Supporting Scouting - Cubs Open Evening

Dear Parents,

Supporting Scouting – Cubs Open Evening (February 8^th 2012)

Most parents realise that Scouting is a voluntary organisation.  The Cubs at 13^th Carlisle has been very fortunate in the last few years to have a strong, committed team of trained leaders, young leaders and regular parental helpers.  Working together they have ensured that the activities on offer have always been fun, varied and, crucially, safe.

As the advert said “Change Happenz (sic).” After six years supporting the Cubs Jonathan McKeown will be stepping down in March to pursue other projects.  Andrew Brindley, after three years with the Group, will also step down from the end of this month as he completes the final parts of his degree and then moves back to Merseyside.  Jonathan and Andrew have been great supporters of the both Cubs and the Group – both will be sadly missed. We will also lose Rachel Bradley in September when she starts university, and like Ben Hodgkiss, will then be only available at the start and end of terms.

The Cubs have been very fortunate to have the support of each one of these leaders/helpers. The loss of all this experience means that we now need to build a new team to take Cubs forward and we are looking for your help and support.

Everyone thinks that they haven’t the time to commit to Scouting.  We are all pushed through work and family commitments, however, helping Scouting doesn’t mean you have to give a weekly commitment – any contribution is welcomed, however large or small.

On Wednesday 8^th February we will be holding an open night for all parents from 6.30pm until 8.30pm.  On that night you can see what we get up to and speak to the current leadership team.  You can take part and maybe you can help out with an activity too!  Once you see what we do, and how we work, we hope that you might be tempted to join us in some capacity. 

 

Perhaps you could help out with camps or activities (bed and breakfast included), could you run some games or could you help with some of the administration.  Whatever your skills, whatever the time you can spare, together we can make a difference.  You wouldn’t need to wear a uniform (unless you wanted to), you wouldn’t need to come each and every week but you would be guaranteed to have a great time helping your children! 

We look forward to seeing many of you during the meeting on Wednesday 8th February.

Yours sincerely,

David Hodgkiss (Akela) on behalf of all the leaders/helpers at 13^th Carlisle Cubs