Alice, Golden Empire Council
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Explore different kinds of heroes – include Strategic Air Command, DART, Civil Air Patrol, CERT (Community Emergency Response Team), National Guard, Firemen and Policemen, Regular Military, Teachers, Doctors.
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Have each scout or family make a list of some everyday heroes – make a list of categories and have each person or team fill in a real name that fits the category. Some ideas are: volunteer firefighters, musicians or artists, parents that volunteer at school, people that bake for a benefit sale, people that help the elderly, people that plan celebrations that everyone can enjoy, first responders, people who teach Sunday School, Scout leaders, kids who help younger kids learn something new (like Venturing Scouts or the Den Chief), people who help their neighbors, people who coach sports for kids.
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If you have a school garden or community garden in your area, invite a volunteer to share how it got started, how it helps families in the community. Learn about school gardens in your communities and the “heroes” who keep them going. Go to www.kidsgardening.com/school/searchform.asp for information and stories, as well as links to other great project ideas and garden projects in specific areas.
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Talk to a local librarian – they may need volunteers, can connect you with community organizations, speakers, or sometimes even sponsor programs such as Adult Literacy.
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Check with Habitat for Humanity, Christmas in April, Humanitarian Aid Projects or local Senior Gleaners for service project ideas or to find some wonderful local heroes.
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If there is a teacher’s resource center in your area, volunteer to put together kits for local teachers – they are all heroes!
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Check with your local Volunteer Center – every city or county has one. They can connect you with volunteer opportunities, and sometimes have programs to honor volunteers – an easy way to find someone to honor or come visit your den or pack!
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Ask families in your pack to share stories about everyday heroes – ways that people can help their communities – examples of one-person projects that make a difference. Feature these stories at your pack meeting.
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Challenge every member of your den or pack to Pay it Forward!
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Invite a speaker to talk about Veteran’s Day or heroes – see the VA website information
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To locate a National Cemetery go to: http://www.cem.va.gov.
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Add to the total at BSA Good Turn for America – enter hours of service at www.goodturnforamerica.org
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Check out the “Make a Difference Day” stories from Parade magazine – you might find the perfect one-person or den service project
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Work on the scouting requirements that prepare scouts to be a hero –first aid training, plumbing, fix it, carpentry skills – boys or families can be a “hero” by helping an elderly neighbor or relative who can’t afford regular maintenance – and in the future, as men with these skills, today’s scouts will be a hero to their own families.
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Obtain or print out a map of the local community – (Thomas Bros. maps also show schools, fire stations, community centers) –talk about the places where help is available and where good citizenship is practiced.
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Take a Thomas Bros. map of the local neighborhood, mount on cardboard, laminate, and cut into puzzle pieces to use for a family or den game to learn about community resources.
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Contact a local VFW or local cemeteries to get flags for putting out on graves of Veteran’s – this is only done in the older cemeteries – in most National cemeteries, they instead have a Memorial Avenue of full-size flags donated by families – these flags are ones that were used to cover veteran or military caskets. They are flown on every holiday and whenever there is a funeral for active military. You can arrange to come and raise these flags as a way to honor veterans.
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Check to see if there are Independence Day Parades in your area and register to participate in uniform.
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Visit a museum and look for heroes – people who have done something heroic or started a service project, saved a building from demolition, worked with youth in the community, overcome challenges
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Visit with older people, especially family members, and learn about them, their work, their service, how they spent their time – identify ways that they were heroes, overcame challenges, helped others get educated, or made a difference in their communities
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Choose a service project to honor heroes – one idea is Operation Military Kids, which provides hero packs to children who are sacrificing time with their deployed parents – See web sites
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Invite a CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) member to come and share information with your den or pack families.
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Give local Venturing Scouts the opportunity to teach skills to your scouts – Venturing crews can fulfill their requirements and be a “hero” to your Cubs/Webelos.
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Check out the book The Children’s Book of Heroes by William Bennett and read the story "How the Animals Got Sunlight." Then talk about who the hero is, why and what they did. Or choose one of the other hero stories in the book – you might even use a story as the plot of a skit for the pack meeting!
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Brainstorm with your den about what a hero is - what qualities does a hero have? Encourage boys to think about real people, not just super heroes. Have the boys make special thank you cards for the people they choose as heroes.
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Put out a den or pack “newspaper” with stories about people they have identified as heroes. If any of the boys like to do photography or art, you could add pictures! Print out copies and distribute to pack families and your chartered organization. You might even want to send a note to parents so they can help their sons with the project.
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Suggest that families talk about heroes in their family history – share stories about how ancestors were everyday heroes.
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Choose some everyday heroes that the boys know – such as teachers, police or fire department members, the cubmaster – invite them to come to the pack meeting and give each of them a simple award – perhaps a certificate or even a picture the boys have made to present to them.
