Henry Park Pelican (Cub) Scout

Written by: Nicole Yee, Assistant Seniot Sixer & Scribe “Horseshoe!” Min Wenn and I shouted, signalling the start of the scout meeting. Today was different from the rest of the other meetings, as we had risen up early to come for this meeting at 7am and we would be dismissed at 8:30am, instead of our typical meetings. This was just a brief start to set us going for a day of jobs that we would do as part of our Job Week, a week that we were allowed to go door-to-door for one-time housekeeping jobs to earn money for our scout unit. After the usual ceremony, we assembled into Indian file. Baloo then explained to us about the different coloured woggles we would get once we had earned a certain amount. She also explained to us the dos and don’ts when we were asking for a job, and how to accept rejection politely if we were turned down. He also warned us repeatedly not to play any pranks on the house owners, such as ringing the house’s doorbell and then running off. He reminded us...

Written by: Chong Min Wenn, Senior Sixer & Scribe This would be an exciting, important and special day for the recruits as it is the day they are formally accepted and welcomed into the worldwide Scouting movement, to be part of the Henry Park Pelican Scout Pack! We had many things to discuss this week and our meeting started with the Job Week briefing. The senior leaders reminded us through the jobs that we could and could not do. How we should behave as we searched for jobs and how we can avoid dangerous situations. It was an important refresher and also introduced Job Week to the recruits. Next on the agenda was World Water Day when we discussed how best to save our precious resource, water. We then went on to rehearse the Investiture so as to ease the anxiety of the recruits. It gave them the opportunity to go through the procedures beforehand so that they would not be so nervous. Finally at 11am, it was time for the investiture. Parents ...