Kayla and Dayna win
Seven St Joseph’s Venturer Scouts have earned their Queen’s Scout Awards over a seven-month period.
Kayla Moses and Dayna Richardson, both 18, have gained the highest achievement possible as youth members of Scouts.
They join St Joseph’s Venturers Randall Tyler, Scott Brieseman, Juliet Stevens, Lucy Burton and Jae Neshausen in achieving this.
About 50 Queen’s Scouts are awarded in any one year throughout New Zealand.
All the scouts from the Upper Hutt-based group gained the award by training in leadership skills, risk management, campcraft and life skills. This award is the culmination of several years’ hard work and determination, including several tramps of up to four days, safety modules, new skills and physical challenges.
Kayla was a Kea and Cub in Stokes Valley before eventually joining St Joseph’s Venturers three years ago. And Dayna was a Kea, Cub and Scout with Waterloo Scouts before joining Venturers almost four years ago.
They are the 61st and 62nd Venturers to have their names put on the St. Joseph’s Group’s Honours Board.
Both will receive their certificates from the new Governor-General and Chief Scout of New Zealand, Dame Patsy Reddy, at Government House this year.
Dayna attended the 19th NZ Jamboree in Mystery Creek in 2011 as a Scout and both attended the 20th NZ Jamboree in Feilding as Venturers. There they helped to run an off-site overnight base for the older Scouts from all over New Zealand, building shelters, introducing the Scouts to the way the Venturer programme runs and organising games and meals.
Dayna starred was a cast member in the Hutt Valley Gang Show in 2010 and 2012, before helping to direct drama for the 2014 Show. She also attended the 12th New Zealand Venture in Riverton in 2013, along with 900 other Venturers from all over New Zealand and Australia. Kayla, who is training as an early-childhood teacher, attended the 13th New Zealand Venture in Rotorua in 2016. Dayna is working before travelling overseas. She would like to join the Police Force as a psychologist in the future. Venturers isfor males and females aged between 14 and 18.5 years.