(2007-2008)

include page="MainTemplate" =Past Events (2007-2008)=

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

2007 Sept-Dec

 * **Date** || **Description of Events** ||
 * September 17 || **Opening night**. Our first meeting of the new 2007-2008 season. Bring your uniform (if you have one) and get ready for a fun night with friends old and new. ||
 * September 24 || **Craft night**. ||
 * October 1 || **Winnipeg Harvest**. ||
 * October 8 || **Thanksgiving**. No meeting this week. ||
 * October 15 || **Games night**. We meet at the Church for a night of fun. Trolley races, spoon races, and Hop Across the Pond are just some of the games we will enjoy. ||
 * October 22 || **St. Vital Park**. We meet at the duck pond at 6:45. ||
 * October 29 || **Halloween party!** [[image:halloween-dance-45.gif]] Wear a favourite costume for some Halloween-themed fun. Uniforms not required tonight. ||
 * November 5 || We meet at the Church for a Remembrance Day craft. Weâ€™ll make individual crafts to take home and a larger group craft to lay at the altar of Windsor Park United Church during their Remembrance Day service on Sunday November 11. Stay tuned for details. ||
 * November 11 (Sunday) || We wish to participate in a **Remembrance Day service** at Windsor Park United Church (//1062 Autumwood Drive//). The Beavers will proceed into the worship space and lay a wreath at the altar. Please let us know if you can attend and details will be passed on as they become available. Parental accompaniment is required for this event. ||
 * November 12 || We will make **Totem Pole** designs for our Beaver Lodge Groups and will also create a large craft for our float entry in the **Santa Claus/Night of Lights Parade**. Details to follow soon. ||
 * November 17 (Saturday) || **Santa Claus/Night of Lights Parade**. Our Beavers and Cubs will ride on a flat-bed semi trailer which we will decorate for the festive season. In past years, the parade began at the Forks and ended at the Legislature. The event is free and details will be made available ASAP. **DRESS FOR THE WEATHER** ||
 * November 19 || **Investiture Ceremony** at the Church. We will formally invest our new Kits (Beavers new to the 20th Group) as well as present all Beavers with their new tail colors and lodge patches. This is a family event and parents are asked to attend. We ask the 1st year Beaver Parents bring a plate of baking for the evening. We will provide juice and coffee after the event. ||
 * November 26 || **Outdoor Games Night** at the Church. Come out for some fun in the snow. We will try snow shoeing, Klondike Skis and play â€œFox and Houndâ€. Please be sure to dress for the weather and pray for snow. ||
 * December 3 || We will make some special ornaments of the season using some recyclable items. There will also be games and our //â€œFriends of the Forestâ€// story. ||
 * December 8 (Saturday) || Weâ€™d like to finish our 2007 year with a poolâ€™n pizza day at the **Steinbach Aquatic Centre** in **Steinbach**. We will swim from 1:00 â€“ 2:30 followed by pizza and pop afterwards. This is a family event and Parents must accompany their children. A notice with details will come shortly. ||
 * December 10 || This will be our final meeting of 2007 with a visit to **Assiniboine Valley Railway**, 3001 Roblin Blvd. Cost is $2.00/ride plus a non-perishable food item. We meet there at 7:00 and please dress for the weather. We resume meetings on January 7th 2008. See you then. ||
 * December 10 || This will be our final meeting of 2007 with a visit to **Assiniboine Valley Railway**, 3001 Roblin Blvd. Cost is $2.00/ride plus a non-perishable food item. We meet there at 7:00 and please dress for the weather. We resume meetings on January 7th 2008. See you then. ||

