1st Port Nelson Cubs

The cub group is open to boys and girls ages 8-10
Leaders
Akala (Scott Graham) kids@kids4kids.ca
Kaa (Steve Linger)
King Louie (Craig Woodall)
John Clodge
Ron Gibson

Program
Dec 21,04 Christmas Break - No Cubs
Dec 28,04 Christmas Break - No Cubs
Jan 4,05 Movie Night

Parents Notes

Cub’s starts at 7:15 on Tuesdays (except where advises for special events). Ends at 8:45 PM. Cubs are to be dropped off in the lower Auditorium (as the Beavers are up stairs before us) and picked up in the gym (Upper Aud.). Please be prompt in picking up the Cubs. If you are not able to pick up your child, and have made arrangements for another parent of family member to pick up your child, make sure that you tell one of the leaders.

Weekly dues are $2.00. These dues allow us to off set all many of the costs for supplies, snacks, and outings. We do not get any of the money paid for registration – all of the money goes to Scouts Canada. Dues are payable in one of two ways – one cheque for $28.00 to cover up to Christmas, and a second cheque for $42.00 in the New Year to cover the balance of the year, or you can give us one cheque in September for the entire amount ($70.00). We also receive funds from Apple Day, and Popcorn sales (more about those later)

1st Port Nelson supplies the Neckers, and the epaulets. The balance of the uniform (shirt, sash, woggle and Cub book) is the Cub’s responsibility. A cub is considered to be in full uniform if he/she are wearing all of the items above, and carrying their Cub Book.

This year, we are planning something new for Badge testing. We are going to have monthly "Badge Nights". The purpose is two fold – so all Cubs can participate in group badge work (and towards the Black Star), which we will be doing on those nights, and to test on those nights only. This allows us on the other nights of the month to run the program uninterrupted.

Popcorn sales and Apple Day are our major fundraisers. We get approximately 50% of Popcorn sales directly into our group (If Cubs sell $1000, we get 500). For Apple Day we get 100%. This year, we want to ask the Cubs to sell for one hour on either Thursday or Friday Night (Sept. 30/Oct 1), + one hour on Saturday October 2nd. They are allowed to sell for more, but that is the minimum we are requesting. Cubs MUST participate in Apple Day. Last year the money from these two things help to pay for fees for the camps and paid for the entire Cubaree portion including meals. It also paid for Kub Kars (along with the dues collected).

Our first camp is the weekend of October 15th (the weekend after Thanksgiving). This camp is at Camp Manitou, and will run from Friday at 7, to Sunday at 11:00. Parents are invited to attend all of our camps, and will be cheerfully put to work. (The more help we have from parents, the more time we can devote to running programs). More details about the camp will be forthcoming.

Second camp is tentatively planned for the weekend of Feb 25th (2005).

We thought for our third camp this year, we would camp at the Toronto Zoo. This is a great experience where the kids will sleep in the middle of the African Savannah area (in tents) and be able to hear the animals at night (when they are most active). For more info – try this link "Toronto Zoo Specials Events and Programs Bush Camp". Costs is a bit higher ($55.00 for one night), but we will plan some fund raising to try and offset the costs. Unfortunately this books up pretty fast, so we will need to make a decision quickly if this is the way we want to go.

Although the Leaders organize and run the program, we have found we cannot do it all. We are looking for the parents to come forward and help where ever they can. Some of the things we are looking for parents to do include: