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Getting ready for camp!
Author: Gary Bainbridge | Date: 28-01-2010
Explorer Scouts from the 3rd East Kilbride brushed up on their cooking and hygiene skills recently when they attended an Elementary Food Hygiene Course.
12 Explorer Scouts successfully completed the course and were presented with certificates by their Explorer Scout Leader; Paul Hart.
'It's essential that the guys understand the importance of hygiene when preparing food' said Paul 'and they learnt about this whilst having fun at the Scout Hall and achieved an externally recognised qualification.'
The Unit hoped to run this course on an annual basis as part of their balanced programme.
Well done Scott!
Author: Gary Bainbridge | Date: 28-01-2010
Cub Scout Scott Murray from the 2nd Lanark helped inspire P5 pupils at New Lanark Primary School to turn their St. Andrew's Day celebrations into a very good cause this year.
Scott organised a One School, Many Uniforms Day, with fellow pupils all paying £1 towards St. Andrew's Hospice to come to school not in their usual blazers and jumpers but in the uniform of whatever outside organisation they belonged to.
Scott went into school in his Cub Scout uniform whilst others wore swimming gear, dance outfits and tae-kwon-do gear.
At the end of the day Scott, pictured above, presented the money raised which totalled more than £60 to Rosaline McKenna from the Hospice.
Our Christmas Adventure
Author: Gary Bainbridge | Date: 07-01-2010
The weekend before Christmas saw 15 Scouts from the 1st Bellshill and Mossend Group avoiding the shopping frenzy and heading off for a weekend on adventure in the snow.
The Group set off hiking and after a snowy walk, reached their accommodation for the night at Fingland Bothy.
While thye watched the thermometer plumet to -6 degrees, the Scouts had a great time building snowmen, bivvy bag sledging and the inevitable mass snowball fights.
Christmas crackers accompanied the festive dinner complete with Christmas pudding and yule log and the night ended with a quiz and Christmas Carol campfire!
'A Christmas camp may become a regular feature in the Scouts calendar!' said Scout Leader Neil Kelly 'and I would like to thank all the other Leaders and Young Leaders for helping make 2009 such a success.'
Fingland bothy is run by Borders Bothies Association.
