A Guiding Star!

On Thursday 26th September, the cubs were visited by an honoured set of guests - Katherine and her guide dog, Bea.

In order to give the cubs an insight into the life of a blind person and their guide dog we invited Katherine to come along and tell us all about it. Along with her helper Caroline, Katherine brought her very special canine friend and assistant Bea. 

With all the cubs sat in readiness on the floor, Katherine went on to explain her blindness and how Bea makes her life so much easier, including how Bea has possibly saved her life on a number of occasions!

The talk was scheduled to last about 30 minutes. But thanks to the cubs countless questions and obvious interest in Bea the talk went on for about an hour! It went on so long that the cubs had no time for any games that evening - and they did not even seem bothered.

As a thank you to Katherine and Bea for coming along to speak to us, the cubs subs were added to a donation from the group and £50 was given to Katherine to raise funds for more Guide Dogs. 

Our letter of praise from Katherine!

On the night, Carl and myself were very pleased with the behaviour and atiitude of the cubs towards Katherine and Bea. But even better was the letter we received from katherine praising the cubs! Praise like this is always welcome and the cuibs deserved the praise.

Phil
Assistant Cub Leader