We are scheduled to do our bag packing this Wednesday 23rd December. This is a very important fundraising event for us  and all Scouts are expected to help out.  We are meeting at 05.15 pm  outside main entrance to Dunnes Stores ( Pavillions). We will be finished at 09.30PM. You must wear full Uniform. Please make a special effort to take part in this event.

See you all Wednesday

The Leaders

Hi all,  dont forget tomorrow night is the Scout disco in Lusk. We are meeting at the hall at 08.00 PM.  Its an opportunity to wear all your trendy gear and then top it off by wearing your neckerchief.  It will probably be late around 11 before you are home so we will drop each Scout to their house.  The more Scouts from our Troop that go the more fun it will be,  so make the effort to come along, its not every day you get to see Ian doing his Michael jackson moonwalk!!! 

VERY Important ! Dont forget the collection for St Vincent De Paul, please bring along any of the items that were mentioned on the note last week or on the previous post on this site. 

We are planning to go to the Panto in the Olympia ( Robin Hood ) during the week after Christmas, just waiting to finalise a date and will let you know as soon as we can. 

 See you all at 8 PM tomorrow night, dont forget your neckerchiefs

The Leaders

Our Venturer Section have decided to make an effort to help St Vincent De Paul this Christmas. They are looking for donations of any of the following in new condition: 

Toys for young children, Teddies and soft toys, board and card games, colouring books, pens , pencils etc.

Tins of biscuits or sweets. All non perishable food so they can make hampers for distribution.

You may bring any of these down to the Scout hall on our Troop meeting night or any Morning.

This is a great idea from the Venturers and they deserve our support. This week instead of buying something that you dont really need, think about those in our community that are not as lucky as we are and buy something to donate to St Vincent de Paul. 

The Leaders

Hi everyone, hope you are all well. Just a quick update on few things that are happening.

Troop meeting as usual this Thursday 10th December 09, full uniform. 

Thursday 17th December, County Disco in Rush, we will have the buses so dont worry about transport, we will drop you all back to your houses. will give you more details at the Troop meeting. 

Bag pack in Dunnes is on again this year. It will take place on the 22nd to 24th December, we will be dividing into shifts as we did last year, we need a big effort from everybody to play their part. More details as we get closer.

We are trying to finalise a date for the panto in the Olympia, it is Robin Hood this year. Will try to have a date and price for Thursday night.

See you all Thursday

The Leaders

Hi All, what about those Teachers, no doubt you were all making plans to have a nice relaxing day on Thursday and next thing you know the Teachers strike is off !!! its just not fair.  Well the message from the Leaders is ‘GET OVER IT’. 

Full meeting this week, no early finish, full Uniform. Dont forget Subs are due right now so if you have not paid please arrange to do so.

We are planning some sort of event for Christmas and we will let you know asap. We will be attending the Annual Disco in Rush on the 17th December, so get practicing all your moves, Lisa and Ian are available for dancing lessons but there will be a big demand so get your name to them asap. There will be no break dancing lessons this year!!!

see you all Thursday

The Leaders

Hi All, sorry about late notice but Tomorrow nights Troop  meeting will finish at 08.30 as the leaders have a Group council meeting to attend. If you have not brought back your 12 days of Christmas tickets please do so tomorrow, it is the last opprotunity to have them included in all the draws. Even if you have not sold the tickets please return them. Dont forget that subs are also due.  

See you all tomorrow 

The Leaders

No doubt you are all enjoying your day off thanks to the teachers striking. Its a pity the Teachers  never striked when any of the Leaders were in School.  Just a quick thanks to all of you who attended the weekend in Mountain Ventures Hostel, it was a great weekend and everybody behaved really well. Th Seniors did an excellent job getting as far as they did on their hike, Ian was really impressed with the enthusiasm showed by all the of you guys. The Juniors did excellent on their hike, the weather conditions  were a huge challenge. A number of the Junior Scouts should be very wary when we go on our next hike near water, revenge is sweet !!!!  Lisa should also be very very afraid. Well done to Rachel and Eoin for winning the best Hiker awards and Matthew for best Scout of the weekend. To Aidan and Gavin or was it Gavin and Aidan there was no competition to you at all.  Thanks to Michelle and Eva who made a special effort to come down on Saturday night.  Just a final word to let you all know that Conor is feeling a lot better.

By the way we have a new facebook page called, Brackenstown Raven Troop, there are pictures of the weekend on it. 

 Lisa will tell you all about it on Thursday.   

See you all Thursday

The Leaders

Hi all, just to let you  know that tomorrow night 19Nov there is a County Scout forum on in Swords Scout den, this is a special meeting for all PL’s, APL’s and Scouts over 14. This is a chance for you Scouts to have a say in what hapens in the County for you guys, therefore we are hoping that all those who qualify will attend. We will arrange transport there and back.  

Because of the Scout forum and things to be done for the weekend away, tomorrow nights Troop meeting will finish early at 08.00PM.  It is still a uniformed meeting and inspectiion will take place as normal. 

We need to know exactly  who is coming away this weekend so please make sure you have your € 20 with you tomorrow night. Also please bring back all 12 days draw Tickets, wheteher you have sold them or not, we have to return them to HQ this week. 

We will be leaving at about 7PM on Friday night and getting home about 2.00PM on Sunday afternoon, so make sure you have your dinner on Friday night and your name is in the pot for Sunday dinner. 

see you all Thursday

The Leaders

Hi all, a great hike on Saturday last, everybody seemed to enjoy themselves,  well done to you all especially our new Scouts, Tamara,  Ellen and Eoin.  Congratulations to Ciaran and all in the TARA Patrol, a clean sweep winning both the cooking challenge and this months Inter Patrol challenge, they managed this because of the very high standard of their Uniforms every week, well done and keep it up. 

A couple of things to remember for this week, Subs are now due so if you have not yet paid,  please arrange to do so as soon as you can. All Scouts must return their 12 Days of xmas tickets this Thursday, whether they are sold or not. A special note for PL’s please make sure you bring down the folder which Ian supplied last Sunday.

We need to know the exact numbers for our weekend away on Friday 20th November returning at lunch time on Sunday 22nd,  so please discuss with your Parents and let us know this Thursday. There will be a fee for the weekend probably about € 20 per Scout, this covers transport, food and the hire of the hostel.

If you have any questions contact one of the Leaders.

see you all Thursday

The Leaders