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Robert Grupe ScoutParents Coordinator Chesterfield Missouri Troop 848 2013-03-02 tags :: BSA, Boy Scouts, introduction, overview 1 Boy Scouting & Troop 848 Prepared. For Life. ® Prepared. For Adventure. Prepared. For Leadership. Prepared. For Service. Prepared. For Learning.

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Robert GrupeScoutParents CoordinatorChesterfield Missouri Troop 848

2013-03-02tags :: BSA, Boy Scouts, introduction, overview

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Boy Scouting & Troop 848

Prepared. For Life.®

– Prepared. For Adventure. – Prepared. For Leadership.– Prepared. For Service. – Prepared. For Learning. 

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Benefits of Boy Scouting

• Outdoor confidence and sufficiency• Safety• Leadership Development• Community Service

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Benefits of Scouting

• The Boy Scouts of America is the nation's foremost youth program of character development and values-based leadership training.

• Offer young people responsible fun an adventure

• Instill in young people lifetime values and develop in them ethical character as expressed in the Scout Oath and Law

• Train young people in citizenship, service, and leadership

• Serve America's communities and families with its quality, values-based program.

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Benefits of Scouting

• Access to an active, exciting fun-filled, and adventuresome program.

• Ability to participate in advancement and recognition programs  and gain awards for performance

• Use of the council camps and Cub Scout day camp with all their facilities

• Participation in international, national and regional events, such as Jamborees and the   National Order of the Arrow Conference.

• Opportunities for training in leadership, Scoutcraft skills, outdoor living skills, citizenship, swimming, etc.

• Use of national high adventure bases. – Philmont, Florida Sea Base, Northern Tier

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Outdoor Adventures

Pioneering

Outing

Challenge

Course

Rocking Climbing

& Rappelling

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Outdoor Adventures

Fort Leonard Wood

CampingPhilmont Scout Ranch

High Adventure

S-bar-F

Treehouse

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Eagle Recognition

• Eagle Scout rank is earned by only 5 percent of Boy Scouts each year– 51,473 youth earned the rank of Eagle Scout in 2011

• Scholarships• Employment• Career advancement (military)• Resume • Lifetime recognition

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Notable Scouts

• Hank Aaron, Baseball Hall of Fame member

• Bill Bradley, Basketball Hall of Fame member (Eagle Scout)

• Jimmy Buffet, musician• Bill Clinton, 42nd U.S. president• Walter Cronkite, journalist, anchorman

and commentator• Gerald Ford, 38th U.S. president (Eagle

Scout)• Harrison Ford, actor (Life Scout)• Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft (Life

Scout)• John Glenn, astronaut, first man to orbit

Earth• Dan Janssen, 1994 Olympic speed

skating gold medalist• Michael Jordan, Basketball Hall of Fame

member, two-time Olympic basketball gold medalist

• Bill Marriott Jr., president of Marriott Corporation

• John F. Kennedy, 35th U.S. president, first Scout to become president

• Branford Marsalis, Grammy-winning musician (Life Scout)

• Sam Nunn, U.S. senator from Georgia• Ronald Reagan, 40th U.S. president• Richard Roundtree, actor• Donald Rumsfeld, former U.S. secretary

of defense (Eagle Scout)• Nolan Ryan, Baseball Hall of Fame

member• Steven Spielberg, Oscar-winning

filmmaker (Eagle Scout)• George Strait, country and western

singer• Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart stores

(Eagle Scout)• Steve Fossett, world explorer (Eagle

Scout)• Robert Gates, U.S. secretary of defense

(Eagle Scout)• Of the 12 men to walk on the moon, 11

were Scouts.

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Advancement Path To Eagle

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Early Ranks Advancement Plan

• The requirements for Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class may be worked on simultaneously; however, these ranks must be earned in sequence.– Tenderfoot: 1 overnight campout, 30 days physical fitness– Second Class: 2 overnight campouts, 5 activities– First Class: 3 overnight campouts, 10 activities

• Merit badge requirements: Personal Fitness, First Aid, Camping, and Hiking compliment rank advancement requirements.– Example: First Aid in rank advancements.

• Awards with complimentary requirements: Totin’ Chip, Firem’n Chit, Leave No Trace, and Paul Bunyan– Example: Rank advancement basics for Totin’Chip & Firem’n Chit.

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Senior RanksAdvancement

• Star– 6 merit badges (4 from Eagle list)– Service Project: 6 hours– 4 months leadership position

• Life– 11 merit badges (5 new, 3 from Eagle list)– Service Project: 6 hours– 6 months leadership

• Eagle– 21 merit badges (10 new, 12 in total from

Eagle list)– 6 months leadership– Service Project: plan and lead

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Merit Badges & Awards

• 130 Merit Badges to Choose from• National Outdoor Achievement Badges & Medal

– Camping Segment: Camping* and Cooking, First Aid*, or Pioneering.– Hiking Segment: Hiking* and Orienteering– Aquatics: Swimming and Lifesaving– Riding Segment: Cycling or Horsemanship– Adventure Segment: Wilderness Survival or Emergency Preparedness*

• NOVA Awards (STEM)– Science

• Merit badge choice: Archery, Robotics, Astronomy, Shotgun Shooting, Athletics, Space Exploration, Aviation, Weather, Rifle Shooting

– Technology• Merit badges choice: Automotive Maintenance, Farm Mechanics, Aviation, Motorboating, Canoeing,