2008 Jan-Apr

 * **Date** || **Description of Events** ||
 * January 7 || We meet at the Church for our first meeting of 2008. We will be making **Totem Poles** to distinguish our lodges and adorn them with images as well as play some games this night. We will also read from our //â€œFriends of the Forestâ€// book as well. ||
 * January 14 || We meet again at the Church for a night of games, songs and skits. Ever taken part in Beaver relay races or played "Beaver Bingo"? Join in the fun. ||
 * January 19 **(Saturday)** __(rescheduled)__ || **Polar Pond**. __Rescheduled to February 2__ ||
 * January 21 || **Science Night** at the Church. We will be having science experiments that the kids can view close up and even try to do themselves. ||
 * January 28 || **Toboggan Night at St. Vital Park**. We will meet at the park at 6:45 for a night of sliding and hot chocolate around the fire. __Please dress for the weather__. ||
 * February 2 **(Saturday)** || **Polar Pond**. We meet at 10:00 a.m. at __Kildonan Park__ for a day of Winter fun with other Beaver groups in Area 9. Weâ€™ll host an activity and travel to other groups activities and earn a badge at the end of the day. We will be cooking hotdogs for lunch and plan to end the day at around 2:00 so please dress for the weather and hope for a warm day. Cost for the day is $8.00/person (or $2.00/person if only having lunch). ||
 * February 2 **(Saturday)** || **Scouts Night with the Manitoba Moose**. If the interest is there, we can purchase tickets for $18.00/person for a Moose vs. the Hamilton Bulldogs game at 7:30 at the MTS Center. ||
 * February 4 || Tonight we will be at the Church making â€œ**Beaver Buggies**â€ in anticipation of the â€œ**Beaver Buggy Races**â€ planned for the following week. Parents are encouraged to bring a hammer and slotted screw driver to help their Beavers in the build. ||
 * February 11 || **Beaver Buggy Races** tonight at the Church. We will race our Beaver Buggies and have different types of â€œracing themed fun tonight. Parents please stay and cheer your Kids on. We plan to serve coffee and juice. ||
 * February 18 || **Louis Riel Day** No meeting planned. ||
 * February 25 || Weâ€™re planning a visit to the new **Humane Society** facility on Hurst Way near the N.E. corner of Waverley and Hurst Way past the Tim Hortons at 7:00. ||
 * March 3 || Tonight we meet at the Church to build **Bird Houses** and, if time permits, we will make a suet cake for the birds with a bagel, peanut butter, and bird seed. A parent or guardian will have to help their beaver with the construction this evening. Please bring a hammer or two. See you there. ||
 * March 3 || Tonight we meet at the Church to build **Bird Houses** and, if time permits, we will make a suet cake for the birds with a bagel, peanut butter, and bird seed. A parent or guardian will have to help their beaver with the construction this evening. Please bring a hammer or two. See you there. ||


 * March 10 || We meet again at the Church but please have you beaver dressed for the weather as we will be outside using the snowshoes and Klondike skis for some outdoor fun. **Hawkeye would like to meet with the parents indoors during this time for some feedback on the program and to discuss upcoming events. Please fill out the attached survey and stick around for this meeting.** The beavers will finish indoors with a â€œCouncil Fireâ€. ||
 * March 17 || We will be visited by a member(s) of the Native Community who will talk about the significance of **Dream Catchers** in the Native Culture followed by making of these as well. ||
 * March 24 || We will be helping the world and thanking the church for giving us space with a parking lot cleanup. Bring gloves if you have them (some will be available if you do not have any). ||
 * March 31 || **Spring Break**; __no meeting planned.__ ||
 * April 7 || We will be decorating white t-shirts with iron onâ€™s at the Church tonight followed with games and a chapter from our â€œFriends of the Forestâ€ story. ||
 * April 14 || Tonight we meet at the Church but will divide into our lodges to canvass the neighborhood for donations to our **Scout Tree** Program. Funds collected go toward charitable initiatives Scouts Canada supports in the country and throughout the world. Leaders will accompany the kids but parents can join us. ||
 * April 21 || Tonight we will be at the Church making crafts specific to each of our tail colors. The White Tails, Blue Tails and Brown Tails will do an age specific craft tonight. ||