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Dec 31 2024
After two years of my writing this article and always leaving it to the last minute I have done it again, my final bats report. This term was quite smashing, we had a load of fun scout meetings aswell as a patrol camp and I ran my springbok widegame, all in all it has been …
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Dec 31 2024
Kestrels Company Quarterly Report Term 4 – 2024 Yet another term has passed by the Kestrels Company, and it was an incredibly profitable final quarter. During this term, many of our employees were preoccupied with writing exams, so we naturally saw extremely high attendance, involvement and motivation within scouting in an effort to do anything …
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Dec 31 2024
The fourth term was a fairly uneventful term for Boks as school exams were at their peak and people wanted to spend time studying, this term we welcomed 5 new members to the patrol. Joncole, Axel, Juliet, Saskia, and Malaika all joined this term, with Malaika being our new APL. As PL I have thoroughly …
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Dec 31 2024
Twice a year, our scout group comes together for a work party—a day dedicated to sprucing up and improving our troop hall. This year’s event was no exception, with meerkats, cubs, scouts, scouters and parents rolling up their sleeves to tackle a range of essential projects. The Scouters’ Den received a significant makeover as we …
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Dec 31 2024
Discoverer Community Service On the 19th of October we finally went to SANCCOB to complete my Discoverer comserv. It was a truly amazing time, seeing their rescue birds and learning more about the facility. Our help with weeding was greatly appreciated. We also helped replace the pen dividing, that the birds peck away at. While …
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Dec 31 2024
On the 26th of October, first Claremont and other scout troops set out to paint a purple line on Lion’s Head. It was a beautiful evening and luckily not too windy. There were many scouts, a group of Girl Scouts, and some curious hikers. With first Claremont mostly made up of juniors, we started at …
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Dec 31 2024
One weekend in October, with the help of several scouts, I carried out my First Class Community Service project. My aim was to make and donate soup to the local U-Turn center, which supports the homeless in our community. The project consisted of two main parts: fundraising and soup making. For the fundraising, we held …
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Oct 04 2024
Smoke Signals is our quarterly newsletter at 1st Claremont Scout Group, prepared by our members and filled with updates from our Meerkats, Cubs, Scouts and adult leaders. You can read Smoke Signals October 2024 – PDF edition, or you can follow the links to the individual articles here: The Group: The Meerkat Den: The Cub …
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