Alex’s community service was a fun way of doing what we all normally hate. It was a creative idea and beach view was incredible!
We were in Smitswinkel Bay and our job was to put steps on an eroding pathway that went down to the beach . It was rewarding to be able to see our progress whenever we stopped; we were able to do the job fast because we all did different jobs that contributed to the project. A few of those jobs were: fetching sand from to fill the steps with, fetching rocks from the beach to fill the steps and hammering in metal poles to hold the wooden planks in.
The steps’ design was simple and effective: there was a plank placed vertically with metal poles holding it in and sand and rocks were packed behind it to create the step. Halfway through we stopped for a lunch break and sat on the beach and ate. I thoroughly enjoyed this community service and I’m sure the rest of the Eagles patrol did too!
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[…] In this quarter, our scouts have engaged in various activities that are core to scouting: as Tim recounts, orienteering is a key scouting skill and a formidable challenge to master. Community service is also a crucial part of scouts – a chance to live out Baden-Powell’s advice to ‘leave the world a better place than you found it’ – and this quarter saw two projects: Ethan and team helped repair a board walk at the Kildare Nature Reserve, and another group helped build steps down to Smitswinkel Bay. […]