Oct 17 2023
Our leaping wolves weren’t the only ones that were busy this term. In the last quarter we awarded: In order for cubs to complete their Silver and Gold Wolf badges they not only need to earn their paws and cats, respectively, they also need at least one interest badge for each of these. Cub Interest …
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Oct 17 2023
The Leaping Wolf Badge is an optional challenge to every Cub. Those who decide to take it on must work on their own and in their own time, to plan, execute and record their achievements. Cubs do this while they are still doing their Gold Wolf in their final year in the Cub Pack. While Pack …
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Oct 26 2022
The Leaping Wolf badge is the top badge that a Cub can earn. Anjali earned her Leaping Wolf in her final term as a Cub before going up to Scouts at age 11. Below is part of her logbook about the different tasks she completed to earn the badge.
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May 17 2022
Kon-tiki for Meerkats! Fifty Meerkats from all over the Western Cape descended on the Imperial Yacht Club (next to the main Kon-tiki venue) at Zandvlei and transformed it into a Pirate Kingdom. Assisted by their eager families, they made pirate hats, built rafts that sailed from recycling material, learnt how to play “Walk the Deck” …
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May 17 2022
Two of our 10 year old Cubs (Axel and Karina) took part in this year’s Senior Cub Camp in April. This is a Survivor-themed camp for cubs from across the Western Cape. The camp started with the cubs arriving at Hawequas campsite late on Friday afternoon and taking part in some ice breakers as they …
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May 17 2022
We started at Teresa Avenue in Camps Bay and finished at Constantia Nek. It was Alex Clark’s First Class Hike and we were a group of four people. The weather was sunny with a few clouds but lots of fog up higher in the mountain. Along the way we found a cool cave and we …
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May 17 2022
Scouts love to go hiking so it is fitting that there is a Hiking Challenge badge for Meerkats in the Scoutcraft theme. On 19 February, our nearly full Den of Meerkats gathered at the base of Newlands forest with their leaders, parents, siblings and a dog and went hiking, 4km up, along and down. We …
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