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Cubs Weekly Summary – 24th April 2018

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Weekly Summary

Last week we sack races as part of the preparation for sports day.

Next Week

We will continue to practise activities for the sports day and hopefully improve on our knots.

New Website

We have created a new website for the 52nd Epping Forest South, it’s still early days but we plan to use this for sharing information about our activities and other information such as where to get uniforms.

Please do take a look and feel free to provide feedback.

http://52efsscouts.org.uk/

Events

https://www.onlinescoutmanager.co.uk/parents/events.php

St Georges Day Parade

Date: 29th April 2018

Time: 15:40 – 17:00

Location: Woodbridge School, Woodford

We ask all Cubs to attend to renew their promise and get a real sense of belonging.

This is the only event in the year when Attendance is compulsory,  unless the Scout has approval from the GSL for non attendance.
A Parent peg count will be given for all Scout attendees.

Full uniform is required to be worn 

It is an opportunity to wash and press your uniform and Necker and remember BLACK SHOES (No trainers)

Parents are welcome to attend too. Parking available outside the school so car share to reduce congestion (no parking on school grounds) 

Please drop off and collect from Woodbridge High school. IG8 7DQ

https://goo.gl/maps/f7GEqJhF7Cv

Summer District Activity weekend (Whole group) representing New Zealand

Date: 29th June – 1st July

Location: Thriftwoods Scout Camp, Brentwood

This will be a huge event with beavers, cubs and scouts from all the groups invited, the last time we ran this event there were over 400 young people attending!

We are keeping the list of activities a secret, but I can confirm the itinerary will be full (much like last years sixers and seconders camp).

Each group will be representing a different country and the 52nd EFS will be representing New Zealand, so we will need to learn a haka and serve a local dish.

I’m glad to say we some parent volunteers so we can take up to 24 Cubs now.

This will be an outdoor camp and tents will be provided.

More details will be provided as a finalise the plans.

**We have extended to cut off date to confirm attendance to the end of May, you can still sign up via MySCOUT**

Requests

Parents, please volunteer to help on the rota. https://www.onlinescoutmanager.co.uk/parents/programme.php

Please also note that once you have booked for an externally paid event, if you do not notify us in time, you are obliged to pay for it. As a matter of courtesy we hope that you can understand why we request this and how it affects spaces, leaders required to attend and the potential damage to our reputation. Please respect this and let us know via OSM.

All bookings MUST be made via OSM and payments should be automated as it saves us much time in administration.We may be requesting an additional charge for any manual payments in the future.

Yours in Scouting

52nd EFS leaders

10 good reasons to volunteer your services

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10 reasons to volunteer in Scouting

04/06/2015 volunteers

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We asked our brilliant Scouts for reasons why their leaders are great and put them together to give you 10 reasons to volunteer.

 1. There is always somebody to laugh at your terrible jokes. 

‘He tells awful jokes, but they are so bad that you can’t help but like them’- Elenya

2. You adopt a new family that never stops extending.

‘They are not like my parents, they are like brothers and sisters to me.’ – Kamil

3. When you don’t feel like you’re good enough, there are people around you who think you’re the best!

‘He is amazing! He is always coming up with great ideas and is full of energy.’ – Tim

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 4. Your encouragement gives a young person hope.

 ‘They never give up on you!’ – Abbie

 5. Your support can put a smile on a young person’s face when they are having a tough day.

‘They help me through some really hard times in my life and they make everything fun.’- Phoebe

6. By being you, you can teach others that it’s ok to be themselves.

 ‘He teaches me how to be myself’- Amir

7. By becoming a leader you can lead young people on the adventure of a lifetime.

 ‘My Scout Leaders took our group from doing barely anything, with nights just revolving around games to getting out and doing some truly amazing things.’- James

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8. You become more than a volunteer, you become somebody’s mentor.

‘They give us advice and lots of cool opportunities’- Sofia

9. You develop relationships that stand the test of time.

‘My old Cub Leader is one of the most important people in my life, we have some of the most incredible memories at camps, coffee catch ups and so on. She’s someone that’s always filled with energy and wants the kids and herself to have so much fun! She’s simply incredible, I love her to the moon and back.’- Caitlyn

10. Your dedication to Scouting helps somebody to achieve awards!

‘They helped us get our Chief Scouts Gold (Award)’- Caroline

Inspired to volunteer? Join the adventure!

http://scouts.org.uk/news/2015/06/10-reasons-to-volunteer/