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Ian Hancock (04,05,06,07,08,09*)
December 29,
2008 - Ian began
his days in Scouting as a Beaver (age 5) with the 385th Agincourt. Being a
leader's kid, it was natural for him to continue into Cubs; by the time he was
Scout age – and able to make some decisions for himself – he chose to remain
with the movement, going to the 284th Agincourt and then 5th Agincourt troops.
Earning his Chief Scout's Award in June 2003, he stayed with the 5th for his
first year of Venturers, and then joined the
1st Scarborough MedVents in September 2004. It is there he met Bruce
Eggleton, father of former staff members Heather (99-01) and Chris Eggleton
(97-99).
His love for HSR began at an early age, with being an
Adventureland Goes North camper in 1999, and choosing to return annually for
the 2000-03 seasons. In 2003, he also enjoyed a week of camping with the 400th
Agincourt troop and company. It was also on Composite in 2002 that he met
Christine Blair (03-05), and found that they both had been accepted into the
TOPS Programme at Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute in Toronto.
 It
was the summer of 2004 when he first became a staff member at HSR, as an IT. In
2005, he was given the job of Trapper/Composite Scouter; in 2006 he moved to
Archery Instructor/Composite Scouter; 2007 , 2008 & 2009 saw him as a
Rappelling/Climbing Wall Instructor.
Ian was the recipient of the
Staff Alumni
Bursary Award in the summer of 2007 to assist with his post secondary
expenses. In 2008 he received the
Supervisor's
Award which is "awarded
annually by the Supervisory Staff to
the HSR Staff member who
actively demonstrated his belief in the Scout Law and Promise."
Following graduation from high school, he entered the
Paramedicine programme at the
University of Toronto at
Scarborough, which is joint with
Centennial College.
He is currently in the third of the four year programme. Unfortunately, tragedy
struck his family the weekend before his classes began, with the passing of his
father at the Gilwell Reunion in 2006. As luck would have it, he was at Gilwell
at the time, serving with the MedVents as part of the first aid team, but not
part of the crew to respond to that call.
He currently lives in Scarborough, and can be reached at
i.hancock@utoronto.ca or
spacey_post@yahoo.ca. |
