(mgt) This year, the Scout Movement is celebrating its 100th Birthday and organized in the framework of the celebrations, the path Canton Solothurn (PKS), a cantonal Pfingstlager (Pfila). The Solothurn Scouts spent the Pfila together in a tent city in Oltner Gheid. In addition to the approximately 800 participants of all ages from all sections of the Canton met on Saturday also about 160 alumni, to sniff again Scout air.
From small Wolfli on the 91-year-old former guests to the official, State Councilor Christian Wanner, Mayor and City Councilor Martin Ernst Zingg Wey, everyone gathered on Saturday for the opening event. In all those present had to recognize that a thief had stolen the key, which was needed to get the "book of 100 pages" from his hiding place. In that book, a secret Council was held during 100 years, all major Scout event.
After making the myriad Wolfli and Scouts on the way, collect clues, which should serve to capture the thief. While the player has earned Wolfli references to the camp, the elders made the city unsafe and Oltner fought there demanded the tips in a contest, of skill, courage, and promptness.
Old friendships are maintained ...
While the Scouts were active to the thief on the trail, spent the alumni, who were also numerous published a joint cocktail with a speech by former Kantonalleiters Kurt Eggenschwiler v / o Pan at the camp before continuing to Olten area south-west was where waited a dinner and a cozy fireplace. The latter provided the opportunity to refresh memories, reviving friendships and sing one or another song.
... Create new
For the participating children and adolescents in cantonal Pentecostal camp offered many opportunities to meet other Scouts from all over the canton and to make new friendships. Thus, for example, had each group, a partner department, which were carried out with various joint activities.
But, how is it actually about the book's 100 pages? Up on Whit Monday, the children gathered enough evidence to identify the thief the key to. The book was brought out of hiding and are rummaging in the memories of the first 100 years of the Scout Movement. However, the bulging book offered no further space for new stories. Therefore, it was the end event jointly opened the first chapter in a new book to document the next 100 years of the Scout movement.
"All different - all equal"
The Canton Solothurn path as part of a worldwide organization with 25 million members, has taken the opportunity and within the framework of the Jubilee Pentecostal camp with different activities at the Council of Europe campaign "All different - all equal" participated. The title summarizes the objectives of the campaign together succinctly: All people are different because of their individuality, talents, skills and potential, but they all have rights and duties and are equal before the law. For this reason, the theme of the lived diversity, equality and human rights in different parts of the program Pfila was integrated.
Great support
To make such a rise on its feet, it takes a lot of preparations and broad support. According to Patrick Weibel v / o flash, Kantonalleiter of PKS and chief of the OC, which had six Pfila Organizing Committee for the past year been working intensively on these grounds: It had to include a program with local departments of planning, water supply and sanitation facilities created and secure the financing.
The town of Olten the camp had been generously supported with infrastructure services, the Scouts were allowed to use, for example, the kitchen in the town hall and asked Werkhof various materials. Financially, the event was also supported by the Federal Service for Combating Racism and Jungendförderung the canton of Solothurn.
Pictures, camp newspaper, and further information at about the Pfila the PKS: www.pfila07.pfadi.org/