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Challenge the boys to use their photography talent to enter the 2009 U.S. and Canada International Photography Contest for Kids – they could choose a subject that shows a hero in action, or even a photo that focuses on being an eco hero by featuring a favorite animal. See details at: http://kids.nationalgeograhic.com/contests/Photos
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Visit a nearby fire or police station, National Guard, Coast Guard or other military installation and see heroes in action. My pack visited a local Coast Guard Station – in land-locked Sacramento – and had a wonderful time touring a plan and watching a video, so check out your local resources! Alice
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As a whole pack, including families, write Letters to the Troops – details under Theme Related. This can also be a great lesson in how to write a caring letter – more details and a template on the website.
“You Are My Hero” Buttons
Great Salt Lake Council
We all have many people in our lives that we admire, dad, mom, teacher, Scout leader etc. This month would be the perfect time to let that person know how much they are appreciated and looked up to. Present them with a “You Are My Hero” button and put a smile on their face!
What you will need:
Wooden badges (craft stores have all shapes and sizes)
Acrylic paint
Sponge and paint brushes
Water to rinse brushes in
Paper plates for palette
Paper towels
Bar pins
Contact cement
Stickers, if desired
Clear varnish (Optional)
Button Instructions:
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Paint button solid color using sponge brush.
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Add small detail with small paint brush. (To make dots, dip blunt end of paint brush in paint. Wipe off end of brush each time you dip to get more even dots.)
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Let dry thoroughly.
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For a shiny finish, use a sponge brush to apply clear varnish. Be careful, if you use some types of pens the varnish will cause them to bleed!
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Apply thin coat of contact cement to the back of the button where the bar pin will be placed.
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Apply thin coat of contact cement to the bar pin.
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Allow contact cement to dry and is touchable.
(Follow directions on label)
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Press bar pin to button.
Kids Can Be Heroes Too!
Alice, Golden Empire Council
If you want proof, go to: www.chinastrategies.com/lithero.htm for true life stories about children who have been heroes!
Active Theme Ideas
Greater St. Louis Area Council
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Invite your local fire department to a Pack meeting. Fire Safety Awareness month is an opportune time for this Pack meeting. Most fire departments have short programs developed, which they will share with your Scouts. Be sure to "salute" them while they are there.
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Invite your local police department to a Den or Pack meeting. The police have many different programs, such as a canine dog demonstration, the rescue helicopter, finger printing demonstration, and “Stay Safe” (self-defense) program. Be sure to "salute" them while they are there.
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Invite your local paramedics and or flight nurse crew to a Pack Meeting. The first aid requirement for all levels of Cub Scouting can be fulfilled. Be sure to "salute" them while they are there.
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Plan an outing for your Den to your local fire or police department. Bring a card or something the Cubs have made as a Thank You and "salute" them while you are there.
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Plan an outing for your Den or Pack to an animal rescue center or humane society because people we salute need not wear uniforms. Bring a card or something the Cubs have made as a Thank You and "salute" them while you are there.
** Remember 2- Deep Adult Leadership!!!
Letters to the Troops
Alice, Golden Empire Council
Write letters to our Troops – you can either use the template on http://www.flagsacrossthenation.org/our-projects/letters-to-the-troops/ , or you can make up your own – scouts or siblings can then color in the flag, write a letter below to the troops, put your name and age on the back, and then mail to Flags Across the Nation, 9426 Duckhorn Dr., Charlotte, N.C. 28277.
For younger siblings, or those who don’t feel comfortable writing a letter, click on projects at the website – they have downloadable coloring pages that can be done and also are sent to troops! This is a great project to share with other groups as well!
2010 Freedom Art Contest – Challenge the scouts to enter a piece of patriotic art in support of Letters to our Troops. Every child who enters will receive an acknowledgement gift. For details go to: www.flagsacrossthenation.org/about-flags
Stars & Stripes Spinner
Santa Clara County Council
Materials:
Glue
12 Crepe Paper Streamers - 18" Long
3' String
Scissors
Hole Punch
Directions:
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Enlarge to 8 1/4" and make 5 copies of star pattern circle. Each circle is divided into quarters by 3 dotted lines and one solid line. On four of the circles, cut on the solid line to the center of the circle.
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Crease on the dotted lines, folding printed pattern to the inside. First one way, then the other way.
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Form a pocket to catch the wind by folding as shown, overlapping one quarter of the circle onto the next quarter.
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Glue overlap into place.
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Repeat for the three other slit circles.
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Glue the four pockets together to create a half ball.
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Cut streamers to 18".
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Glue ends around perimeter of the bottom. Glue the 5th circle to the bottom over the streamer ends.
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Use punch to make 2 holes in the top of the ball about 1/2" from the edge.
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Feed string through. Tie ends.
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Hang from tree and watch it spin.
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