14th Ayrshire (Prestwick) Beavers, Cubs and Scouts came out in rather windy conditions on Saturday 23rd October to assist in the annual Rotary Club Beach Clean, Prestwick. With fabulous parents in tow, the young people’s strong work ethics and their efforts really paid off. The Beavers, Cubs and Scouts worked alongside loads of locals, volunteering to clean up Prestwick’s beach. They collected a great deal of rubbish.
We met at Prestwick Beach (near Kidzplay) to distribute the equipment (litter pickers and rubbish bags) which were very kindly donated to our Scout Group by South Ayrshire Council. The aim was to clean the grass verges and hedges along the shoreline along with the beach itself, to make it a nicer place for Prestwick residents, visitors and wildlife, there was a range of rubbish from bottles and cans to sweet wrappers and BBQs.
All sections of the Scout Group are working towards their staged Community Impact Activity Badge. The young people identified this important local event run by The Rotary Club of Prestwick to help clean up Prestwick’s’ beautiful coastline. The Scouts are making a plan about local issues they want to take action on, and how this will make peoples lives better.
Beaver Jarod said “I really like when we do the beach clean because our beach is the best beach in the world”
Izaak said (Cubs) “We headed down to the beach clean early because I wanted to get as much rubbish as we could so our beach stays nice.”
Scout Kaleb said ‘Fiona organises all our Scout group to help with the beach clean every year and this year there wasn’t as much rubbish as previous years which is brilliant.”
Thanks to everyone who turned up for Prestwick’s Beach Clean especially The Rotary Club Of Prestwick for organising this annual event and South Ayrshire Council for their support and supplying the litter pickers and plastic bags.
If you are interested in helping out with Beavers (boys and girls aged 6 to 8), Cubs (boys and girls aged 8 to 10), Scouts (boys and girls aged 10 to 14), or Explorers (boys and girls aged 14 to 17) or helping in the background with things such as building maintenance, finances etc, please contact Kyle and Carrick Scouts using the link below.
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