Team Information Package
Quest 2015 – “MACH 1” (Making Adventures and Challenges Happen)
Also promoting International Day of the Girl
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- Question your knowledge on outdoor skills and leadership
- Use that knowledge positively, to create and have fun
- Enhance skills learned through Guiding
- Socialize to meet other Guiding members
- Team work – all members working together towards the same goal
Who: All Pathfinder members aged 11 – 15 years at the time of the event
Where: Camp Harris at 1250 Mineville Road, Mineville, NS (just east of Cole Harbour)
Why: It is amazingly fun‼
When: Friday, October 2nd – Sunday, October 4th, 2015
$85.00 (including HST) – Fee covers 4 girls supervised by 2 adults per team. Please include an
Fee: additional $6 for every additional adult and girl per team. Fewer girls or shared team with adults
does not reduce the team cost.
TENTS: Tent sites will be in a field, organized by Guiding units (teams will stay together); while
space is tight there will be room for your unit’s sleeping tent(s) and one kitchen tent.
ADIRONDACK HUT: You can rent this for an extra $10/weekend; each hut has 6 double bunks.
Accommodations: Only 5 huts available, book early to avoid disappointment!
DIXON CENTRE: You can rent this for an extra $90/weekend; this lodge has floor space to sleep 24
plus gear. It has indoor cooking area but no indoor washrooms. (This space can be shared by
multiple teams if desired, costs would be split based on # people)
Washrooms: Washroom facilities for ALL teams are outdoor toilets (outhouses and “port-a-potties”)
Teams consisting of 4 girls will go on a Quest for up to 12 hours, from 10am to 10pm on Saturday.
In this time they complete as many projects as they can along the way. These varying projects
The Quest:
challenge each team’s abilities in reasoning, leadership, teamwork and endurance, and teams are
scored appropriately at each project station.
Teams generally consist of 4 girls, and this is how projects are developed. If there’s an extra girl,
the team may have to sit out a girl at project stations, depending on the particular project and
Team Size: scoring. If there are fewer girls, it is usually worth teaming up with another small group for a full
Quest experience (we can help coordinate this), but teams can compete with as few as 3 girls, if
needed. For clarity, teams can include from 3-5 people.
This is an outdoor event. Teams are responsible for their own camping equipment and are
expected to provide, prepare, and store their own food for the whole weekend. Each Team should
Team
come completely self-contained for the weekend. On the day of Quest, each Team must carry
Responsibilities:
everything that they will need on their Quest with them (e.g. gear, food, required program kit,
etc.).
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Team Information Package
Guider Ratio:
Every Team must have a Contact Guider and a First Aider. For ratio: one Contact Guider and one
First Aider can bring no more than three teams to Quest.
Every adult/Guider is to bring their own completed Health Form (H2) and keep it on their person
at all times during Quest weekend. All Guiders must have a current PRC on file with iMIS to
Adult Participants: participate in this event, and First Aiders must have current Standard First Aid on file with iMIS. All
adult non-members must have an A7 and PRC on file with iMIS. A7 and PRC forms must be sent
directly to Province – see due date, below.
It is the responsibility of the Team Contact Guider to ensure all paperwork is COMPLETE and that it
Team Contact
is sent to the Registrar no later than the deadline provided. Failure to do so may result in the
Guider:
team forfeiting its ability to participate in this event.
Team First Aid The Team First Aider will be responsible for all medications for the Team during the weekend.
Guider: First Aiders should ensure that they bring a first aid kit with them for their team.
QUEST Planning Team will be looking after the SG3 for this event and Safe Guide for the Planning
Team begins once girls are on site until they depart on Sunday morning. Teams are responsible for
any Safe Guide requirements such as transportation to and from the event.
Safe Guide: The Quest Planning Team recommends that parents be responsible for all travel to this event.
Should Guiders choose to coordinate travel, this will require a separate SG3 form for travel
(submitted no later than September 16th in order to meet the Safe Guide deadline) and is the Unit
Guider’s responsibility, not that of the Quest Planning Team.
Registration: Fill out the Team (Participant) Registration Form (separate this year) and send it in with your fees
Upon receipt of your registration form and registration fee, your Quest Package will be sent to you
Next Steps: including more details like a scoring sheet example, directions to camp and other info. If you have
any questions, please email [email protected]
Sept 18
Last date to receive Registration Forms & cheques at Guide House
Sept 18
Last date to receive PRC’s and A7’s at Province for non-member
adults wishing to participate
IMPORTANT Sept 18
DEADLINES:
Sept 25
Sept 25
Last date to receive signed SG2’s and H1’s (with photo) for team
members
Last date to receive updates to already submitted registration
forms (can be sent via email)
Last date to receive any Refund Requests at Guide House
Look for updated QUEST information posted on the Nova Scotia Girl Guide site www.girlguides.ns.ca.
If you have any questions, please email [email protected]
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