Issue 35 OCTOBER 2011 - Goodna Scout Group - Scouts Queensland

News & Events
SARDA VISITS BURLEIGH HEADS SCOUT GROUP
The QLD team of Search and Rescue Dogs Australia (SARDA) visited the Burleigh
Heads Joeys, Cubs and Scouts to teach them about SARDA’s mission
and to demonstrate training and search techniques.
SARDA is a volunteer‐based non‐profit organisaon that provides specially
trained search and rescue dogs for use primarily in Urban Search and Rescue
(USAR) situaons. A USAR situaon would be where people are trapped in a collapsed building due to an
event like an earthquake, flood or explosion. The dogs are trained to find
and alert to any live people who are trapped.
Once a team passes all their assessments and reaches a deployment level,
they will deploy with Queensland Fire and Rescue as part of their task force.
To develop and maintain an effecve SAR dog team, members engage in
many hundreds of hours training, for themselves and their dogs, in a variety
of emergency and search acvies and situaons.
The QLD team performed a number of rescues of youth
members hidden inside and outside the den. The Burleigh
Heads Scout Group gratefully acknowledges these SARDA
members for their informave and excing visit: Melody
Callahan (Team Leader) and K9 Hershey, Simon Trace and K9
Alpha, Emily Anderburg and K9 Bravo, and Jill McCarthy and
K9 Cali. To learn more about SARDA, visit www.sarda.net.au.
CAMP COOROORA GET BUNK BEDS DONATED
In response to an invitaon to local community service organisaons, to parcipate in a ‘Buy A
Bunk’ campaign, a number of QCWA branches and Tewann Noosa RSL Club helped finance the
purchase of new double bunks for the re‐furbished bunk rooms at Camp Cooroora Scout Camp on
Lake Macdonald, half way between Cooroy and Tewann on the Sunshine Coast. Other service
clubs and local organisaons have indicated that they will follow suit in the near future.
Recently Directors from the Tewann Noosa RSL, visited the campsite and inspected the bunks.
The photo shows (le to right) Mr. Dean Marlow, RSL Community Support Convener, Maroochydore
Cub Scouts, Jackson Eiby and Sophie Kraayenbrink and Mr. Bruce Hunngton, a member
of the RSL Community Support Team, inspecng the bunks
DECEPTION BAY ENJOY SKILLORAMA
Well another year has passed for Skillorama and what a turn out it was. Congratulaons to
Woodford Scout Group for taking out best acvity. Decepon Bay Scout Group came in
second by a quarter of a point. Decepon Bay Scout Group put on 3
acvies for the day and once again we were flat out all day.
Our space ship was full to the brim all‐day and the aliens were kept
busy showing the earthlings around. Some of the earthlings had their face painted and some earthlings tried some
space dust. Thank you to all the Scouts, Leaders and Parents that helped out on the day.
Deadline for the next issue
The next deadline for arcles is
28th October 2011
Submit your arcles to encompass@scoutsqld.com.au
The Scout Supply Centre is now open at 32 Dixon Street,
Auchenflower., for the hours of Monday‐Friday 9.00am to
5.00pm. Saturday Trading has commenced and the Supply
Centre is now open on Saturdays from 9.00am‐3.00pm
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