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| It was a Breeze listening to the talk from Wombwell Guide Dogs at Beavers |
Vic and Fran from Wombwell Guide Dogs, introduced Vic's Guide Dog, Quince, to the Beavers and Scouts on Wednesday evening. Starting off with the Beavers, Vic and Fran told the colony all about how Guide Dogs are plucked from their mothers at 6 weeks old to embark upon their long period of training to become a Guide Dog.
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| All the eager beavers lap up Vic's dog tails |
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| Sunshine shares a smile with our visitors! |
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| Our latest Beaver leader - as yet a to be christened after another weather system no doubt... |
The Beavers made a great contribution of mobile phones and some cash donations and they all enjoyed trying on the eye goggles that made them see how some visually impaired people see, it was whole new world for all. After a short video it was time to say goodbye from the Beavers and after stroking Quince to an inch of its life, the Beavers made way for the Explorers and Scouts.
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| John tries out his Blues Brothers look :-) |
The Scouts had a talk with Vic and Fran all about the types of problems that people with sight difficulties can have and they showed the group about some of the devices that could assist them.
Here one of the Scouts tries out a device that attaches to a cup to tell them when it is nearly full.
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| A Scout tries to fill a cup with 'expensive whiskey' without spilling a drop |
The Scouts again made donations of mobile phones and some cash to help raise funds for the guide dogs, as we were told it takes a lot of cash to train a guide dog and continue to look after it throughout its life. Vic, Fran and Quince were lovely visitors and they left us some goody bags, the bag can be used to recycle used ink cartridges from your computer printers, so think of the good that they could do as for every cartridge recycled, the Guide Dog Association gets £1. Any more old mobile phones can also be donated, see one of the leaders if you have any hidden anywhere at anytime and we'll make sure they get to Vic and Fran.
The Scouts continued their evening on using the senses theme, by playing a game of Shepherd and Sheep, where 1 Scout had to get the blindfolded sheep into a pen only using a whistle...It took a little while but they all were rounded up in the end.
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| Some Scouts have a terrible sense of direction... |
Thanks to all the Scouts from all sections, who were really well behaved during the visit and thank you to all the parents who made sure that their Scout had a donation of some kind to help this worthy cause.
The rest of the photos are available from this link.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30263703@N04/sets/72157628029122757
Ed & Breeze
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