One of my favourite experiences at 1st Claremont is seeing how it can involve the whole family and span multiple generations. Last term we saw that happen on at least two occasions:
When Ella was invested as a Meerkat, her dad Nick presented her scarf – Nick has just rejoined as one of the Meerkat leaders, and is also a former Troop Scouter at 1st Claremont. Ella’s big sister Micaela is a Cub, and her mom Bruna will soon be invested as one of our cub leaders. Ella’s late grandfather Andrew Hall would be proud – he held many roles in Scouting both in Gauteng and heading the national adult training team.
The same week we also invested Max as a cub, watched by his dad Michael and uncle William, both former scouts, and his granny Judith Bishop, better known to our Meerkats as Rafiki. Another third generation Scouting family.
Our roof replacement is still waiting for our plans to be approved by the City. We’re almost there, but it’s been a very wet winter so it’s not a good time to remove a roof! Watch this space.
Thank you to everyone who took part in the work party at the hall in May. We got a lot done and I think had a fun time as a community as well.
Finally, best wishes to Ethan, James and Tim who will be among 50 000 scouts attending the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea next month!
