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Last September, The 12th Ayrshire (Prestwick Kingcase) Cub Scouts played a very special part in Scotland's Centenary of Scouting Celebrations.
On behalf of all the Scottish Cub Scouts, they received a specially
engraved wooden staff from Jim Ewart of Prestwick who designed and created
it.
But it was no ordinary staff. It comprised of 31 commemorative woggles,
each one engraved with the name of a Scout Area in Scotland - a woggle,
for the un-informed is the traditional device used to fasten scarves
worn by Scouts.
The 31 woggles were distributed around each Area in Scotland and over the following months they were passed around 650 Cub Scout Packs and join in the adventures of over 10,000 Cub Scouts in Scotland. The Cub Scouts will record the visit to their pack through drawings, photos, stories and poems, which will be collated into a giant scrap-book to provide a history of the Cub Scouts during the Centenary Year.
After the staff was handed over, Jim presented the 12th Ayrshire with
the Ayrshire Woggle which will now be passed onto another Cub Scout
Pack and work it's way around all the Ayrshire Cub Scout Packs, before
being return to Scottish Scout Headquarters at Fordell Firs towards
the end of the year where they staff was re-assembled. The remainder
of the woggles were distributed to the Areas by Scottish Headquarters.
UK Adviser for Cub Scouts, Graeme Hamilton said "This is another
exciting project for Scouting in Scotland. Over 10,000 Cub Scouts will
be linking up in a unique way, telling their story of Scouting today
in their own words and pictures, and by bringing the pieces together
creating a piece of history for the Cub Scouts of tomorrow".
The last picture in the set was taken at Dunfermline Abbey on 1st June 2008 during the annual Scottish Awards Service when the Woggle Staff was handed over to Scottish Chief Commisioner Eleanor Lyall by Graham Hamilton (former SHQ Commissioner for Cub Scouts) for safe keeping at Fordell Firs.