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Jul 16 2025
On a chilly day in the month of May, over 30 Liesbeek Meerkats gathered to go on a hike with a difference. Geo-caching is not part of our ambit, but Fox from 1st Claremont explained it so well that everyone was excited. As we strolled along, we sang a song, until we came an appointed …
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Apr 09 2025
Help yourself to a generous dollop of highlights from the first term! You can read Smoke Signals Q1 2025 as a PDF, or scroll through our website to read the articles separately. The group as a whole (Meerkats, Cubs, Scouts, adult leaders and parents) started the year with a family campfire, preceded by our AGM …
Permanent link to this article: https://1stclaremont.org.za/1stclaremont-scouts/smoke-signals-2025-issue-1/
Mar 02 2025
We’re having a market! Come along on Friday morning 21 March (it’s a public holiday) and support our Scout, Cub and Meerkat families raising funds for the group. Corner of Bowwood Road and Thelma Road, follow the smell of boerewors rolls, join us for cooldrinks or tea, have some fun, and head home with some …
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Mar 02 2025
Maintaining our 85 year old Scout Hall is one of our main priorities of the group because it allows us to deliver excellent programmes to our Meerkats, Cubs and Scouts, and also contributes a popular facility to our community and keeps up the appearance of our neighbourhood. Over the years we have often struggled with …
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Jan 28 2025
Caleb Sebastian Serafin – scout since October 2013 and ATS since 2020 – is leaving us for the beautiful but distant land of the Czech Republic. I write this article with a heavy heart, since it is finally sinking in that Caleb is – for real – departing. I have been forced to reflect on …
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Jan 26 2025
I’d like to introduce a BHAG. A BHAG is a “Big Hairy Audacious Goal”, something that will stretch us as a group, and there’s no better time to push for a BHAG than now, with 1st Claremont probably as strong as it has been in decades. You can see that current strength in our numbers …
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Jul 10 2024
Term 2 was a happy time for our Meerkats – Gardening and First Aid badges, two Regional Events and an outing. Mob Day (so named because a group of Meerkats is a Mob, apparently) had Meerkats from all over the Region engaged on fun activities at 1st Strand. It was very interesting to go do …
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Apr 04 2024
At the cub camp we were able to complete the cub traveller interest badge. This was a really challenging badge to do. The cubs were pushed right out of their comfort zone. Amongst the challenges was going on a “trip” of Cape Town using the MyCity bus routes. They had to plan the trip from …
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