During the second half of February, parents, teachers and learners might have noticed a few somewhat different uniforms at school.
This is because the 1st Eagles Meerkats, Cubs and Scouts celebrated their founder, Lord Robert Baden-Powell’s birthday. Each year on February 22 these learners get special permission to wear their Scouts SA uniform to school to celebrate BP Day.
They not only proudly wore their uniforms to school, they also attended the West Rand District BP Day celebrations on Saturday, February 19. The event, which was held at the Gilwell Scout Training Grounds next to Florida Lake, unfortunately was dampened by morning showers, although it didn’t stop these dedicated scouts from experiencing the thrilling adventure that comes with the 1st Eagle Scout badge.
On Thursday, February 24 the little Meerkats made sure they were noticed when Ethan Heyns from Remihelp Academy in Roodepoort wore his uniform to school.
The 1st Eagles Cubs Duevané Munger, Addison Smit and T-handre Joubert also proudly attended Laerskool Roodekrans in their uniforms on Friday, February 18.
Even the Scouters Eloise du Preez (Meerkat Den Scouter) and Adrienne Pollock (Cub Pack Scouter) wore their uniforms to work on Tuesday, February 22.
“We are proud to be a part of the 1st Eagles Scout Group, and we were very excited and honoured to have been able to celebrate our founder for yet another year. We really want the Scout Group legacy to live on, and we’re very thankful to all the schools for giving us the platform to do so,” Eloise said.
If you are interested in joining this group, or want to find out more, feel free to contact Eloise on 083 232 8644 or Adrienne on 083 643 0061.
