Anzac Day Dawn Service

Dear cubs, scouts, leaders and parents,

I trust you are enjoying your holidays, even it has been a bit wet...

This Friday is Anzac Day of which the dawn service and marches have always been well supported by the scout association.
Avoca Beach Scouts has also been invited to attend and support by the Terrigal Wamberal RSL Sub Branch. Additionally as this is the Australian Centenary of Scouting and Year of the Scout, special mention will be made at the service of scouting's support over the years. Also remembering those past and present scouting members who have served in the armed forces over the past 100 years and indeed for those many scouts who gave their lives so we can enjoy the freedom we do now.
I trust where possible our members will support this purpose.

For the dawn service we meet at the Terrigal Police station (behind the shops at Terrigal) at 5am (yes, it's early...) for the march to the Terrigal memorial, next to the surf club for the service. The march will start at 5.15am sharp.

We need a member of both the cub pack and scout troop to carry their respective flags. Also representative members to lay a wreath/flowers to remember those members, scouts, who made the ultimate sacrifice; their lives.
Please feel free to bring flowers, weaths and a card if you wish to dedicate to those former scouts.
Full uniform for all members please.

Following the service we will retire to McDonalds Erina for a well earned breakfast!

I look forward to seeing as many as possible there, bright and early, permission note is on our website www.avocascouts.com in the Calendar section for the date of the activity, 25th April.
Please remember to invite all your family, friends and anyone else you can!

Also if you wish to, there is also a March and service in Gosford at 10.00am which I will be attending as well as many other scout groups from across the Gosford district. If you would like to also attend this and require more information please email or call me.

If you are away on holidays, then perhaps get up at dawn (it's worth it!) and perhaps find a local service in the area you are staying (check with the local RSL club), for sure there will be other scouts there so wear your uniform, or perform your own service to remember.

PS the good news, even after all this rain the forecast for Friday is fine, after last year, I hope so!

"Musca"