CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA fundraising

Crofton Beavers recently took part in a sponsored A-to-Z word game where they had to think of as many words as possible to do with scouting. Our Cubs and Scouts also completed a sponsored walk. Over £525 has been collected so far, the proceeds of which are to be shared between the Crofton Scout Group funds and the CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA charity.

Many thanks to all the generous sponsors.

Archery

On Sunday 10th February the Wakefield District ran an archery session at the 23rd Scout HQ. This was an indoor session over a reasonably short range, suitable for Cubs, Scouts, Explorers and Leaders.

The County Activities Team are going to be holding a County Archery Competition in June, so this was a good chance to get some practice in.

See the pictures in our Gallery.

Virgin Vie success

Squirrel reports that the recent Virgin Vie night made £73 for group funds, so many thanks to all who attended and also to the Slipper pub for hosting the event.

Events Calendar 2008

As more and more events are being added to the scouting calendar we have incorporated a Google Calendar into our Events page. By default this will display the current month but there are several different ways to navigate to different dates. Some events have further details which can be seen by clicking on the particular Event. If you wish you can even print selected pages from the calendar using the inbuilt print option.

Cubs' Christmas Party

These pictures were taken at the Cubs' Christmas Party.

the easy way to earn £79

We are now in receipt of our third cheque, for £79.92, from our EasyFundraising webshop. As some of you will remember, this shop pays commission quarterly, posting a cheque a month or so after the end of each quarter. This payment results from purchases made between October and December 2007. Many thanks to all who have contributed towards this by using the shop in the run up to Christmas.

AK08

Sainsbury's Active Kids vouchers are back!

From 14 February 2008 to 4 June 2008, every £10 you spend with Sainsbury’s will earn 1 AK08 voucher. In Sainsbury’s Local stores you’ll get 1 voucher for every £5 spent instore. You can earn vouchers at Sainsbury’s supermarkets, Locals, Centrals and petrol stations and when you shop online at Sainsbury's.

Once again Crofton Scout Group shall be pleased to collect Sainsburys Active Kids vouchers should you wish to donate them to us - please pass your vouchers onto a Leader.

Last year we exchanged your vouchers for play and sports equipment mostly for use by the Beavers and Cubs. This year's catalogue has some interesting looking tents which could be a useful addition to our inventory!

Read more on Sainsbury's website here.

Webb Ivory nets group over £200

Our 2007 Webb Ivory campaign raised a total of £209.86 for Group Funds, so many thanks to you if you ordered something from the catalogue.

A special thank you also to Squirrel for all her hard work processing the orders and distributing the goods.

Easysearch tally almost £5

Here are the results of the first 19 weeks of use of the EasySearch web search engine by Crofton Scout Group supporters. So far the total monies raised for the Group in this way has reached £4.93.



Come on, help us make it to £5.00 !!



If you're not already with us, check out Easysearch here.

For further information, see the post announcing the launch here.

Cubs news

This term's Cubs Newsletter has been published with a few dates for your diaries and an update on what the cubs are up to this term.

You can read the new Cubs Newsletter here or follow the link from the top of the Cubs page.

If you are new to the area and want to see what you missed last year, our 2007 Cubs Calendar has now been moved into the Newsletter Archive.