| SCOUTS CANADA
I was 13 years with the 10th Brampton wolf cub pack. All 3 of our boys were in cubs, and I stayed on, long after they had finished, and only stepping down, because I was missing much of their hockey. I progressed on to become a ‘Gilwellian, and was very proud of it. Cubs has given me so many happy memories, not just the fun, or the achievements the pack did as a whole, but to see many of these kids in later years, many going out of their way to say ‘do you remember me’; I sure did. The running of the pack was not achieved by me alone, over the years, I had many moms and dads become my assistant leaders. While I ran the pack, we would never get cubs to do any challeges without doing it ourselves, & getting involved in everything. For many years we took pride in the pack wearing full uniform [leaders too], & that meant wearing the uniform shorts. In the 90's with the environmental changes, resulted in suggesting full uniform to be worn waist up only if parents agreed. How, and why did I get involved... When I wanted to enroll Alex in to cubs, I made every excuse to get out of becoming a leader. It was the ‘if you want your kid to be a cub, then you will need to become a leader’, that got me involved very quickly. They said one year, and only an hour and a half a week… I would like to meet that joker… I took over the pack the following year, and spent upward of 10 hours a week not including weekends; they were longer, but oh! boy did I ever enjoy it. Look well O wolves, look well… Updated October 2008 Image text added October 2008 |
May 1984 - summer district camp - Alex is leading the closing of camp. This was Alex last year as a cub |
May 1985 - we occasionally booked the local pool for 2 hours for a fun swim night at which parents & other siblings could join in the fun |
Oct 1985 - working for Wardair at the time, it was no problem to take the cubs down to see a jumbo up real close. The pack seen here in the upper deck; where some scouts & beavers also enjoyed the visit with leaders & parent helpers. |
Mar 1986 - Frontier night - we had a guest; former 10th Brampton cub 'Akela' in full frontier costume |
Aug 1986 - salmon jumping - a trip down to Mississauga to see the amazing feit of the the salmon jumping up the Credit River to spawn |
Nov 1986 - Remembrance Day Parade - assembling at the Brampton Legeon hall for the parade that took us to the cenotaph. Mark appears to be checking our pack flag... |
Jan 1987 - cub winter day - closing at Heart Lake - cubs & leaders were on skates for this fun filled day which also included taboganning |
Nov 1987 - joint fall camp at Oxtrail with 11th Brampton - getting ready for campfire closing on the Saturday evening. |
Nov 1987 - joint fall camp at Oxtrail with 11th Brampton - Bagheera's trail which involved many facits of scouting seen here taking compass reading to next point in the trail. |
Feb 1987 - Scout Week - every year on Lord Baden-Powells birthday we took our meeting to a local shopping mall. Always giving the public a good look at all aspects, & often gaining a new member |
Nov 1987 - fall camp - Oxtrail scout reserve; Mark is seen enjoying one of our activities of 'crossing the creek', just before he fell in to the stream, looking back, I believe many did this on purpose |
May 1988 - tin can cooking - this was part of the cubs badgework, where they had to cook bacon & egg on a can. 'Kaa' is assisting some younger cubs to get it just right. Cubs worked in their 'six' to accomplish this task, 7 was eaten by a leader or assisting parent to see if edible. I remember one such egg tasting a bit gritty... |