Nuclear Science, Cycling, Railroading, Drafting, Small - Boat Sailing, Electricity, Space Exploration, Energy, Truck Transportation

– Engineering• Merit badges choice: Archery, Inventing, Aviation, Model Design and Building, Composite Materials,

Railroading, Drafting, Rifle Shooting, Electronics, Robotics, Engineering, Shotgun Shooting– Math

• Merit badges choice: American Business, Orienteering, Chess, Personal Management, Computers, Radio, Drafting, Surveying, Entrepreneurship, Weather

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Merit Badges for Adventure

• National Outdoor Achievement Badges & Medal– Camping Segment:

• Camping* and Cooking, First Aid*, or Pioneering.– Hiking Segment:

• Hiking* and Orienteering– Aquatics:

• Swimming and Lifesaving– Riding Segment:

• Cycling or Horsemanship– Adventure Segment:

• Wilderness Survival or Emergency Preparedness*

• Just for the fun of it– Search & Rescue, Scuba, Geocaching….

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Merit Badges for Geeks

• NOVA AwardsScience, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)– Electricity, Electronics, Computers, Robotics– Space Exploration, Aviation– Astronomy, Weather– Nuclear Science, Energy– Drafting, Engineering, Inventing, Surveying– Model Design and Building, Composite Materials, – American Business, Entrepreneurship– Chess, Orienteering, Radio

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Into Venturing with Sea Scouts

• Ages 14-21 boys & girls• Outdoor Bronze Award (2 electives), Ranger (4 electives)

– Backpacking– Cave Exploration– Cycling/Mountain Biking– Ecology– Equestrian– First Aid– Fishing– Hunting– Lifesaver– Mountaineering– Outdoor Living History– Physical Fitness– Plants and Wildlife– Project COPE– Scuba Certification– Shooting Sports– Watercraft– Winter Sports

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Merit Badges :: Leveraging Other Activities

• School Work– Assignments– Extra credit assignments– Academic competitions (science, writing,…)

• Extracurricular– Music: Band, Sports– Sports– Clubs: Theater, Debate

• Summer Camps / Fitness Clubs– BSA– Non-BSA

• Family Vacations & Trips

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• Kayaking BSA, Boardsailing BSA• Den Chief Service Award• 50-Miler Award, Historic Trails Award• Interpreter Strip• Religious Emblems (medal)• Mile Swim BSA, Snorkeling BSA, Scuba BSA• William T. Hornaday Awards (medals)• World Conservation Award• Lifesaving and Meritorious Action Awards

(medals)• Donor Awareness• Cyber Chip• NOVA STEM Awards

Achievement Award Opportunities

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Order of the Arrow

• Scouting's National Honor Society• Boy Scouts

– First Class rank. – 15 days and nights of Boy Scout camping during the two-year

period prior to election.– Elected by troop scouts, as a recognition of honor

• Adult – based upon their ability to perform the necessary functions to

help the Order fulfill its purpose.

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Boy Scout Troop Organization

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Troop 848

• Boy Led Troop – Patrol Method• Monthly Adventures – Planned by Youths• Outdoor Programs• Personal Growth• Leadership Development & Advancement

– 4 Eagles• 96 over the past 20 years and counting!

– 7 Life– 7 Star– 5 First Class– 6 Second Class– 3 Scout/Tenderfoot

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Troop 848 :: You’re In Good Hands

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• Scoutmaster: Jun Fabella*• Assistant Scoutmasters (13): Mark Alan, John Barr*, Ken

Bezeau , Doug Broyles*, Joe Duffell, Mark Kammeyer*, Michael McDonald*, Judy Newell, Stephen Newell, Joe O’Hanlon*, Donald Pruitt*, Robert Romaine*, Thomas Sander*

• Chartered Org Rep, Secretary, Advancement Chair: Jennifer Adams

• Committee Chairman: Mike Andert• Treasurer: Mark DeStefano • Pack Liaison: Kevin Matzdorf • Committee: Katie Barry, Tamara Burlis, David Mack, Sarah

Shaefer, Chris Whiting, Sandy Young , Shelby Zhu• ScoutParents, Adult Training, & Merit Badge Coordinator Robert

Grupe*

* Order of the Arrow

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Troop 848 Rules

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• No personal hatchets, axes, or sheath knives - the Troop provides hatchets and saws when required. Boys are given instruction and must prove proficient in handling and safety before use is allowed. This is accomplished with the Tot’n’Chip card program. There is no need for a sheath knife; a pocketknife is safer and will handle all cutting needs.

• No iPods, cell phones, radios, two way radios, tape players, TV, electronic games, etc. - we can enjoy these diversions at home. There are other activities to occupy us when we go on outings. We may employ the 'immersion test' if these are discovered.

• No pressurized or liquid fuel lanterns or stoves unless toasted chit training is completed - safety is the key consideration.

• No liquid fire-starters e.g. charcoal lighter fluid. • No flame of any kind in tents - again, safety. We use flashlights for tent

lighting. • No fireworks - safety and fire danger. • No matches or cigarette lighters - strike on the box matches will be provided

by adult leaders. “Strike anywhere” matches are prohibited. • No alcohol, drugs, etc. - obvious reasons. • We do not allow any solid fuel or liquid fuel hand warmers. Air activated hand

warmers are acceptable substitutes. • No hitting anyone or hazing.• No leaving the campsite after lights out without permission from an adult.