Annual Jobweek 2008

This year's Annual Jobweek had ended with quite a good note, especially so, since we have earned slightly more then our total earning in 2007. After the week long Jobweek, from 8th - 14th March, the total count for the Group's collection for Jobweek is $4770.58

And here are the Top Earners:

1. Sanjay Selvaraja	$401.00
2. Jerrold Chan	$225.50
3. Yip Keen Wah	$221.00
4. Wong Heng Shon	$217.50
5. Abdul Gader	$201.55

Footsteps: History of Beaver Scout Group

1953 – THE 56TH BEAVER SCOUT GROUP WAS FORMED BY MR. SYED ALWI WHO WAS THEN THE GROUP SCOUT MASTER AND ROVER SCOUT LEADER. THE GROUP WAS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS THE VICTORIA SILVER ARROW SCOUT TROOP WHEN IT WAS FUNCTIONING AT VICTORIA SCHOOL, AND SERVING THE SCOUTS OF THE AFTERNOON SESSION.


1960 – MR ONG TEONG WAN TOOK OVER AS THE GROUP SCOUT MASTER, HAVING BEEN PREVIOUSLY BEEN A ROVER AND A SCOUT.

1964 – BEAVER SCOUT GROUP PRODUCED ITS VERY FIRST QUEEN SCOUT AWARD RECIPIENTS, MR. WONG YIP HENG & MR. TAN CHUE TIN. THEY RECEIVED THEIR AWARDS FROM OUR YANG-DI PERTUAN NEGARA, ENCIK YUSOF BIN ISHAK AT THE ISTANA

1965 – SCHOOL HEAD PREFECT AND TROOP LEADER, MR. KHOO TENG HUAT BECAME THE THIRD RECIPIENT OF QUEEN SCOUT AWARD. HE LATER SERVED AS THE ASST. SCOUT MASTER AND ASST. DISTRICT COMMISSIONER OF KALLANG AND BECAME A COLOMBO PLAN SCHOLAR. MR. CHIN KWEK CHONG SUCCEEDED AS THE GROUP SCOUT MASTER.

1972 – SCOUTMASTER, MR. ANDREW LIEW INTRODUCED THE SEA VENTURE UNIT. THE VENTURES BUILT THEIR FIRST 6 SEA WORTHY CANOES AND SET ON A ROUND ISLAND TRIP WHICH BECAME A YEARLY AFFAIR.

1974 - MR. YEO YONG HUAT BECAME THE FIRST PRESIDENT SCOUT AWARD RECIPIENT OF THE 1504 BEAVER SCOUT GROUP. HE RECEIVED HIS AWARD FROM THEN PRESIDENT BENJAMIN SHEARES.

1976 – MR. CHAN KAI SOON RECEIVED HIS PRESIDENT SCOUT AWARD FROM PRESIDENT BENJAMIN HENRY SHEARES AT THE ISTANA

1978 – MR. CHIN KWEK CHONG WAS APPOINTED AS THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER OF KALLANG DISTRICT. MR. ANDREW LIEW TOOK OVER AS THE GROUP SCOUT MASTER

1982 – MR. QUEK JUN KIAT & MR. SIA WEI SEN RECEIVED THEIR PRESIDENT SCOUT AWARDS FROM THEN PRESIDENT DEVAN NAIR AT THE ISTANA.

1983 – MOVED TO TOA PAYOH NORTH AND RE-REGISTERED UNDER TOA PAYOH DISTRICT AS 05 BEAVER SCOUT GROUP. BEAVER SCOUT GROUP BECAME ONE OF THE PIONEER ROVER CREWS IN SINGAPORE TO ADMIT FEMALES IN ROVERING.

1986 - SEA VENTURE UNIT CONVERTED TO LAND VENTURE UNIT. MR. HO SOO TIONG BECAME THE GROUP SCOUT LEADER

1989 - HIGHEST RECORD OF MEMBERSHIP = 103

1990 – MR. LIM BOON SENG BECAME THE FIFTH PRESIDENT SCOUT AWARD RECIPIENT OF BEAVER SCOUT GROUP. HE RECEIVED HIS AWARD FROM PRESIDENT WEE KIM WEE AT THE ISTANA.

1995 – FIRST FRANK COOPER SANDS GOOD UNIT AWARD RECEIVED. MR. KOH KAR MENG TOOK OVER AS THE GROUP SCOUT LEADER

2001 – BEAVER SCOUT GROUP FORMED THE ‘BEAVER’ CHAPTER WITH THE SINGAPORE SCOUT GUILD. THE CHAPTER BECAME A PLATFORM FOR OLD BOYS TO MEET UP.

2002 - ACHIEVED THE SUSTAINED ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (UNIFORM GROUP) FOR THE SCHOOL TOGETHER WITH NCC (AIR).
BEAVER SCOUT GROUP SENT 11 SCOUTS TO THE 20TH WORLD SCOUT JAMBOREE, WITH TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FROM THEN PRINCIPAL MR. GOH AIK CHOON, FOR WHICH HE RECEIVED THE BRONZE VANDA AWARD FROM PRESIDENT SR NATHAN. THE SCOUT TROOP ACHIEVED FRANK COOPER SANDS GOLD AWARD.

2004 – PL DENNIS LEONG REPRESENTED SINGAPORE IN THE NIPPON INVITATIONAL PROGRAMME HELD AT JAPAN

2005 - ACHIEVED 10 CONSECUTIVE YEARS OF FRANK COOPER SANDS AWARD

2007 – ASST. PATROL LEADER SANJAY SELVARAJA REPRESENTED THE TROOP AT THE 21ST WORLD SCOUT JAMBOREE IN UK TO CELEBRATE 100 YEARS OF SCOUTING.
ASST. SCOUT LEADER ARUMUGAM WAS THE PIONEER BATCH OF ROVERS IN SINGAPORE TO RECEIVE THE SCOUT OF THE WORLD AWARD FROM WOSM IN JAPAN WHEN HE REPRESENTED SINGAPORE AT THE 5th APR YOUTH FORUM.

2008 – BEATTY BEAVER SCOUT GROUP CELEBRATES IT’S 55TH ANNIVERSARY. BEAVER ROVER CREW WAS RE-ESTABLISHED WITH 8 ROVERS. ROVER SCOUT MUHD AFIQ REPRESENTED SINGAPORE AT THE 38th WORLD SCOUT CONFERENCE IN KOREA.

AS PART OF THE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, AN OLD BEAVERS' GATHERING WAS ORGANIZED WITH TREMENDOUS ATTENDANCE OF OVER 76 OLD BOYS & GIRLS TURNED UP. THIS WAS A FIRST EVER GATHERING ORGANIZED IN OVER 20 YEARS.