Bear Paws for Action Adventure

Adventure Goal: Learn self sufficiency and the importance of helping others.

Adventure Requirements:

Complete Requirement 1 and two others from Requirements 2-4.

1. Learn about our nation's flag. Display it at home for one month. Say the Pledge of Allegiance and learn its meaning.
2. Do at least one of the following.
   1. Find out about two famous Americans. Share what you learned.
   2. Find out where places of historical interest are located in or near your community, town, or city. Go and visit one of them with your family or den.
3. Do at least two of the following.
   1. With your school or den, visit a local sheriff's office, police station, or fire department OR talk with a fire safety officer or law enforcement officer visiting your school or den. Find out what skills the officers use to do their jobs. Ask questions that will help you learn how to stay safe.
   2. Make a list of emergency numbers and discuss with your family where the list should be kept. Show your family that you know how to call for help in an emergency. Talk with your family about people who could help you if a parent is not available.
   3. With your family, develop a plan to follow in case of an emergency, and practice the plan at least three times. Your family can determine the emergency, or you can develop several plans.
4. Do at least one of the following.
   1. Do a cleanup project that benefits your community.
   2. Participate in a patriotic community parade or other civic event that honors our country.

Ideas for Adventure Requirements:

1. Encourage each scout to choose people tied to something the scout is passionate about. For example, I would choose Bill Gates and Theodore Roosevelt because I'm into computers and preserving wild places.
2. Check out the National Register of Historic Places to see if there are locations near you.
3. Purchase Your Flag book from your local Scout Shop to learn all about the American flag.
4. Review your flag knowledge with this Flag Test.

Den Meeting Ideas for Paws for Action Adventure:

• Use one of these Flag Cermonies.
• Sing America, America, the Beautiful, Grand Old Flag, Yankee Doodle.
• Perform Emergency Alert skit.
• Use Fingerprint card for taking fingerprints.
• Extend your activities to earn the Emergency Preparedness award.

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