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REMOTE SCOUTING

The world has been handed a big challenge with the new COVID-19 outbreak... how do we continue to function when the world is locking down everything to slow the spread?

In this series of articles we are building, we provide ideas on how to Scout... remotely.

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Camping and Hiking

Camp Merz
Camping

BSA Scout Camp

Camp Merz

Camp Merz has over 85 years young this year, and located to the south of Mayville on beautiful Chautauqua Lake. 350 acres of beautiful hardwood forest and evergreens welcome your scouting experience.

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Leaders you Love

Leaders you Love

Break up into small groups or patrols.  Discuss "Leaders you love" and why you love them. Share with whole group.
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Virtual Games with a Purpose - Boggle

Virtual Games with a Purpose - Boggle

Keeping virtual meetings interesting is a challenge for all of us. Here is "Boggle wth a purpose"!
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Cub Scout Den Leader Resources

Cub Scout Den Leader Resources

Find Ideas for all Required Adventures in One Place, listed by Rank and Adventure! Strategies and Ideas for Virtual and Distanced Scouting! Guidance for Den Leadership, Training, Uniforms, Family Involvement, Roundtable and More!   
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Plans and Tips for All 95+ Cub Scout Adventures

Plans and Tips for All 95+ Cub Scout Adventures

"The Best Gift for a Cub Scout ... is Get Their Parents Involved".  Follow the links here to resources that can be accessed by any Family, shared by any Den or Pack Leader, to help Families Lead Their Scouts, and make Scouting more personal and meaningful.  
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Riddles for Joining Games or Patrol Challenges

Riddles for Joining Games or Patrol Challenges

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Scout Escape

Scout Escape "Room" Plans

An interactive adventure game in which players solve a series of puzzles using clues, hints and strategy to complete the objective of the game within a set time limit. An escape "room" centered around camping and the Boy Scout Law.
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Outdoor Scavenger Hunt for Cubs!

Outdoor Scavenger Hunt for Cubs!

Challenge your Scouts to head out on a local scavanger hunt.  This can be done anywhere.
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Working together on documents remotely

Working together on documents remotely

Need to get input from others on a meeting plan?  Do you need to review a presentation with your patrol?  Maybe you'd like to go over the budget for next year with your troop committee.  How do you do this with team members who cannot be in the same place? Read more...
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Remote Meetings

Remote Meetings

With the reactions to try to get ahead of the COVID-19 virus, most meeting locations have been closed.  This is understandable, yet it poses a challenge to organizations like Scouting units.  How do we still do Scouting when we cannot get together? Remote meetings may be the answer for you and your unit. 
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Ganondagan Long House

Ganondagan Long House

Ganondagan State Historic Site located in Victor, NY is a great place to visit to learn more about Native American culture.
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What Every Scout Should Know

What Every Scout Should Know

Plan a series of meetings with the theme 'What every Scout should know'.  Take an inventory of the skills the adults in your troop have and invite them to teach Scouts these practical skills.
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Challenge - Remote Clove Hitch

Challenge - Remote Clove Hitch

Clove hitch with a twist! Put a rope around a tree with a 10 foot radius.  Now, challenge a patrol to tie a clove hitch around the tree without stepping inside the circle.
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Making Rope

Making Rope

Making rope out of string and twin is a great skill to have your Scouts do.  Using a jig will make this task easier for your scouts to do and lead to better success than older techniques.
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Diversity/Disability Obstacle Course

Diversity/Disability Obstacle Course

This is a fun challenge that our Scouts enjoyed.  It helps them to understand a little better what persons with physical challenges have learned to live with.  It also promotes team work and communication within a patrol.
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Knots in action

Knots in action

Have fun with knots like: a barrel sling, scaffold knot, highwayman hitch, a theives knot, a sheep shank, mooring hitch, bowline on a bite…
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Knot Basics

Knot Basics

Square knot, two half-hitches, tautline hitch, bowline, clove hitch, timerber hitch for the younger Scouts. Older scouts use EDGE method to teach.
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Estimation Games

Estimation Games

Challenge your scouts with different estimation games. Length, Height, Width, Weight, Volumn, Distance, Count.
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