THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, January 31, 1997 TAG: 9701300162
SECTION: VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON PAGE: 18 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY MARY REID BARROW, STAFF WRITER
LENGTH: 62 lines
The theme of Pack 14's Cub Scout birthday banquet this year is ``Do a Good Turn Daily.'' As a result, the Judeo-Christian Outreach Center will be the beneficiary of several good turns.
For starters, the shelter for the homeless will be receiving 10 wool blankets. Each of the 10 dens in the Cub Scout pack is decorating one of the blankets, which were donated to the Scouts by a local Marine Corps unit.
The blankets will adorn the walls at the birthday banquet Feb. 7 at Strawbridge Elementary School to highlight the theme of doing a good turn for others. Mayor Meyera Oberndorf will select a winning blanket as part of the festivities.
Each den was assigned a theme for its blanket, taken from the 12 Cub Scout tenets such as being trustworthy, loyal, helpful and brave. Last Monday, members of the Roadrunners, Bear Den 2, were hard at work decorating their blanket around the theme of bravery.
A profile of an American Indian, cut from felt, was in the center and bear footprints were stenciled all the way around the edge. The top corners were decorated with crossed arrows, the badge that Cub Scouts carry with them when they move up to Boy Scouts.
``It's fun to decorate,'' said Den Mother Laurie Zahm, ``but we don't want them to forget the underlying reason we are doing this - that there are people who are less fortunate than you. How would you like to not have a blanket on a cold night?''
But the blankets won't be the Cubs' only good deed. Each den also is decorating a wicker basket and then filling it with hygiene items such as toothpaste and soap donated by each Scout. Before they are given to the homeless center, the baskets, covered with colorful cellophane, will serve as the centerpiece of each den's banquet table, another reminder of what the birthday theme is all about.
The Scouts also are asking that residents in their neighborhood help out by donating clothing, nonperishable food and household items for the outreach center. The Scouts will canvass the neighborhood subdivisions of Hunt Club Forest, Pine Meadows, Red Mill, Ocean Lakes, Upton Estates, Three Oaks and Middle Oaks Plantation on Saturday or Sunday to collect donations.
There will be raffle items at the banquet, too. Fifty percent of the proceeds will go to the homeless center with the other 50 percent to Pack 14 activities. ILLUSTRATION: Staff photos by CHARLIE MEADS
Cub Scouts Riley Zahm, left, Jonathan Settell and Den Mother Sandy
Kolhagen watch as Jonathan Kolhagen irons a felt decoration to a
blanket that Den 2 of Pack 14 will donate to a shelter.
Den Mother Laurie Zahm, top center, leads Den 2 Cub Scouts in the
blanket project. Each of the 10 dens in Pack 14 is decorating a
blanket.
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HOW TO HELP
Residents in the Strawbridge Elementary School area can help Cub
Scout Pack 14 do a good turn by donating clothing, nonperishable
food and household items for the Scouts to give to the
Judeo-Christian Outreach Center. Call Sandy Kolhagen, 721-5108, and
she will schedule pickup by the Scouts on Saturday or Sunday.