Well done to everyone from The 5th Dartford Scout group who represented us at the 14th Jambouree on the Trail, with young people from all sections taking part in the adventure. As usual, the starting point for the scouts, explorers and many parents, instructors and leaders was Sevenoaks Station.  The route followed the Darent Valley Path for the 17 miles back to Dartford Central Park, which for the most part, was in glorious sunshine. Along the way our number grew as we were joined by Cub scouts and Beaver scouts at distances more suited to little legs; However, it should be noted that some cubs did the full distance and some beavers completed the Cub course too.

The Earley Scout Troop were given the chance to submit any photos taken for a prize competition and we’ll report on the result of that once all the entries are in.

Many young people took up the challenge to raise group funds for 777 through sponsorship for their efforts and once the totals are in, we’ll report on that too.

Finaly, a big thanks to the District team for making this a well organised event, which everyone enjoyed.

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Go to www.virginmoneygiving.com

Click  “Start Fundraising” (at the top)

Click on “Create Your Page”

Click on “Personal Challenge” and select your event.

Complete the questions, such as where is your event taking place and click on next.

Under Charity’s Name, type in 5th Dartford Scouts and then search.

Complete the next boxes as appropriate, then click on next.

You then need to complete your name and address details, click on the box you agree to the terms and conditions and press next.

Complete your date of birth (01/01/1995) – Note the site will only allow 13 years and over, so younger members may need a little creative licence here ;).

Input a password of at least 8 characters.

Click on next and you have done it.

You can also upload photo’s and add widgets to customise your page.

Now you need to spread the word to everyone through Facebook, Twitter, Myspace and text etc.

Make sure you send an email to media@5thdartfordscouts.org.uk so we can track and publicise your page on our website.

Good luck raising the funds……

The Virgin money giving account & links have been set up & we’re already recieving donations from friends & supporters.  The new link on the right will direct donators to our money giving site for 777 – The New Hall fund, which allows them to make donations of any size & even cliams the gift aid for us too.

We’ve now registered the 5th Dartford Scout Group for the TESCO vouchers scheme which is similar to Active Kids run by Sainsbury’s, but the difference being there’s more craft type items in the TESCO catalogue, which would be very useful to the younger sections.  So could you please let your parents know we’re now collecting both when you return after the Easter break.

There will be a collecting box down the hall next to the Sainsburys one but it really doesn’t matter if they get mixed up as I will empty them each week and count them as we go along.

Many Thanks
Wendy