In celebration of Scout-Guide Week, local Scouts will be racing homemade miniature cars and trucks this weekend at the Stone Road Mall.
The annual rallies will begin Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. with the Scout Truck Rally. The event will feature Scouts, ages 11 to 14, and Venturer Scouts, ages 14 to 17, racing mini 18-wheel trucks they have designed and built. The honorary starter for the event will be local MP Frank Valeriote.
On Saturday morning, the younger Scouts will face off, with the five- to seven-year-old Beaver Scouts racing their mini cars in the Beaver Bug Rally at 11 a.m. Mayor Karen Farbridge will be the honorary starter at this event.
Cub Scouts, ages eight to 10, will compete in their Kub Kar Rally on Saturday at 1 p.m. The honorary starter will be Guelph Police Chief Bryan Larkin.
Events are meant to promote a sense of achievement and learning, and to be an interactive way for youths to make new friends while discovering the importance of creativity and imagination.