BOOTHTOWN BOYS' BRIGADE

EST 1917 - Celebrating 95 years of working with Children and young People!

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Messy Church

Boothtown Church are starting Messy Church on the third Saturday of each months between 10 and 11:30.

Sainsbury Active Kids Vouchers

This year Boothtown BB are collecting Sainsbury Active Kids Vouchers in 2012. Get collecting and bring them in this week to Brigade!!!

Tesco Vouchers 2012

The boys were greeted on Wednesday 1st February by a whole set of new games equipment. From basketball nets to strange shaped throwing balls there was plenty of new things for the boys to play with. Non of this would have happened without the help of the Officers, Parents and Friends of the Boys' Brigade at Boothtown. Robert Batty said 'Next year we hope that we will be able to collect as many vouchers as we did this year, and fingers crossed we'll be able to get a load more games equipment'.

BB Goes Dotty for Pudsey!!!

Members of the Halifax Boys’ Brigade have been going dotty for Pudsey. Boys from the 18th Halifax BB at Boothtown Methodist Church boys of all ages have been doing things to for Children in Need. The boys at Boothtown Boys’ Brigade were busy decorating biscuits all night. Company Captain Andrew Mitchell said ‘it’s nice for the boys to do something that makes them think about other people. No matter how old they are they all realise what Children in Need is all about – helping others that are less fortunate than themselves’. The Boothtown Boys’ Brigade donated their weekly subs to Children in need which came to £40. Robert Batty said ‘it’s not a great deal of money – but every little helps and that’s what people need to remember’.

Boothtown Boys’ Brigade Bacon Brunch Raised £300!!!

The lads of the 18th Halifax Boys’ Brigade held a Bacon Brunch on Saturday 12th November at Boothtown Methodist Church. The £300 will go towards the Halifax Boys’ Brigade’s appeal which for the 2011 / 2012 session is the Overgate Hospice. Each year the Boys’ Brigade picks a charity to hold an appeal and in October the Halifax BB announced that it would be supporting the Overgate Hospice for the next 12 months. Each of the 12 different BB Companies are hard at work planning fundraising events and activities to raise awareness of what the Overgate Hospice actually does from day to day. The next event in the Boys’ Brigade fundraising calendar is the Quiz Night being held on 26th November at New Hope URC. Tickets and information for this event can be found at the Halifax Boys’ Brigade website – www.halifaxbb.co.uk

BB Lads Take on Boothtown Challenge

4 young members of the Boothtown Boys’ Brigade recently took part in the Boothtown Challenge Event – Sausage and Samosa Night. The event was the start of a series of consultation events to decide what the Community of Boothtown should spend £50,000 on that would benefit the local area. The Boys’ Brigade were asked to help set up the Church on the night and also they were invited to give a young persons opinion of what they feel the money should be spent on. Company Captain Andrew Mitchell also took part in the event and said ‘it’s great to be able to help out at events like these. We have a really good set of lads at the moment who will turn out when asked – especially if there’s food involved!’

Boys carry on 125 year old Tradition!

18 members of the 18th Halifax Boys’ Brigade aged between 8 and 18 went on another adventure to Scarborough on their Autumn Camp. Nationally this year has seen the Boys’ Brigade celebrate 125 years of camping in the BB and as part of these celebrations the boys set out on a special camp. Although the boys didn’t stay under canvas the boys still had a big adventure going on a mid night walk, travelling down to Bridlington on the Saturday and going to the Bayside Fun Park, and then to Whitby on Saturday night to go on the Ghost Walk. The boys set out on Friday 14th October and returned home on Sunday 16th October and were all ready for a well earned rest. As usual the lads were late to bed after playing a few hours of monopoly, and a few other games. Alex Brownridge who is in charge of the Company and Senior sections at Boothtown said ‘camping is a great activity for the lads, they love being away from home and it’s a big opportunity for the Officers to get to know the lads better’. The 18th Halifax BB won’t be going camping for a while yet but they have a lot of other exciting activities planned out for the year. They meet at Boothtown Methodist Church on Wednesday nights for boys in Primary Schools and on a Thursday evening for those in Secondary Schools. Robert Batty added ‘In 2012 it will be the companies Birthday and we are planning a big celebratory camp for this special occasion and we’re really keen on encouraging some new members to come along and join in’.