Back in September of 2023, at the Parents Information meeting, just before the start of the Cub Scouting year, our Akela shared he was working on a new initiative of starting a web-based Cub Reporter program. My son was at this meeting and this was definitely of interest to him. Continue Reading
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Building & Racing Beaver Buggies!
Beaver Buggies, Kub Kars, and Scouts Trucks are a huge part of the tradition of Scouting. Combining building, creativity, and STEM, racing your own design down our tracks is a huge component of our program. Pit Crew Starting in Beavers (Sr.K to Grade 2) our Beaver Buggies kits are focused on Continue Reading
Pulling back the Curtain
Yesterday we had an amazing day at Blue Springs … I mean Blue Heron (part of Blue Springs and across the street from Blue Springs on the left), I am truly sorry for all the confusion, and like myself you probably passed right by the lot and had to turn Continue Reading
Thinking Day or Spirit Hike
No matter what you call it this year’s hike last night was amazing. Scouter Dave from Rover Crew came out and led us on a rain or shine ‘Winter’ hike through Joe Sam’s trail system. The message ‘be prepared’ was spot on as we had to deal with a Continue Reading
Kub Kar Fun Day!
Congratulations to all who participated in today’s Kub Kar Rally. 3rdWaterdown had the largest Pack there at 22 Cubs! We had one finalist for the fastest car that raced in the afternoon and we cleaned up in the design Categories. Congratulations to the winners and all participants from Continue Reading
Winter Camping with Group is in the books!
Happy to report everyone survived and it sounds like our Cubs had an amazing time. Big shout out and Congratulations to our Two Cubs whose designs were combined to make our Camps Badge featured above. Amazing job! Parents ask how we do it and I’m going to share a bit Continue Reading
Lost and Found
Wish we had this website last year, or I guess had thought to use it this way. Banquet February 2024 Lost and Found Spring Group Camp 2023 Lost and Found Winter Camp 2024
Winter Camping Prep: Nutrition and Meal Planning & Gear Inspection
So you’ve signed your kid up for Winter Camping, What are you nuts? Have you seen the temperatures lately? This was a lot more impactful when I started writing the post and it was -15 degrees C, today’s high of 5 degrees C makes this a lot less dramatic. 🙂 At Continue Reading
Kub Kar Rally is Fast Approaching
It is that time of year again, a time where our Cubs put on their designer hats and need to start thinking about building Kub Kars! What are Kub Kars you might ask? Kub Kars are a unique opportunity for our Cubs to blend science and engineering skills with their own Continue Reading
Welcome Back to a New Year of Scouting!
January 9th 2024 January marks the official start to our Scouting year, or at least the Scouts Canada official start to Scouting for registration purposes. :). And two weeks ago (a bit late on the blog, my apologies) we had our first meeting of 3rdWaterdown Cubs for 2024. Depending on Continue Reading