Brighton Bear Cub Club enjoys Pumpkins Galore

The Brighton Bear Cub Club enjoyed pumpkins in a variety of ways Wednesday, Oct. 29 with fun and learning at the Brighton Community Building.

Bear Cubs started the day designing and painting their own pumpkins. Designs included midnight scenes, scary faces and mixed up colors.

Before mixing up a special pumpkin recipe, they experimented with hand washing using cold water only, warm water only and warm water with soap. They could see on their own hands that warm water with soap was most effective. After a good hand washing, they headed to the kitchen to prepare a pumpkin smoothie. They read recipes, measured ingredients and enjoyed a healthy pumpkin snack.

In honor of the once Brighton Bears and the young ?cubs? of the Brighton community, the program is called the Brighton Bear Cub Club. It provides a safe, supervised, educational and fun environment for Brighton youth. Washington County Extension provides the programs for these early out days. Janet Farrier, a Brighton resident, also volunteers with the group.

Brighton Horizons is funding much of the program; however, an enrollment fee will go toward the cost of materials as well. Scholarships are available for families upon request. Brighton Horizons wants any youth interested to be able to participate and will help make that possible.

Youth are still welcome to sign up. The Bear Cubs will meet next Jan. 14. For more information about enrolling or volunteering for the Brighton Bear Cub Club, contact Amy at the Washington County Extension Office at 319-653-4811 or through eimail to at amygreen@iastate.edu.