FEBRUARY EVENTS:
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Tuesday, February 9 - PLC
Meeting 7pm - Goddard UMC
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Sunday, February 14 - Scout Sunday
- Goddard UMC Breakfast
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Monday, January 15 - Troop
Committee Meeting 7pm - Goddard UMC
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Tuesday, February 16 - Troop
Meeting 7pm - Goddard UMC -
Permission Slip / Camp Fee Due for March Campout
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Friday-Sunday, February 19-21 -
Snow Creek Ski Trip
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Tuesday, February 23 - Patrol
Meeting
New Rank Requirements Effective
January 1, 2010
Tenderfoot
Rank Requirement
1. Present yourself to you
leader, properly dressed, before going on an
overnight camping trip. Show the camping gear you
will use.
Show the right way to pack and carry it.
2. Spend at least one night on a
patrol or troop campout.
Sleep in a tent you helped pitch.
3. On the campout, assist in
preparing and cooking one of your patrol’s meals.
Tell why it is important for each patrol member to
share in meal preparation and clean up, and explain
the importance of eating together.
4a. Demonstrate how to whip and
fuse the ends of a rope.
4b. Demonstrate that you know how
to tie the following knots and tell what their uses
are: two half hitches and the taut-line hitch.
5. Explain the rules of safe
hiking, both on the highway and cross-country,
during the day and at night. Explain what to do if
you are lost.
6. Demonstrate how to display,
raise, lower, and fold the American flag.
7. Repeat from memory and explain
in your own words the Scout Oath, Law, motto, and
slogan.
8. Know your patrol name, give
the patrol yell, and describe your patrol flag.
9. Explain the importance of the
buddy system as it relates to you personal safety on
outing and in your neighborhood. Describe what a
bully is and how you should respond to one.
10a. Record you best in the
following tests: Push-ups, Pull-ups, Sit-ups,
Standing long jump, ¼-mile walk/run. Record them
again in 30days later.
10b. Show improvement in the
activities listed in requirement 10a after
practicing for 30 days.
11. Identify local poisonous
plants; tell how to treat for exposure to them.
12a. Demonstrate how to care for
someone who is choking.
12b. Show first aid for the
following:
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Simple cuts and
scrapes
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Blisters on the
hand and foot
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Minor
(thermal/heat) burns or scalds
(superficial or first-degree)
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Bites or stings
of insects and ticks
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Venomous
snakebite
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Nosebleeds
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Frostbite and
sunburn
13. A Scout must teach another
person how to tie a square knot using the EDGE model
(explain, demonstrate, guide, and enable). He must
also be able to discuss four specific examples of
how he lived the points of the Scout Law in his
daily life.
14. Demonstrate Scout spirit by
living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in
your everyday life.
15. Participate in a Scoutmaster
conference.
16. Complete your board of
review.
NOTES
Alternate requirements for the
Tenderfoot rank are available for Scouts with
physical or mental disabilities.
The requirements for Tenderfoot,
Second Class, and First Class ranks may be worked on
simultaneously; however, these ranks must be earned
in sequence.
Adult Training
Quality
Unit Standards now require at least 50% of our actively involved
registered adults be trained.
Cub Scout
Pack Training does not carry over to the Troop.
As you
complete any scout training, please provide a copy of your
training card with the completion date of the Training to
Larry Shannon so he can record the dates in our Troop
records.
Boy Scout Fast Start
Training
All adult leaders are required to complete Fast Start
Training.
Online Fast Start training is a quick orientation to
help you get ready for your first Boy Scout meeting. The
training is divided into five sections:
- The Troop Meeting
- The Troop Committee
- The Outdoor Program
- Basic Concepts of Scouting
- The Scout Uniform
You may review the sections all at once, or one at a time (in any
order). There is no time limit, nor do you need to review all
sections from the same computer.
Youth Protection Training
All registered adult leaders are required to take this
training. You may elect to take this training
online
which will test your knowledge of the material and record your
results and participation with the council. In addition
Youth Protection Training is offered during various times of the
year by the Council and Troop.
Registered adults who have not had this
training and are planning to attend Summer Camp are encouraged
to complete Youth Protection prior to camp.
Click
here
to take Youth Protection Training Online.
The training takes approximately 30 to 45 minutes to complete.
Safe Swim Defense & Safety Afloat
Most accidents in aquatics activities are caused
by the lack of adult supervision and discipline. Almost every
accidental drowning can be attributed to the violation of one or
more safe swim defenses.
Safe Swim Defense and Safety Afloat are required
training courses for our unit to participate in ANY aquatic
activity. This training is offered
online to any registered adult leader.