Meeting #2: International Week of Peace

We’re back on Wedneday, September 23rd at St. Francis of Assisi.  This week we celebrate the Scouting “International Week of Peace" with some games, a craft and an interesting story that I dug up.

 Because we are short handed until our new leaders all have their PRC’s completed, could I ask for some help with the craft?  I have some child sized scissors, but if anybody has a pair to bring along and be willing to work with their child it would make for short work.  Very simple craft…cutting out a dove template and tapering some paper for wings.

We are very close to 30 members of the colony now…which means we need to have at least 6 leaders at all times.  If you have interest in being a leader, if you have not yet spoken to me about it and/or you have not received a PRC form yet, please let me know.  We could use your help.  Full time, Part Time, doesn’t matter…I just value your time.

Just as a note, next week we will not be in the school due to a school booking.  However, we already have our activity planned.  The Cubs will be going around on Tuesday near Holy Cross to collect food for the food bank, and we will be doing the same in and around St. Francis on Wednesday.  Hopefully between the two groups we will raise a decent amount of food just in time for Thanksgiving.  We definitely could use your help with that, by chaperoning your children.

Another note, especially for the newest members of the colony, similar to how the girl guides raise funds by selling cookies, Boy Scouts sell Popcorn.  I have not yet received our order form packages, but if you would like to look up details you can go to http://www.scouts.ca/popcorn/ .   This is a wonderful way for us to raise funds for the group, and the benefits for your own child are excellent.  I will blog details on this asap.

Final note, at last mention, we did not yet have anybody who had taken responsibility for the 1^st Alcona Group Popcorn Coordinator.  This is a role that does not require a PRC, collects the money/maintains the numbers and coordinates getting the popcorn back to the individual families through leaders such as myself.  Not a lot of work, just too much extra for myself and the Cubs and Scouts section leaders to take on ourselves.  Let me know if this is your cup of tea.

 

Yours in Scouting,

Ringtail