Pathfinder Scouts Association
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| Headquarters | Wolverhampton | ||
| Country | United Kingdom | ||
| Founded | 1982 | ||
| Founder | Ray O'Donnell-Hampton | ||
| Chief Commissioner | Adrian McDowell | ||
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Website http://rolandphilippsrovercrew.weebly.com |
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The Pathfinder and Rover Explorer Scouts' Association (P-RESA) is an independent Traditional Scouting Association in the United Kingdom and Internationally. The Association program runs along the lines of Baden-Powell's original Scouting for Boys. upholding the traditions and practice set out by BP, using the 1938 Boy Scouts' Association Policy Organisation & Rules (POR) as its basis.
In 1916, Lord Baden-Powell set up Wolf Cubs for the younger brothers of the Scouts who were desperate to join in the fun. Wolf Cubs are based around Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book. Where a young boy brought up by a Wolf pack has to learn to develop to be a self sufficient man. Leaders take their names from the Jungle Book story.
The Wolf Cub Promise is:
I promise to do my best,
To do my duty to God and the Queen,
To keep the Law of the Wolf Pack, and do a good turn every day.
The Law of the Wolf Cub Pack is:
The Cub gives in to the Old Wolf;
The Cub does not give in to himself.
Motto: "Wolf Cubs" - Do my Best
In 1906 and 1907 Robert Baden-Powell, a lieutenant general in the British Army, wrote a book for boys about reconnaissance and scouting. Baden-Powell wrote Scouting for Boys (London, 1908), based on his earlier books about military scouting, with influence and support of Frederick Russell Burnham (Chief of Scouts in British Africa), Ernest Thompson Seton of the Woodcraft Indians, William Alexander Smith of the Boys' Brigade, and his publisher Pearson. In the summer of 1907 Baden-Powell held a camp on Brownsea Island in England to test ideas for his book. This camp and the publication of Scouting for Boys are generally regarded as the start of the Scout movement.
The movement employs the Scout method, a program of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activities, including camping, woodcraft, aquatics, hiking, backpacking, and sports.
The P-RESA Law is derived from the original Scout Law:
It is perhaps rather difficult to remember the different heads of the law. The following is easily learned and is a good way of memorising the headings:
Trusty, loyal and helpful,
Brotherly, courteous, kind,
Obedient, smiling and thrifty,
Pure as the rustling wind.
The Pathfinder Promise (Scout Promise) is:
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