World Cup Sweepstake

If you attended our AGM last month you will recall Leigh Pack leader John selling sealed envelopes for the world cup sweepstakes at only £10 each.  22 of the 32 secret envelopes were sold and the the one containing the eventual winners “Spain” was amongst the 10 which were unsold.  The Second place winner, Mr Paul Mills, who drew Holland has generously donated his £60 winnings back to the group, which means that the 5th Dartford Scout Group will benefit from the entire £220 prize fund.

Many thanks to Paul and a big thanks to everyone who took part in this sweep stake, which has raised valuable funds for the group.

2010-04-25 – St George’s Parade / GSL Challenge

Today representatives from all sections of the 5th Dartford Scout Group attended a St George’s Day service in full smart uniform with the other groups in the Dartford District.  We assembled in Central Park at 10:45 for the 11:00 service  and then paraded around the town @ 11:40.

Thankyou to everyone who made the effort to attend this important service and to all the supporters who lined the streets to cheer us on.

Ted ‘Cougar’ Essex stepped in to lead the group in the parade as GSL Paul ran the London Marathon to raise money for the EllenorLions Hospice, which he did in @ 4 1/2 hrs .  Paul had challenged all sections to try and match his 26.2 mile effort in what ever way they could.

Each cub in the Collins and Leigh Cub Packs ran 2 laps of the park and 8 members of the Earley Scout Troop walked the 8 miles from Greenhithe back to the hall along the Thames.

Please forward any photo’s taken for our archive to me at  jason@5thdartfordscouts.org.uk; Photo’s should ideally be 600 x 800 resolution.  You’ll find a good Microsoft power tool for XP in our downloads section, which will do this for you.

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Join us on Facebook………

Did you know that the 5th Dartford Scout Group has a group on Facebook, which isn’t used by the current membership?  Come on Scouts, Explorers, Network and older members - have you nothing to say for yourselves?  Please keep it clean and fun, but asside from that it’s a forum for you the members to help stear our future or remember our past.  Go on have a go ;O)

2010-03-27 – Shelterbox Disco and Karaoke

It all started with a spark in Teds mind; one that we probably all feel………….  We want to help those in need, but where does the money thrown into buckets actually go?  Then Ted heard about ShelterBox; an international disaster relief charity that delivers emergency shelter, warmth and dignity to people affected by disaster worldwide.  In short, ShelterBox is a family shelter and survival essentials in a box.  The Collins pack lead the way with young Angus walking to France – he walked continuously whilst on the cross channel ferry, which raised £100.  Fra baked her fingers raw making cakes and goodies, which she then sold to work colleagues.  The rest of the Collins pack then sold their services to parents for good deeds done in order to take their total to well over £400. 

GSL Paul heard how well the Collins pack had done and wanted to jump on the bandwagon to boost the monies already raised.  A plan for a Karaoke-Disco was hatched and came to fruition with a great turnout consisting of faces old and for just £2 an adult and a quid-a-kid.  Maggie organised a well stocked raffle with some fab prizes and the decks were managed by Stu, Fra, Dibs and Adam.

The final total is not yet in, but I’m sure that thanks to your valued contributions we’ve far exceeded the £490 needed to get our ShelterBox off to where it’s needed at the earliest possible date – whatch this space……………

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Anybody recognise this cub?

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Alas no prizes for guessing this one, but have you got any old cub/scout pictures from yesteryear, which might bring a smile on a cloudy day? Have a scout (no pun intended) about and see what you can dig up.