Going Vertical – Cubs Climbing Gym Adventure!
Be Prepared is one of the central themes of Scouting. Over the past months the Cubs have been preparing to...
Month: May 2017
Howler Cubs at D.I.B.C. (Move Up Camp!)
This past weekend our Howler Cubs (3rd year) went on the biggest adventure of their Scouting Journey so far. They attended the Dorchester International Brotherhood Camporee (D.I.B.C.). With 2600 youth and 300 staff this was by far the largest event they have ever seen. The Credit Hills Armadillo sub-camp had about 148 youth in attendance from around the area and the event itself was attended by members from Scouts Canada, Girl Guides of Canada, Boy Scouts of America and Girl Scouts of America. The Howlers were excited to be put into patrols with some older Scouts from 1st Acton Scouts...
Cub Scouts On The Trail – Crawford Lake Hike
We try to take every opportunity to get outside and into nature with our Youth. Last night in place of our normal School meeting the Cub Pack visited Crawford Lake Conservation Area for a 4KM hike along the Escarpment trail. Everyone had a lot of fun and the view from the lookout was beautiful and reminded us all of our connection to nature. We couldn’t help but stop by the amazing wood wolf carving to take a quick picture of the Cub Scouts from the pack who made it out last night.
Wrapping and Frapping with the Cub Pack
Last night the Cubs worked on their wrapping and frapping. No, this is not some new hip-hop trend but rather lashings! Armed with only rope and poles, and with the knot tying skills that they have been building on all year the cubs worked on their lashing skills and primitive shelter building. We had planned to do this outdoors so that the various structures would stick into the ground better, however mother nature had a different plan for us so we did our shelters in side. The Cubs had a great time last night and are looking forward to the...
ScouTrees 2017
This past weekend was our annual ScouTrees fund-raiser and community environmental project day. Early in the morning on Saturday, 1st Miton Beavers and Cubs were out in force planing trees to help the environment and our community. Scout Trees has been an annual Scouts Canada event since 1972, where as a group Scouts Canada has planted over 80 million trees across the country! The 1st Milton Group was the 3rd largest group in attendance this year, and we planted over 500 trees to help offset carbon emissions and make the work a greener place. ...