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Houw about a compas course? Or gear it around the type of activities Baden Powell had on Brownsea. Or around our American heritage. Or Roman Days. Or Knights of the Round Table.

 

Ed Mori

Scoutmaster

Troop 1

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How about preparedness for a terrorist attack? In light of 9/11 a lot of people might appreciate something that was both educational and fun. We are, after all, supposed to be prepared.

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A team Ironman competition would be cool...two bikers, two swimmers, X number of runners.

 

We had an event at a comporee when I was a kid that I thought was really cool. We had a match stuck in a log match-head up. We had to strike the match with a hatchet. Short accurate swing was required and the judges made sure your swing went at least several inches above the match head. it was a great great hand-eye coordination exercise (and it involved fire!!!)

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  • 3 weeks later...

Well, better late than never....

 

Our area did one on Air and the dynamics of air -- "the Sky's the Limit"

 

it was great - everything having to do with air - from ham radio to airplanes, the event started with a parachutist dropping in and ended with two hot air ballons taking off - AWESOME!

 

One of the stations was having the kids tie a message on a helium balloon and sending them off - the hot air balloonists took a few with them to spread further -

 

another had them build balsa planes, one for rockets, one for paper airplanes, there was a lashed "monkey bridge" (UP in the air!), a competition for distance for a water-balloon catapult, a chemistry station about light and heavy gases, Frisbee football, we had some military pilots involved in a youth flight program, and many others....

 

It was a blast for the boys! and open to both cubs and scouts.

 

But the topper was those hot air balloons - up close and personal, looming right over your head, like a house floating above you - swaying in the light breeze. i'm sure the boys will NEVER forget it!

 

 

 

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I was the chairperson for an interntional camporee recently that had no foriegn scouts in attendance. Instead, we had each scout troop choose a different country to represent. The scouts had 3 months to learn about their adopted nation and to create a display and activities representing that country. The activities had to include music, food, and an interactive game from the nation they chose. The display had to be about the geography, politics, education system or scouting program of the country and had to include a standard size national flag.

 

Each scout recieved a passport book at registration that was stamped as they visited a troops program area. once the scout had visited 10 countries, he could take his passport to the Customs Office tent and recieve a prize.

 

The passport also contained a map of the activity areas, the agenda for the weekend, some blank pages where the scouts could write down contact information on the new friends they made and a list of the countries repesented.

 

We did this as a Fall Camporee during the weekend of Scouts On The Air and Scouts On the Internet. So our scouts had the opportunity to talk and chat with other scouts all over the world. Another activity was the boys got to try their hand at cricket thanks to a local club. (It's not a sport they see alot of here.)

 

Our opening ceremonies included a parade of flags and the scout oath from each of the countries represented.

 

This program allowed our scouts to learn about and experience many different cultures without the logisitical problems in volved with having foriegn scouts in attendance.

 

I hope this gives you some useful ideas.

 

Bob White

 

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Our scout troop hosted a very successful camporee called Operation DarkStar. All events occured at night and was a big hit with the scouts and troop leaders. Check out our home page ( www.troop19.org ) under Operation DarkStar to review the agenda, program missions and information to run your own camporee. Good luck and good scouting.

Greg Anthony

www.troop19.org

Scoutmaster, Troop 19

greg.anthony@hp.com

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