The Rally was fun for everyone, participa nts as well as time keepers. All participants had a great time regardless of their eventual ranks. We recognize and highly appreciation the magnificant job that our Rally master Andre and his wife Desi Guilanians have done and congratulate them for another successful Rally.

On October 10, the Scouting Division held its "Open House" and "Transfer and Oath Ceremony." The Open House was an opportunity for members of the community, parents, and non-scouts to visit us and see what scouting is all about and get to know the scouts better, especially the leaders. Each troop prepared their own booth and there were activities and food to pass the time in between visiting the booths. 

The events lined up earlier in the day were a hit but it was the closing ceremony that brought everything together and captured the spirit of scouting. The ceremony began with transfers and oaths. Transferring and the oath are turning points for a scout since they indicate the individual growth that will follow and represent the meaning and promise of being a scout. Guylik and Artsvik scouts (cubs and brownies) transfer into either the next, older, Guylik and Artsvik troop, or into an Ari and Arenoush troop. At the ceremony, the scouts transferred and took their respective oaths with their fellow brothers and sisters, and joined their new lines. 

Eighteen of our scouts received the Azagyen Shkanashan from the Homenetmen Regional Scouting Committee, the culmination to  a lengthy learning process that they started this summer at our Annual Camp. Further, after a full year of work, six of our leaders received their Vkayal Kark. Vkayal is the second highest Homentmen test overall and the highest test currently offered to our scouts.

This was an important day on many levels and was moving because over 300 guests and scouts came together, both to attend and help with the event.