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Arrow of Light – 5th Grade
Citizenship
Citizenship
Required
Requirement 1

Service Project Planning

Arrow of Light – 5th Grade
Citizenship
Citizenship
Required
Requirement 1

Service Project Planning

Snapshot of Activity

Cub Scouts learn how to safely plan a service project. 

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Before the meeting: 

  1. Review the SAFE Service Project Planning Checklist. 
  2. Print one copy of the SAFE Service Project Planning Checklist for each Cub Scout. 
  3. Set up meeting space for Cub Scouts to have a space to write. 

During the meeting: 

  1. Hand out the SAFE Service Project Planning Checklist and a pen or pencil to each Cub Scout. 
  2. Explain to Cub Scouts that they’re going to make a plan for conducting a service project in a safe manner. 
  3. Ask Cub Scouts to think of a service project they could do for the community. Have them write a description of the project on their checklist. 
  4. Next, have Cub Scouts brainstorm the steps that would need to be taken to complete the project. Have them write the steps on their checklist. 
  5. Explain what SAFE means: 
    • Supervision- supervised by qualified and trustworthy adults who set the example for safety 
    • Assessment- Activities are assessed for risk during planning 
    • Fitness and Skills- Annual Health and Medical Records are reviewed, and leaders have confirmed that prerequisite fitness and skill levels exist for participants to take part safely. 
    • Equipment and Environment- Safe and appropriately sized equipment, courses, camps, campsites, trails, or playing fields are used properly. 
  6. For each point of SAFE ask Cub Scouts to think about their project. What needs to happen to ensure each point of the checklist is met?  
  7. If there is a point that Cub Scouts can’t check off, ask them if there’s a way to do the project more safely. Explain that if they can’t think of a way to do it more safely, they will have to choose another service project.   

Note: This does not have to be a service project that you will actually be conducting.  

Bray Barnes

Director, Global Security Innovative
Strategies

Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments

David Alexander

Managing Member Calje

David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.

Glenn Adams

President, CEO & Managing Director
Stonetex Oil Corp.

Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.