The cubs will be doing a Sponsored walk on the 15th of Febuary to raise funds for the CubJam. Keep the date free! I’ll post more details on here soon (sponsorship form download & route / rendesvous etc.)
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ASDA Bag Packing
£1300!
Yesterday a massive £1300 was collected at the ASDA bag packing event. Every isle end was occupied by and the cubs were all on top form. ASDA customers were very genorous. A superb start to the fundraising – a hard days work for the cubs but it’s been well worth it.
Sponsored walk
Akela and I have been discussing the idea of a sponsored walk to raise money for the road to cubjam. Akela came up with the idea of walking from Grove Road to Thornthwaite. I think it’s a great idea. The worry is that it’s a bit of a distance – about 11 miles.
I tried out the walk last Sunday – It’s a gorgeous walk. Harrogate, Killinghall, Hampsthwaite, Birstwith, Darley onto Thornthwaite. It takes in some lovely sections of The Nidderdale Way and an interesting section of The Dacre Walls Walk. From a ‘risk assessment’ perspective, It’s all level walking, no tricky or technical bits, and bar a couple of short road sections, it’s all on public right of way, off road paths and bridal ways.
I think the idea would be an early set off, lunch en route (probably near Birstwith?) then pick up from Thornthwaite.
Probably be looking for several volunteers. I guess the classic ‘so much a mile’ sponsorship form could be drafted and photocopied without too much problem..
A date has not been set for this event yet but a possible for February.
Who’s up for it?
In need of a van…
Akela sent this in:
“Do you know anyone who owns a large van?
We need a Luton-type van to take gear down on 23rd and colect it on 29th.
If you know anyone who can help or who has connections with a van rental company let us know.
We will also need a volunteer to drive the van on the 2 days. As this will be a return journey it may need 2 drivers for both days.”
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ASDA bag packing.
The cubs will be bag packing for ASDA (proceeds to the cubjam fund… more info soon… )
18th October – more news to follow (stick it in your Diary!)
IDEA! Cubs disco
I had the idea of having a cubs disco. I’ve asked a friend of mine who runs a PA company if I we could borrow some speakers, and lights etc. Ideally it’d be at Grove Road Hall. What say ye? We could have a buffet – parents to contribute a plate of snacks. each cub gets (say) 5 tickets to sell to friends at school for £2 each – if they sell all 5 they get in free themselves!
This idea needs;
- Tickets printing (I could take care of this bit)
- A DJ
- A load of cakes and snacks making and baking
- Anything else?
Welcome!
I figured that if we’re going to get some fund-raising off the ground, a good place to start would be setting up one of these – a wordpress blog. It’s basically a website that lets a group of people share ideas, thoughts, dates and actions etc. A central place to get things off the ground. A place where we can let each other know about what’s happening and when.
This weblog’ll grow and change as the project gets underway -
Let’s get things started then!
just leave a comment – perhaps your idea or suggestion – you don’t have to register to do that – just leave your first name and perhaps who’s parent you are for reference – like I’ve done – ‘Matt – Felix’s dad’)
Anyway – I don’t half waffle on sometimes. Without further ado – get typing! (if the comments box isn’t showing, click the comments link below.. )
