Issue 35 OCTOBER 2011 - Scouts Queensland

News & EventsAGOONOREE2011On the 17 th of September 2011 Baden Powell Park saw 397 campers verge on thegrounds for the 31 st Agoonoree. This is a week camp long in which Scouts & Guideswork with children with special needs. The purpose of the camp is to introduce thesespecial needs children to the acvies that Scouts and Guides can partake in eachweek with their Groups. The Agoonoree camp is split up into 6 troops and 3 acvitycampsites (Venturer Central, Rover Central & Leader Central). The Scouts that aendthis camp take away from this camp an appreciaon of how to work with children withaddional needs as well as realizing that everyone’s different and how people’s differencescan be embraced.The acvies that Scouts, Venturer Scouts & Rovers partook in at this camp were –abseiling, traversing, pioneering, cat‐a‐pult making, movie nights, disco, water acviesand so much more, including its own Radio Staon, Newspaper, Cra Hub and Canteen.Agoonoree started in Queensland in 1980 aer Peter Blatch, Geoff Doo & AndrewDufficy aended the Nippon Agoonoree (Japan) in 1979. Peter was so impressedat the principles of the camp he came straight back to Australia and started working onthe 1 st Queensland Agoonoree. Agoonoree has since started in other states withinAustralia but rest assure the Queensland Agoonoree is the longest running and mostsuccessful Agoonoree in Australia.If this sounds like a camp that you would be interested in simply head to the Agoonoreewebsite – agoonoree.scoutsqld.com.au or become a fan of the Agoonoree Facebookpage – www.facebook.com/agoonoree . Expressions of interest for the camp willbe available in early 2012 so keep an eye out and apply early as posions fill quickly.See you at AGOONOREE 2012!5