Scouts benefit from Mangawhai Club grant

 

The Mangawhai/Kaiwaka Scout Troop has received a substantial grant from the Mangawhai Club allowing local Scouts to attend the Jam-boree On The Air (JOTA) and Jamboree On The Internet (JOTI) and amateur radio in Auckland.

This jamboree incorporates all kinds of technology to contact Scouts on a global basis. The international event will see Scouts from all around the world get together on October 18-19.

The jamboree runs for two full days and with the financial support of the Mangawhai Club, local scouts are able to stay onsite and talk with scouts from the other side of the world during the night via the internet and amateur radio.

The troop will also be visiting Kelly Tarlton’s Sea Life Aquariaum to learn about their sea conservation initiatives and specifically how global warming is effecting sea life, and relating this to the Mangawhai coastline.

“It is really great that our local community is supporting their Scout troop and we thank the Mangawhai Club for their very generous donation,” says Scout leader Jenny Webb.

The local troop has become popular and is growing stead-ily with a new leader about to get his warrant, and some older members completing the Cosgrove and Sandford Scout training course are now assuming leadership roles.

Any young person between 11 and 14 who would like to join the troop, please contact Scout leader Jenny Webb on 431 4747.

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