A batch of Cub-Scouts who travelled to Trinidad & Tobago on Wednesday this week, were the recipients of knapsacks from FirstCaribbean International Bank and caps from the Anguilla Electricity Company on Monday, July 9.

Presentation of gifts to Cub Scouts

Cub-Scout Leader Jerome Roberts said the youngsters were leaving Anguilla to attend the 11th Cuboree which is held every three years. He gave the number of persons on the trip as 24 Cubs, six leaders and six parent helpers. They will be in Trinidad for some 12 days.

“It is an opportunity given to our young people to meet and mingle with fellow Cub Scouts from throughout the Caribbean region,” Roberts stated. “This year is very significant for us because it marks the centennial year of Scouting which means we are one hundred years in Scouting and for that we have to laud our Founder, Baden Powell.

The Scouts will also be travelling later this year to England where Scouting actually began and there will be a Jamboree there attended by thousands of Scouts.”
He was grateful to the two corporate sponsors for donating the bags and caps to the Cub-Scouts and called for a round of applause for them.

Antoinette Pickering, speaking on behalf of FirstCaribbean International Bank, said it had no hesitation in providing the bags for the Cub-Scouts and spoke about its role in partnering with communities in the 17 territories in the region, including Anguilla, in which it does business. “We see this as another opportunity to assist wherever we can,” she remarked. “The future of any community rests with its young people. I am confident that the Cub-Scouts will display their bags with great pride thus bringing satisfaction to themselves and by extension to the bank.”

Erville Hughes, Corporate Officer with ANGLEC, said the company was proud to partner with the Cub-Scouts and hoped they would do their best in Trinidad. “The sun is very hot in the Caribbean and I am sure the caps will come in useful,” he said. “I want to present these 34 caps to the Cub-Scouts as they journey to Trinidad.”

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