Cheeky Monkey Marathon Challenge - Update

Our Beavers Scouts undertook the Cheeky Monkey Marathon Challenge whilst on camp in June to raise money for Children with Leukaemia.

In total they raised over £185.00 which is a staggering amount - well done boys !! those of you who collected sponsorship will be getting your keyrings etc when you come back in September.

Almost 600,000 children have taken part in the Challenge, raising a staggering £9 million for what is a fantastic cause.

Beavers Day Trip

On Saturday 12th July, Baxenden’s beaver scouts and the beaver scouts for All St’s Clayton Le Moors and 109th Loyola oswaldtwistle, went on a fabulous day trip to Hesketh Park Farm, situated on the Bolton Abbey Estate in the Yorkshire Dales.

The Farm boasts Sheep, Cattle, Pigs (which we brushed), Goats, Hens, Donkeys, Ponies, Rabbits, Guinea Pigs and a giant Tortoise, many of which the beavers where fortunate enough to freely handle and feed.

We all took a trip on the tractor tour to see the giant Belgian Blue Bull, and we where lucky enough to also get the opportunity to collect eggs from the hen houses.

Whilst the leaders chilled with beverages, the Beavers used the opportunity to spend some time climbing around on the outdoor adventure playground, whizzing round on the pedal go-kart track or just enjoying some time in the indoor play area on the pedal tractors and straw maze.

We had a really fantastic day:- thanks to Claire Rothwell, All St’s Tuesday Beavers, for inviting our colony along and sorting out all the arrangements for both groups.

Miniture Railway at Edisford Bridge

We took at trip to Edisford Bridge this week, so that the Beaver Scouts could have an evening of fun riding on the miniture railway, which is run by volunteers from Ribble Valley, and one of our Beaver Scout Leaders, Martin, from All Saints Mercer Colony - thanks very much Martin !!!

We really had a fab time, all be it that it poured down the whole evening, and needless to say that we all got very, very wet !!


The beavers loved it, and I think the rain made it all the more fun !!

Family Activity Night

The Beavers' their parents and friends where invited to attend our family fun night at Bowley to partake in a bit of archery and shooting.





We had a really fantastic turnout with many willing parents having a try.






Amazingly, we have 1 or 2 beaver scouts who can actually shoot the air rifle and hit the middle of the target, let alone the target at all !!

Bring on the competition Hyndburn!!




Thanks to everybody who turned up, and well done to those of you who had a go !!

Giant Sleepover Update

Great News!

At 10.50 am today confirmed participants in this year’s event broke the Guinness World Record of 33,093 !!

Visit the Giant Sleepover Website for further updates and information.

Well done Beavers and many congratulations on making into the Guiness Book of World Records !!

Jan

Giant Sleepover - Ashworth Valley Scout Camp

On Saturday 14th June 2008, Baxenden Beavers participated in the Guiness Book of World Records Giant Sleepover Event.

This event consisted of thousands of children all around the world joining together to have lots of fun and hopefully break the 2006 Guinness World Record for the 'biggest simultaneous sleepover across multiple locations'.

We also undertook the Cheeky Monkey Marathon Challenge, which is a registered charity for children with Leukaemia, we got the beavers completing a short running circuit - 13 times and also 13 times round the adventure playground, which was easier and far more fun!

For the few that still had some energy to spare we also did 13 trips down the slide!

The Beavers had a fab time, and all eagerly finished the course with big smiles.

Hopefully they will be able to generate a nice amount of sponsorship for the charity (Please)

Whilst on our sleepover we also completed the Ashworth Valley Scout Camp Beaver Hunt, did some grass sledging, had a BBQ, sang about squashing bumble bees at our camp fire and generally had a fun time running wild!

Thanks to Stuart and Craig for all their help over the weekend you where both real stars! Thanks especially to Tracy for her ongoing support and valuable expereince in helping me organise and run the sleepover.

Thanks also to Skip for being so patient with me and going out of his way to help us give the Beavers a really great expereince of Scout Life !

Water World Day 7th June 2008

The Beavers Scouts gathered in the 100s for the Water World Day at Bowley Scout camp on Saturday. We had a fantastic afternoon, with loads of water activities for them to take part in. It was fun filled, wet and really exhausting with the beavers having the freedom to take part in as many or few of the activities as they wanted.

I think the biggest hit was the pirate raft - Baxenden managed to dunk the pirate (who did look vaguely familiar???? whoo hoooo - well done boys !!

All the Beavers who attended received the Adventure Activity Badge and a bag of sweets for the journey home!

Thanks to all the parents for braving the traffic and car parking nightmre !! I think it was worth it overall, the beavers behaved exceptionally well and where a pleasure to be with !



Fianlly, just to let you know that a donation of 10p from each ticket sold will also go to Water Aid - so thats good too!

Hyndburn Community Fire Station

We recently undertook a visit to Hyndburn Community Fire Station, as part of our Friendship Challenge and Safety Badge.

The fire officers gave us a brief talk on fire safety and rules of the station before we where whisked off in our groups to explore the fire station.

We explored the fire engines, including testing the sirens and looking at all the cutting equipment.

We dressed up in the fire fighters outfit complete with breathing apparatus and boots. We took turns using the hoses to knock over large stacked barrels and best of all we all got the opportunity to go up in the Bronto Skylift high above the fire station roof!

We had a fantastic time, and was even lucky enough to be able to see the engines go out on call whilst we where there!

I think I can see some budding fire fighters in our colony!

Thanks to all the officers at Accrington for their kindness and spending their valuable time sharing their knowledge with us.

St Georges Day Parade - 2008

The parade was led by St George on horseback followed by Scouts, Cubs, Beavers, and a few Brownies, each section carrying their own section flag and we all marched along, rather quickly to the bagpipes - not sure if that was because it was so cold and wet or whether it had something to St George at the front ???

The service was held at St Charles Church, Rishton. Each of the Laws where read by a Beaver, a Cub and a Scout and the Promises where also renewed, led by the respective Commissioners.

Three of our Beaver Scouts received the very high achievement of the Chief Scout’s Bronze Award presented by the Assistant District Commissioner for Beavers, Tracy Shaw, in the absence of the Mayor.

I also received my Certificate and very sought after Wood Badge for completing the Scouts Adult Leader Training modules, presented by our District Commissioner Jennifer Turner - thank you Jennifer!

Thanks to all the parents who brought the children, many of you also walked along with us throughout the parade - it was lovely.

The Mobile Zoo

This week, we really had a treat instore for the Beavers!

John, who owns a Mobile Zoo, very kindly offered to come over to us and show us a small selection of his fantastic rescue animals.

All the beavers very bravely took it in turns to hold and stroke them, not always aware of what they were letting themselves in for!

I think the pics speak for themselves!!