Introducing .... Personal Safety Awareness

The Utah National Parks Council

Porter Rockwell District

Personal Safety Awareness Program

Use these links to access the images for the requirements and the certificate.

Link to Requirements

To Upload Certificate, Click Here

Permission Slips & Medical Forms

 Click on the follow to be brought to it:

Fillable pdf Permission Slip

Basic Permission Slip

Annual Health & Medical Record (parts A & B required for Day Camp)

Complete Annual Health & Medical Record (in case you attend more than 72 hours at camp)

Day Camp Preparedness Checklist

Here is a link to a Day Camp Checklist.  This is specific to Jeremiah Johnson Day Camp and Porter Rockwell District Day Camp, but I'm sure it'll help for any Cub Scout Day Camp.

Go West Young Man!

Perseverance

Sticking with something and not giving up, even if it is difficult

►Finish what you start

►Never give up

►Continue to work hard even if you're not successful at first

►Work to get better at things you aren't very good at

►Set personal goals for improvement

►Always do your best

- definitions from Trapper Trains Council

 

RACE TO SUTTER’S MILL (can be a den meeting activity or a pack meeting activity)

This course can berun as a timed race by individuals, race between two teams (one round at a time), or a relay race.

START

Have one Scout as a miner with a wagon, or another Scout as a trusted pack horse instead of the wagon. For a wagon, use a redwagon.

GENERAL STORE

Load supplies (cup, rolled blanket, gold pan --strainer or pie pan with holes) on the wagon or horse.

DESERT

Drink a cup of water (and feed horse) from “spring.”

MOUNTAIN CAMP (Have a few logs ready)

1. Unload supplies. 2. Lay logs for fire. 3. Roll out bedroll. 4. Lay down. 5. Get up.

6. Roll up bedroll. 7. Scatter fire 8. Load supplies.

SUTTER’S MILL

1. Unload supplies. 2. Pan for gold (gold painted pebbles buried in the sand. Use “gold pan.”). Have miner find 2 or 3 nuggets (decide ahead of time).

ASSAYER’S OFFICE

This is the end of the race. Weigh the gold and give scout a certificate for “authentic fake gold.”

- idea from "District 11"

 

Tips for Pack Activity: Western Rodeo Roundup and Pioneer Day. In the spirit of Head West, Young Man, your pack may wish to hold its own Western-themed event.

This activity can be as simple or as elaborate as you like, but either way, playing like cowboys and testing their roping and riding skills will be lots of fun for the Cub Scouts and their families. Consider researching the local history in your area and create games and activities that not only challenge the boys’ physical prowess but also engage them in knowing more about where they live and how it all began. Tips and ideas can be found in the Cub Scout Leader How-To Book, Page 6-23

Sample Ceremony: A rededication ceremony. Materials: A small twig or stick for each participant and a campfire (real or artificial).

CUBMASTER: Fire has been used as a symbol in many cultures. It provides heat for warmth and light of darkness. It cooks our food, and it brings us together in friendship.

Before you is a fire of friendship. All of us in our pack are friends and shall remain so for many years to come. I am going to ask everyone here to add their stick to the fire as a pledge of their continued friendship.

Please make the Scout sign and repeat after me: “I promise to do my best and be a friend to everyone.” Now place your stick on the fire.

Hikes, Hunts, Activities, and Checklists

 

Here is one of our collections of hike ideas, to keep the cubs' minds busy and present (not to get to the end of the hike fast). There are also a couple of scavenger hunts. I particularly like the Camera Scavenger Hunt, because the Outdoor Code is about "Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints".

Doing a scavenger hunt while hiking will help the boys really explore the world around them while they are walking, rather than getting from point A to point B as quickly as possible. This scavenger hunt is a “check off” type hunt. They don’t actually bring the items with them. This fits in with the Leave No Trace guidelines. 

Here is a list of 14 Themed Hikes, including: Hold the Front, Puddle, Stop-Look-Listen, Crafts, Color, Historical, City, I Spy, Nature Cribbage, Follow the Odor, Awareness, Breakfast, Sealed Orders, Touch and Feel. 

Another fun hike is taking the boys Geocaching! 

Do you have petroglyphs or fossil sites nearby? Have the boys draw a picture of what they see to take home with them.
 

Without A Trace are activities that can help the boys appreciate nature, getting a feeling of why we would want to preserve it and why we adopt ways such as Leave No Trace. 

Ready, Set, Go! includes things the boys need to know before taking a hike, as well as things the adult leaders need to know before taking the boys on the hike. Happy Hiking!

Fun Den or Pack May Ideas

HEALTH and FITNESS IDEAS

1.  Value of Handwashing: Here’s a 55-minute handwashing science activity.  You’ll need some germ-glowing agent.  The least expensive I’ve found is GloGerm  ($5.50 for 25 applications in a 2 oz bottle)

2.  Figuring Out Food Labels: This is a place you can learn about it to teach kids.

3. First Aid Neckerchief Slide:  Start with a plastic 35 mm film canister.  Make a red cross with red electrical tape on the front of the canister.  Glue a twist tie, aluminum ring, or piece of pvc pipe on the back.  Put inside the canister: Self-adhesive bandages with first aid ointment.  Alcohol pads.  

4. Chicken Dinner Neckerchief Slide:  Start with a plastic 35 mm film canister.  Tape on the front “Complete Chicken Dinner”.  Glue a twist tie, aluminum ring, or piece of pvc pip on the back.  Put inside the canister: 2 dried corn kernels

5. Cub Olympics: It would be fun to coordinate with other dens within or outside of your own pack.  Here’s one idea how to organize a Cub Olympics.

6. Silly Olympics:  Here is another cub olympics, based on world olympic activities

7. Sports Belt Loops:  Pick a sport, individual or team.  All the belt loops have three requirements:  Explain the rules, Practice the skills for 30 minutes, then play a game.

8. Go Hiking:  In 2009 a Hiking Belt Loop was added -- earn it. Or, go on a Geocaching hike around your area.  Or, simply go on a den hike.  Two documents that give hike ideas are found at this link and this one.

*Anytime you take your cubs away from home for an outdoor activity, one of the attending leaders ought to have Hazardous Weather training first.  Go to this page, scroll down to Hazardous Weather, then log into your MyScouting to take the course.  http://scouting.org/training/adult.aspx

9. Fitness Center:  Take a field trip to a Fitness Center.  Ask an employee to give a tour of the fitness equipment, demonstrating the proper way to use them, then let the boys practice using the equipment correctly -- always under adult supervision.

10. Swimming:  *Remember that any time you take cub scouts in water, one attending leader must get Safe Swim Defense trained first.  Go to this page, scroll down to Safe Swim Defense, then log in to your MyScouting to take the course. http://scouting.org/training/adult.aspx  *In addition, anytime you go away from home for an outdoor activity, one attending leader ought to have Hazardous Weather training, which can be found on the same page further down.

Service & Conservation Projects

Consider these when looking for a service project.  This list was found in 

Pack 98 Service Project Committee Guide, which seems to be no longer available online.

1.  Does it serve a real need?

2.  Is it within the boys’ ability and understanding?

3.  Does it show dignity and privacy of the people being helped?

4.  Does it make the best use of time and money being spent?

5.  Is it a project that the boys are interested in?

6.  Can it be supervised adequately?

Here is a 1- page list of World Conservation Projects

Here is the HUGE list of Cub Scout Service & Conservation Projects