Tonight we held the Group’s AGM and I’m going to do a podcast about AGMs soon.
But one of the things we did was give out some awards. The first, and most important, was the Cub of the Year Award. This is given every year to one of the older Cubs who will be moving on to the Troop soon. The award is given to the Cub who excels in all they do throughout the year.
The next award was a surprise as the Cub Leader was given her 25 Years Service Award. The District Commissioner gave her the badge and certificate and the Group gave her a bunch of flowers, a framed photo of all the Leaders and a bottle of wine! The flowers were presented by my Dad who recruited her to be an Assistant all those years ago, the photo was presented by the Cub who got the Cub of the Year Award and the wine by me as Group Scout Leader. She was most surprised we’d done anything!
Next came our Assistant Scout Leader who was presented his Woodbadge. This now means we have 5 Leaders in the Group with their Woodbadge – the most we’ve ever had!
And then it was my turn! As I said at the beginning of the month, I’ve been awarded the Award for Merit, which is a real honour!
I have to say I’m really proud of all my Group’s Leaders and especially those who got the awards tonight and the Cub who got his.
Well done and thank you to all!
I’m going to put some photos up later when I get my hands on some.
Sounds like you have some great leaders! And congratulations on your Award of Merit!