About 1^st Elmira Scout Group

The 1^st Elmira Scout Group is made up of 6 sections: 2 Beaver Colonies, 1 Cub Pack, 1 Scout Troop, 1 Venturer Company, and 1 Rover Crew. The leaders in each section are supported by a group committee. The committee is responsible for ensuring the programs offered meet Scouts Canada's guidelines and that each section has enough resources to operate effectively. The 1^st Elmira Group Committee meets the second Thursday of every month at the Scout Shed. For a list of committee members see the Contact Us page. New volunteers are always welcome.

The 1^st Elmira Scout Group is part of the North Waterloo Area, which is part of the Central Escarpment Council.

We Need Your Help

We have a few leaders who are retiring and many others who are finding it difficult to keep up with programming and administrative duties since they are both section leaders and Group Committee officers.

Please take some time to look at the list and see were you might be able to help out.

Many hands make light work!!!

We are moving our Scout Shed! We need financial donations (see below) and donations in kind (materials and labour) for this summer's move. For donations in kind, please contact Ron Cressman, Chair of our Move Committee, 519-669-8610.

Past Scouters and Youth - Scouter Ron is challenging all former youth and leaders of the 1^st Elmira Scout Group to donate $100 to our move fund.

Want to make a donation to the 1^st Elmira Scout Group or one of its sections? Send your cheque (Payable to Scouts Canada) and the following letter to the address below:

The Central Ontario Office will prepare and send you a Tax Receipt and Thank You letter, then forward your donation to our group. If you wish to direct your donation to a specific section or the Move Fund, you should contact the 1^st Elmira Treasurer and inform him of your wishes. You can also send your donation and instructions to our treasurer and he will forward it to the Central Ontario Office for a tax receipt.

Thank you for your support. All contributions are greatly appreciated.

In 1912 as Scouting spread across the free World, Archie Norris envisioned the merit of the Scouting program for Elmira Youth. Fourteen local youth also saw the value of Scouting by forming the first Scout Troop under the leadership of Scouter Norris. The outstanding jaunt this first Troop made was a 10-day camp at the confluence of the Grand and Conestoga Rivers. The first clubhouse was above Philip Christman's blacksmith shop and later was moved to above Herb Ainsworth's store.

Following the end of the First World War, local youth requested Bert Norman become the Scoutmaster of the re-organized Troop. The Troop was now located in the Armory, currently the rear section of the Township Offices. A two week adventure in Port Elgin highlighted the activities of this Troop.

Clayton Allgeier formed the first Cub Pack in 1935. Under the Leadership of John Bittorf Rovers began in 1964, Venturers under the leadership of Gord Cale began in 1968 and Beavers were added in 1975.

Today, thanks to the generous support of the community, the 1^st Elmira Scout Group services the needs of its nearly 100 youth, leaders and group supporters from Elmira, St Jacobs, Connestogo, West Montrose, Floradale, and surrounding areas with a craft, storage and meeting facility and a clubhouse.

      

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