Wolf Achievement 7 – Your Living World

D.  With an adult, pick up litter in your neighborhood.  Wear gloves to protect your hands against germs and cuts from sharp objects.

• Beach Sweeps – Clean Ocean Action is an non-profit organization that helps clean up ocean pollution on the coastline of NJ. Each year, they hold Beach Sweeps where volunteers clean up and log each piece of litter (they collect this info for an annual report). These sweeps are open to anyone of any age. Religious organizations, businesses, scouts, schools, government agencies and civic groups all participate in the biannual sweeps. Although it’s called “Beach Sweep, it’s not just for the shore . . . sweeps can happen along rivers throughout the state.   Check out their website for more details. www.cleanoceanaction.org
• Earth Day is a great way to join in a global event and take care of the environment. Click this link for more details.  njcubscoutmom.wordpress.com/2014/08/18/earth-day-how-to-play-in-mud-with-friends-help-the-neighborhood
• National Park Service has several volunteer opportunities including an Adopt-a-Trail Program. If you go to Volunteer.gov portal and search the state of NJ, you will get a list of parks that have current opportunities. Click on the “More Info” button for the park near your town and you’ll see details about the job and how to contact the park ranger. Or you can search the National Park Service website:   www.nps.gov/getinvolved/volunteer.htm Both websites will give you different opportunities.
• Neighborhood Clean Up – Coordinate with your Mayor or the Public Works department and clean up a park, waterway, or school in your neighborhood. Our mayor loved the opportunity to meet the scouts and he even pitched in and helped clean up for a little while. At a council meeting, he would praise the boys for their efforts by giving them an award to take home and display. The boys loved it. Once they even received a Key to the City.
• NJ Clean Communities is an organization that reduces the litter in the state through several different programs. These include Adopt-a-Beach, Adopt-a-Highway, Adopt-a-Station, Urban Cleanup, and Slam Dunk the Junk. For more information about these programs, go to their website. www.njclean.org

 

Wolf Achievement 5 – Tools for Fixing and Building

E – Make a birdhouse, a set of bookends, or something else useful

• You can get kit from Scout Shop $
  • www.scoutstuff.org
• Home Depot – workshops for kids FREE
  • homedepotclinics.com
• Lowe’s – workshops for kids FREE
  • www.lowesbuildandgrow.com
• Museum of Early Trades and Crafts $ (scout program to earn this badge)
  • 9 Main St, Madison
  • (973) 377-2982
  • www.metc.org/scouts.htm

 

 

 

Wolf Achievement 2 – Your Flag

• A – Give the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. Tell what it means.
• B – Lead a flag ceremony in your den.
  • Presentation of Colors (indoors)
  • Retiring of Colors (indoors)
• C -Tell how to respect and take care of the U.S. flag. Show three ways to display the flag.
  • www.usflag.org/flagetiquette.html
• D – Learn about the flag of your state or territory and how to display it.
  • www.njleg.state.nj.us/kids/stateflag.asp
• E- Learn how to raise a U.S. flag properly for an outdoor ceremony.
  • www.usflag.org/flagetiquette.html
• F – Participate in an outdoor flag ceremony.
  • Presentation of Colors (outdoors)
  • Retiring of Colors (outdoors)
• G – With the help of another person, fold the U.S. flag.
  • www.usflag.org/foldflag.html