Scouting has taught me how to plan my life
Written by: Denja Otte The Scouting Movement would not be what it is today if it were not for all our dedicated youth stepping into adult leader roles. Once such…
Category Archives: Adult Recruitment
Skilled and ready to train with confidence!
Written by Debbie Fergusson SSA’s Gilwell Training Centre in Florida, on Johannesburg’s West Rand, was home to 28 participants and training staff over the recent Human Rights Day long weekend…
Planning an adult recruitment drive?
Did you get your adult recruitment kit from your DC or Regional Office? Did you like the idea and are planning to use it to organise a recruitment drive for…
“Scouting molds and develops young minds”
Lunga ‘Rhino’ Nqini was recently named SSA’s “My Scouting Hero 2016”. We spoke to the Troop Scouter of the Community Church Scout Group from the Amathole Central District in the Eastern Cape South…
“My Scouting Hero 2016” is Lunga Rhino Nqini
Last year we asked members to nominate who they feel is “their Scouting Hero”. The independent Marketing Committee took some time to deliberate as it was extremely difficult to pick…
Does your Group have their “kit”?
In February we celebrate our Founding father Lord Baden Powell’s Birthday. What better reason to kick off our new Adult Recruitment Campaign for 2017! We know that many Groups are struggling to…
Cubbing is filled with hugs, laughter and ominous mischief
Pack Scouter Competition entry By San Schmutz, APS 2nd Somerset West For five years, every Friday of school term, has been a purple plastered end to the work week. Our Cub pack…
Those little people have enriched my life!
By Debbie Ferguson, Pack Scouter at 1st Eagles on the West Rand in Johannesburg. So. I’m sitting at my desk in my study. It wasn’t supposed to be a study. It…
No matter what decade or country, youngsters are the same
Pack Scouter Competition Winner By Mrs Dorothy Berry, APS 4th Benoni Cub Pack I come from a family where Scouting and Guiding is considered important. I first became an “Assistant…
“Rovers, another way to experience Scouting with peers!”
Written by Denja Otte: Over the past months we have welcomed many new adult members to our Scouting Movement. We have also seen many young people step up and take on…