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Wolf – 2nd Grade
Let’s Camp Wolf
Elective
Requirement 4

Stuff Sack Relay

Wolf – 2nd Grade
Let’s Camp Wolf
Elective
Requirement 4

Stuff Sack Relay

Snapshot of Activity

Cub Scouts will learn about storing their sleeping bags in this fast-paced relay. 

Indoor
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  • Two sleeping bags 
  • Two sleeping bag stuff sacks 
  • Masking tape 

Before the meeting: 

  1. Read “How to Buy the Best Sleeping Bag” in Scout Life magazine.   
  2. Read “How to clean and care for your sleeping bag” in Scout Life magazine. 
  3. Become how a sleeping bag works. 
    • Sleeping bags use trapped air to keep you warm.  Trapped air is one of the best insulators. 
    • Your body provides the heat for sleeping bags to keep you warm. 
    • Sleeping bags must be kept dry, wet sleeping bags will remove body heat and may cause loss of body heat which can lead to hypothermia in very cold conductions.  
    • A sleeping bag will last longer if after a campout you let it air out for a day and then place it loosely in a large stuff sack. 
  4. Set up a start and finish line using masking tape. 
  5. Lay out a stuff sack and the sleeping bag on the finish line. 

During the meeting: 

  1. Gather Cub Scout and review how to clean and care for your sleeping bag from the Scouting Magazine article.  
  2. Share with Cub Scouts how sleeping bags work. 
  3. Describe to the Cub Scouts how the relay race will work. 
  4. Divide Cub Scouts into two teams and form a line. 
  5. Tell Cub Scouts that they will run down and stuff the sleeping bag into the stuff sack, pull the drawstring as quickly as possible and run back and tag their next teammate. 
  6. The second Cub Scout will run down and unstuff the sleeping bag and lay it next to the stuff sack. Once complete, they will run back to their team and tag the next Cub Scout in line. 
  7. Play continues until all Cub Scouts have had a turn.  
  8. The team with the fastest time wins. 

Tip: When selecting a sleeping bag for camping a good rule of thumb is that if it has a cartoon character on it, there is a good chance it isn’t going to work for camping.  Those sleeping bags are designed for indoor use.  

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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.