Outdoor Activity Award

Here is another super easy award to earn if you are sending your boys to day camp this Summer.

The Outdoor Activity Award has the following qualifications:

• Attend Day Camp (Wolf Elective 23E)
• Complete (Assemble) Wolf Elective 23B Explain the basics of how to take care of yourself in the outdoors.

Next, complete 4 of the following:

• Participate in a nature hike (Leave No Trace)
• Participate in an outdoor activity such as a picnic (Wolf Elective 18A) or park fun day
• Explain the Buddy System and tell what to do if you are lost (Wolf Elective 23C and 23D) and explain the importance of cooperation.
• Attend a pack overnighter (Wolf Elective 23A)
• Complete and outdoor service project in your area.
• Complete a nature/conservation project in your area. (Wildlife Conservation Award)
• Earn the Summertime Pack Award
• Participate in a nature observation activity. Discribe/Illustrate and Display your observations at a den or pack meeting. (Wolf Elective 13A if you choose to watch birds)
• Participate in an outdoor aquatic activity. (Swimming Belt Loop)
• Participate in an outdoor campfire program. Perform in a skit, sing a song or take part in a ceremony. (Wolf Elective 23G)
• Participate in an outdoor sporting event. (there are many outdoor sport beltloops available and also corospond with Wolf Electives 20A-O)
• Particpate in Scout's Own or other worship service. (Wolf Elective 23H)
• Explore a local city, county, state or national park. Discuss with your den how a good citizen obeys the park rules.

As you can see, you are probably doing many of these activities with your boys already, so go ahead and grab the award!

Saturday July 5th Build a bird house at Home Depot!

Saturday July 5th, the Home Depot Kids Workshops are building a bird house! The kids workshops are FREE and they supply the kids with aprons, safety goggles and the tools neccessary to complete the predrilled and pre cut project. Kids who complete the projects receive a project pin and they also get to keep thier little orange aprons.

Satisfies the following:
Wolf Elective 13F if you put the bird house up outside
Wolf Requirement 5E Make a bird house
Wolf Requirement 5D Using a hammer

You can find out more information at http://www.homedepotclinics.com/

Partial credit towards World Conservation Award as well

Easy Bird House

Wolf Elective 13F is to put out a bird house. If you build it, you can also get credit for Wolf Requirement 5E (Make a bird house). But this doesn't have to be a complicated thing. Check out this easy bird house you can make if you have swallows in your yard ... http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/birdhous/swallow.htm

It's simple and easy and can probably be made from scraps of wood laying around the house or shed.

This activity fulfills the following:
one of the requirements for the World Conservation Award
Wolf Elective 13F
Wolf Requirement 5E

If you use a hammer to build this project, you can also get credit for Wolf Requirement 5D and Requirement 5C if you screw it together