September 2011                                    

Welcome to the 4^th Royal Eltham  Autumn News Letter. The newsletter is produced for those without access to the Internet to keep members and parents up to date with what has happened and what is going to happen in both the Cub and Scout programme. This is the beginning of our 103^rd year as a Scout Group. (No Chief was not a founder member!)  Two years ago saw a reunion of former Cubs, Scouts and Leaders spreading back over 60 years. We may well repeat the exercise again.

“Going up” 

We return to the hall on Monday 5^th September for the start of the autumn term. A number of children in the Cubs will be going to Senior School now and this would be an appropriate time to consider going up into the Scouts. Children can start from 10 ½. No one has to leave if they do not want to but we recommend a few “taster “ evenings where they can stay for 30/45/60 minutes to see what Scouts are all about but still be part of the Cub Pack.

Friends  & Supporters Group

A big “Thank you” goes out to our supporters group who ran both a Boot Sale and Cake stall and raised over £300 between them. This money will help to improve our activities and help to pay our rent for the hall. We hope to restart our Christmas Catalogue in the near future so please keep your eyes open for this. If you would like to help, please contact one of the leaders for further details.

Bring a friend.

We are in need of new members in both the Cub and Scouts. More children = more fun. Several children have earned their bring a friend badge that they are wearing proudly on their scarves. Word of mouth is the best way of recruiting.

Programme 

We have a number of activities for both Cubs and Scouts coming up in the near future. Thriftwood, near Brentwood, Bushy Wood, near Eastbourne (Camp in a hut) and Wilverley in the New Forest.  Full details and photographs are on the website.

Web Site  www,4^th-royal-eltham-scouts.net  

 Our web site has been up and running for over 10 years and has been viewed by Scouts and members of the public all over the world. It’s a great way to advertise what we do. Please do try to view it, even if it means a trip to an Internet Café. You will find it packed with useful information about everything that we do. There is a section for members only, that has even more information and photographs. Ask Skip or Chief for a user name and Password.