At 1st Billingshurst we are very proud of our links with the Royal British Legion and do all we can to support their poppy appeal. In 2006 our leaders received a special award to thank us for our contribution.

In 2007 we once again helped sell the poppies, attended the Remembrance Sunday parade and then counted the money.

Poppy selling
On Tuesday 30 October we spent our pack meeting helping the poppy sellers. We normally go to Budgens but this year we got permission to sell poppies outside Tesco as well. We split into 3 groups and all the Cubs got the chance to be in both locations at some stage in the evening. The collection tins were nice and heavy by the end of the evening. We understand that our heavy tins raised £51 in Budgens and £71 in Tesco - a grand total of £122, not bad for an evening's work!

Remembrance Sunday
On Sunday 11 November we joined the parade through the village.

Off we go	Parbrook Cubs	Our flag is carried by Charlotte
	Proudly standing in the pouring rain		Let the flag fly (might help it dry)

Thanks to Bob Stephens for letting us use his pictures

We also have pictures from Gail Pearce which show other groups in the parade.

Further pictures are available at the British Legion gallery

Counting the money
All the poppy collection tins were brought to Cubs on Tuesday 13 November. The cubs opened each of them and logged the contents.

At the end of the counting there was a grand total of £766.78