2010 Year End Holiday Party

Well, that's it. We are officially done the first half of our scouting year. Before we break for the holidays we will be having our annual party and breaking of the pinata. We will be meeting at the Evangelical Fellowship Church Basement (79 Ave & 105 Street) on December 8th starting at 6:30 PM.

Hope to see you all there. We will be meeting again on January 5th, 2011 at the Parkallen School Gym.

Akela

Dec 1st Tobogganing

Cubs,

Since the weather is getting warmer we will be meeting at the Millwoods Park (2730 - 66 Street) at 6:30 PM on December 1st, for some tobogganing fun. Please dress for the weather and bring a helmet. See all you there.

Akela

Cub Swim

Hey there Cubs!

This Wednesday we will be going swimming at Scona Pool (10450 72 Avenue, shares a common entrance with Strathcona High School). We will meet at the pool entrance (inside Scona High School and downstairs) at 6:30pm. Parents are welcome to join us at a cost of $5.50.

Akela

Last Meeting at the School

This is our last regular meeting at the Parkallen School for 2010. We are still meeting every Wednesday away from the School until December 8th.

The Cubs will be working on the Hiking Badge this week. To earn this badge you first must pass Rikki's hiking course. Please dress for the weather.

Akela

Remembrance Day

Since we will be participating in the Remembrance Day Parade at the U of A Butterdome we will not be meeting on Wednesday this week.

Akela

More Badge Testing and Investitures

Happy Halloween everyone. We will be testing for badges and investing the last of the new cubs into our group plus getting ready to march in the Remembrance Day Parade at the University of Alberta Butterdome. Please note we are moving the meeting from November 1oth to November 11th. I look forward to seeing everyone on November 3rd at the Parkallen School Gym.

Akela

Halloween Party

Be prepared to have fun this October 27th. We will be having out annual Halloween Party at the Parkallen School. The will be games, haunted house and scary stories. Please dress up in full costume.

Akela

Investiture Night October 20th

Cubs will be meeting at Emily Murphy Park on October 20th at 6:30 PM. Please dress for the weather and wear good shoes for hiking. We will be investing all our new tender pads (new cubs) into our pack.

Akela

Preparing for the Bottle Drive

Our big bottle drive fund raiser is on October 16th and we have to get the word out. Our task next meeting we will be to deliver bottle drive flyers in the Parkallen area. Please dress for the weather, wear good walking shoes and wear your neckers. We will meet in front of the Parkallen Elementary School at 6:30 PM.

Akela

Badge Testing

It is time to earn some badges. We will be testing for knots and for any badges of your choice from the Cub Book. I know you all have been working hard and I look forward to seeing which badges you will earn.

Akela

Knots!!!!!

Cubs, I hope all of you have been practicing your knot tying skills (Page 100 in you cub handbooks) as we will have a treat for you to see if you can tie at lease five different knots.

We will be continuing our green star badge work and prepare for the upcoming Fall Camp at Camp Evansburg on October 22-24. We will be meeting up with our good friends from 70th Gold Bar Scouting Group and will compete in a few friendly Cub Skill Competitions.

Look forward to seeing all of you at our next meeting on September 29th at 6:30 PM.

Akela

Green & Purple Stars

This year the Cubs will be working to earn their Green and Purple Stars. The Green Star will focus on their outdoor skills such as camping and hiking. The Purple Star will focus on what it means to be a Canadian and a member of a global community.

Cubs are reminded to bring their Cub books and be in full uniform for our meeting on September 22nd at the Parkallen School Gym starting at 6:30 pm.

Akela

First Meeting of the Year

Pack! Pack! Pack!

Get ready for another fun wolf cub year. It is great to see so many cubs and new cubs this year. We will be having our first meeting on September 15th at the Parkallen School Gym starting at 6:30 PM.

I will be announcing which stars we will be working on this year but I would like you all to think of some activities you would like to do this year as well.

Get some rest and I, Rikki and Bagheera look forward to seeing you this Wednesday.

Akela

September 8th Open House/Registration Night

It is that time again to get ready for another fun and exciting scout year. We will be having our Registration Night/Open House on September 8, 2010 from 6:15 PM to 8:00 PM at the Parkallen School Gym.

We would like to invite everyone to come on out and meet the leaders of our program and get a chance to see what our program is all about.

We are currently accepting registrations for our Beaver Program (Ages 5 - 7), Cub Program (Ages 8 - 10) and our Scout Program (11 - 14). All our programs are coed and we meet regularly on Wednesdays from 6:30 PM to 7:50 PM.

If you would like to know more about our program please contact our administrator Robert Leddy at 780-903-0878 or via email robert-leddy@hotmail.com

Grand Howl this April 7th

Howwwwwwwwwlllllllllllllllllll!!!!!!

It has been a few weeks since we last met. I hope everyone has had a great Easter and Spring Break. I am so excited that I cannot stop howling. I look forward to seeing every Cub this week at the Parkallen School at 6:30PM and this week end at our Spring Bottle Drive on April 10th at 9:00 AM at the Parkallen Community Hall. We have three weeks before the big swim up and lots of fun to be had.

See you all this week.

Meeting March 24th

HAPPY SPRING EVERYONE!!!!!

We are back at the Parkallen School this week at our regular time at 6:30 PM. The weather is warm and Spring Break is around the corner. The Cubs do not have an official planned meeting but all Cubs are welcome to come out and have some fun before we take next week off.

Looking For Green

The Cubs and Scouts will meet this Wednesday at West Edmonton Mall, meeting at 6:45pm at the Starbucks/Chapters (main floor, near the big boat, downstairs from the movie theater.) Uniform shirt and neckers, please.

We will be doing a Green Scavenger Hunt, taking pictures of green things from a list. The team with the most and unique items from the list will be the winners! If you'd like to invite a friend, please do!

We'll be done at around 8pm, ending at the same place.

U of A Scavenger Hunt

Since the weather is soooooo warm and nice our Cubs will be visiting the University of Alberta for a scavenger hunt. We will be meeting at 6:30 PM in front of the Administrative Building (Building 67).

Sleigh Ride With 70th Gold Bar & January 27th Meeting

The 70th Goldbar Group has invited us to their January 26th, Family sleigh/wagon ride at Fort Edmonton. Please meet at Fort Edmonton Park at the Pound Picnic site at approximately 6:30. Parking is available right beside the Fort, parking lot beside the 1846 Clerks Quarters. We will have 2 wagons running from 7 till 8 and a fire from 7 till 9. Please bring a dozen cookies or other baking and a travel mug. They will provide hot chocolate and coffee. This is a family event; everyone is welcome. Don't forget to dress for the weather.

We will be having our regular meeting on January 27th at the Parkallen School at 6:30 PM.

Going Tobogganing

Cubs,

Since the weather is getting warmer we will be meeting at the Millwoods Park (2730 - 66 Street) at 6:30 PM on January 20th, for some tobogganing fun. Please dress for the weather and bring a helmet. See all you there.

January 6 Meeting

I hope everyone has had a restful holiday season and is ready to have more fun. Will will be having our first meeting of 2010 on January 6th, 6:30 PM at the Parkallen School.

January is our Bring a Friend Month. This is an event were a Beaver can bring a Cub to the meeting and earn a badge.