{"id":2,"date":"2023-05-03T08:14:15","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T12:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seascouts.ca\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2024-11-05T15:37:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T20:37:50","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/seascouts.ca\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Sea Scouts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Scout program emphasizes <strong>having fun while learning by doing<\/strong>. We make space for youth to expand their leadership skills and gain self confidence. As Sea Scouts, we have an extra focus on water activities: canoeing, sailing, swimming.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/403to.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/getting_ready_to_sail_at_HSR.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/403to.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/getting_ready_to_sail_at_HSR-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"getting_ready_to_sail_at_HSR\" class=\"wp-image-337263\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sailing at Haliburton Scout Reserve<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>The outdoors is an essential part of the Scout program and water activities are essential to a Sea Scout program.<\/strong> Weekend events, canoe trips, hikes, no trace camping and seasonal activities round out the Scout experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sea Scouts meet in a group called a Ship\u2019s Company. This larger group is split into smaller groups called Boat Crews. It&#8217;s in these boat crews or patrols that youth really take the lead with each other and work as teams, sometimes in co-operation with other crews and sometimes in friendly competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scouting will give you the opportunity to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/403to.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/getting_ready_to_sail_at_HSR.jpg\"><\/a>camp and explore the outdoors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>learn about and protect the natural world<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>develop self discipline and teamwork<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>be of service to the community<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>be a leader<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Sea Scouting is a part of <a href=\"https:\/\/scouts.ca\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/scouts.ca\/\">Scouts Canada<\/a> and of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scouting\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scouting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">worldwide Scouting movement<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Questions about this site can be directed to Keith at kapn@kapn.net. This site is maintained on behalf of Sea Scouts across Canada by the 403rd Toronto Sea Scouts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Scout program emphasizes having fun while learning by doing. We make space for youth to expand their leadership skills and gain self confidence. As Sea Scouts, we have an<span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/seascouts.ca\/index.php\/about\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About Sea Scouts<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seascouts.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seascouts.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seascouts.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seascouts.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seascouts.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/seascouts.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278,"href":"https:\/\/seascouts.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/278"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seascouts.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seascouts.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}