Notice Digest for Wed May 4, 2011

Notices

1. Very important changes to Scouts Canada’s Screening of Adult Volunteers Policy

2. Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card

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Notice Details

1. Very important changes to Scouts Canada’s Screening of Adult Volunteers Policy

from Judy Matheson, NS Council (Matheson@scouts.ca)

Please read the attached document which outlines changes made to Scouts Canada’s Screening of Adult Volunteers Policy (BP&P Policy 3001.1). If you have any questions please contact the office.

2. Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card

from Tony Mancini, 1st Port Wallace Scout Troop & Venturer Company (tmancini@atlantica.ca)

Here is some information for everyone that works with the youth.

 

According to the Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth, Canadian children spend only 14 minutes (or eight per cent) of the after-school period engaged in heart-pumping physical activities. 

And with only seven per cent of kids meeting the current Physical Activity Guidelines of 60 minutes of moderate-to vigorous-intensity physical activity per day, it’s not surprising that the Report Card grade for physical activity levels remains an F. That’s a grade we all want to raise!  

Attached is a document you can share with others on this finding

(Document is quite large 5MB)