1st Merrickville Report for Area Meeting May
18, 2006
Events To
Date
- Hobbies & Wheels was a lot of fun for
Beavers, Cubs, and Scouts.
- Pitch-in
Canada. Beavers, Cubs, and Scouts
to clean litter from around the village.
- Cub spring camp at Whispering Pines. Swiss Family
Robinson theme, which turned more into pirates. Had slippery pole jousting,
sword fighting on straw bales, straw bale maze, night raid on the fort, animal
race, crushing stick pirates with a rolling log booby trap, painted pirate
flags and pirate
t-shirts.
- Scout spring camp at Whispering Pines. Rained most of
the weekend. Scouts ran mountain bike
races.
- Scouts attended NiteVent and came in third out of
seven teams. Flaming arrows was the coolest
activity.
Future
Events
- Beavers
swim-up to Cubs.
- Cubs go-up to
Scouts.
- Beaver astronomy,
T-Ball, Alpaca farm.
- Impeesa area camp for Cubs.
- Voyageur canoe outing for Cubs.
- Canoe trip for Scouts.
Miscellaneous
Hobbies &
Wheels
- Very
successfull.
- Attendance down
significantly over last year.
- Need to re-evaluate
event and it's focus.
- Comments
welcome.
- See separate
report.
Cub Area Camp
Impeesa
- Operation Bootcamp!
- All on track.
- Aerial runway already setup at Whispering
Pines.
- Setup on Friday.
- Leader package to be emailed out before
camp.
- Packs need to remember to bring ration pack lunches
(one per Cub); reminder telephone calls will be
made.
Issues