Collection of monies from the sale of Scouts Donation Draw

Collection of monies from the sale of Scout Donation Draw
23 Jul 2011
By Scribe Jeremy Tan

After the meeting was called to order, Akela briefed the Cubs on the activities for the morning. They  were collection of  donation draw tickets and playing games. There was an uproar from the Cubs. They moaned and groaned  in disapproval as they had expected an exciting morning.

Who could blame them? After all, they had two consecutive weeks of hyper and exciting activities in the handing and taking over Sixers ceremony on 9 Jul 2011 and the picnic and treasure hunt at Labrador Park on 16 Jul 2011. They had enjoyed themselves very much and had their expectation raised for the Scout Meeting on 23 Jul 2011.

The flag raising started at abt 9:10 a.m and flag breaking ended at 11.30 a.m. It was an anxious moment for many of us when there was a hiccup during flag raising. The meeting ended early as P5 Cubs had to meet in School at 2 p.m that Saturday for the National Education Show ( National Day Parade 2011 rehearsal).

Soon it was time for the Cubs to hand in the monies they had collected from selling Scout donation draw tickets. Each Cub was given 10 booklets to sell, each booklet had 5 tickets and each ticket costs $2/= If a Cub had sold all 10 booklets, the Cub would have raised S$100. This was no small sum as collectively 104 of us Cubs would had raised  $10,400. The Cubs knew the importance and significance of this fund raising  and many Cubs diligently and persevered to sell all 10 booklets.

Hurray to the Hoo brothers , Jinh Wann and Jinh Shenn who between them were believed to have sold at least 110 booklets, just like they did in previous years. Many of us eagerly await  the announcement of the final tally and the op Cub earner for the donation draw. The important tasks of counting the monies were entrusted to Haathi, Ms Tan Rui Yin and Mdm Kerina

When Ms Tan and  Mdm Kerina were counting the monies , the Cubs made a lot of noise until Akela told the Sixers that they had to teach the cubs how to sing ‘ The Bear Necessities’. It was a challenge  for the Sixers to get the Cubs to sing as the Cubs  were were too immersed in their conversation that they did not listen to the Sixers.

Lucky for the Sixers, they attended training  at the  Sixers Training Camp from 2 Jul to 4 Jul 2011 where they were taught leadership and put into practice what they had learnt.  Slowly but surely, the Cubs began to warm up and before long were singing their lungs out.

After that Darrell and Aloysius hosted two exciting games which were:
Captain’s ball and Dog and Bone . The Cubs were  divided into 2 groups. In Captain’s ball each group had to grab the ball and throw it to the person standing on the chair. If the person on the chair catches  the ball, the team scores a point . The team with the most points wins the game.

In dog and bone, each Cub in the Group was given a number. A ball was placed in the middle. Whatever number the hosts call out, the Cubs on both sides with that same number runs out to catch the ball. Once the Cub grabs the ball, the Cub must run back to his group. If the other Cub from the other Group taps the Cub with the ball, the Cub has to surrender the ball. The Cub that is able to run back to his base without being tapped  earns the Cub’s team a point. The  team that has the most points win. The team that lost  had to do a forfeit.

All to soon, it was back to Indian file. Akela handed Gold Arrow badges, Writer Proficiency Badges, Sixers Campers Badges and First Aid Badges to the proud recipients. Flag breaking soon followed and then the Cubs were dismissed except for the Senior Sixers and Sixers who had the Council meeting.             

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