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Registration for all sections will be held at Bowmore School Junior Gym.
Members, new and old, should attend this night to sign up for the section
that you want.
Beaver 5-7 years old
Cubs 8-10 years old
Scouts 11-14 years old
The annual Corn Roast and Campfire will be held at Ashbridge's Bay Park. The Corn Roast will begin at . Followed by a campfire. This is a family event. Parents are encouraged to attend. This is a good chance to meet the leaders and other parents and youth. So bring your appetite for corn and your singing voices for a night of fun and food.
This is always a popular outing for our Cub Pack. We will meet at Thorncliffe Bowlerama at The East York Town Centre at 45 Overlea Blvd. If everyone could please arrive by 6:45pm, this way the Cubs can all get their shoes and we will be able to start promptly at 7:00pm. We have use of the lanes until 8:30pm. The cost for this evening is $6.50 per bowler (this includes shoe rental). If anyone needs directions to the bowling alley, please call or e-mail Akela or Bagheera.
This is an annual fundraising event. Groups from across Toronto participate
in raising funds and raising awareness of Scouting in the neighbourhood.
We will be canvassing near No Frills and nearby the church.
The effort this year will be co-ordinated from Scouter Warner’s house (driveway)
at 22 Wrenson Rd. Over the next couple of weeks there will be more
information sent out regarding times, places, what’s expected, etc.
We have booked a cabin at Camp Everton in Acton (near Guelph). This is a Scout Campground run by the Waterloo Region Scouting Group. Our camp weekend is a joint effort combining all 3 sections of the 91st – Scouts, Cubs & Beavers. The Cubs and Beavers will be sleeping indoors while the Scouts will be tent camping. Please Note: There are no indoor washroom facilities. Further details (including cost) will be announced very soon, but please mark the dates in your family calendar as we try to encourage as much participation as possible as this Camp is a great way for everyone to get to know each other and to start working on some badges.
Permission Forms and Fitness forms were handed out Oct 4. (Also forms online) Please return forms and payment no later than Tuesday, October 18th. The cost to you for this camping weekend will be $30.00 per Cub. If paying by cheque, please make cheques payable to 91st Toronto Cubs. Directions to the campground and a ‘what to bring’ list will be available on the next newsletter.
This is the night when our new Cubs receive their 91st “colours” and Cub insignia badges for their shirts. If all goes according to plan, this will also be the night where we announce the Sixers and Seconds and assign Six colours to our Sixes. Families are welcome to attend this important ceremony (bring your cameras). Light refreshments will be provided. The 91st Beaver Colony will be joining us as they invest their first-year Beavers.
We will be having a guest speaker for this evening. A war veteran will be visiting with us, sharing some of his experiences, etc. We will also have on a display an historical piece relating to WWII, that belongs to the 91st Scouting Group.
This is something new that we are trying this year. We will spend the afternoon at the Toronto Zoo, during which time the Cubs will earn their World Conservation badge. Instruction will be provided by staff at the Zoo. Further details to follow regarding this exciting adventure. The cost for this educational adventure is $15.00/Cub and $8.00/ adults. If your family has a Zoo membership then the cost is $9.00/Cub and free for adults (you must bring proof of your Zoo membership on the day of the trip). As always, please make cheques payable to 91st Toronto Cubs. Deadline for payment is Tuesday, November 22nd. There is no “permission form” per se for this trip, although there will be a consent form to be signed by a parent. It will be available at the Cub meetings. If there is enough interest, we may meet at the Zoo earlier than 1:00 pm and do a little touring on our own. If this happens, we must enter the Zoo as a group and there are certain pavilions the staff would like us to avoid since we will be going there during the program. We will take a poll and see if there is any interest in going earlier than 1:00 pm.
This is our biggest fundraising event for the year and the one event where ask for lots of volunteers. The trees are being delivered sometime during the first week of December and the tree yard is then open every evening and weekend until the last weekend before Christmas (Dec 24) or until we sell out, whichever comes first. Our tree yard is located at the Grant African Methodist Episcopal Church at 2029 Gerrard St. East (just east of Woodbine). Sometime over the next month or so, someone from Group Committee will be calling to see if you might be able to volunteer some time to help sell trees. We will also need volunteers to help unload the trees when they arrive at the yard. We will keep you posted on the arrival date.
The Annual Christmas Party will be held at Glen Rhodes United Church in the basement. We will be joined by the 91st Beavers for a final celebration of 2005. This will be the last meeting until January. More information to follow.
At Woodland Trails Campground in Aurora. A joint camp with the 91st Beaver Colony. Due to space limitations, we will have room for a maximum of 12 Cubs, so the sign-up for this camp will be a first come, first served basis. Until we have a better idea of numbers, we are not sure how many parents we will be able to accommodate, if any. The deadline for returning forms, etc. will be Tuesday, December 20th. Further details will be available in a future newsletter. The cost for this camp will be $30 for Cubs, $40 for any adult attendees. As always, please make cheques payable to 91st Toronto Cubs.
Baden-Powell Sunday (BP Sunday) is a day to remember our founder Lord Robert Baden-Powell. Scouts from around the world take the day to remember the beginnings of Scouting. To do this we attend a service provided by our sponsor, Glen Rhodes United Church. This service is a Scouting service to thank our sponsor. All members are asked to attend in full uniform.
A Sleepover at Jungle Cat World. More information to follow.
A sleepover at the Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton. This is still tentative. More information to follow.
JOTT - Jamboree on the Trails. This is an international event where Scouts from around the world all hike on the same say. This is a three day event. We will be participating on the Sunday. Participation in this event will go towards some badges.
Swim up is an important ceremony for third year Beavers and Cubs. It is the time when they move from one section to the next. It is the marking of their growth through Scouting. White Tail Beavers will 'swim up' to Cubs becoming Tenderpads. Third year Cubs will 'run up' to Scouts.
The annual Banquet is a fun time to get together with the families of the different sections to have a nice dinner and some entertainment.
This year spring camp will be held at African Lion Safari. More information to follow.