Youth Protection Guidelines Training Available Online

Our highest priority is the safety and well-being of our youth members and participants. To help protect our young people, we are pleased to offer youth protection training online. This training is one part of a comprehensive youth protection training program that formally began in 1988. It is designed to help prevent child abuse in all of its forms—whether verbal, emotional, physical, or sexual abuse, or neglect.

We are proud to offer this training free of charge to all parents, teachers, coaches, social workers, and youth development leaders. This training comes in an easy-to-use format and will require about an hour to complete, and it could be invaluable to you and the youth in your life.

http://www.scouting.org/media/ypt/ypt-online.jsp

Space Day 2004 – May 6, 2004

“Space Day is an annual, global education initiative to spark youth interest in science, math, engineering, and technology through the wonders of space.”

Members of the Northern Lights Council have two good reasons to check out this Web site featured in the March/April Scouting magazine. First Space Daze is this year’s Cub Scout Day Camp theme, and this site offers a lot of information and ideas to prepare your camps and Scouts for that adventure. And second, this “year’s theme, Blazing Galactic Trails, focuses on the challenges of space exploration during the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

http://www.spaceday.org

Summertime Pack Award

Cub Scouting is a year-round program.... September thru August. As such, it is the responsibility of every Scouting unit to ensure a quality Cub program, even during the summer. During the months of June, July, and August Cub Scouts and their families can participate in Scouting activities that are educational and fun! A full summer program keeps a pack healthy, parents interested, and Cub Scouts eager to register for another year.

Here are some suggestions on where to go and what to do from a pack in California…

www.geocities.com/~pack215/summertime.html

Summertime is definitely a time when Cub Scouts want to have fun, fun, fun! It is also a good time for leisure family activities. Use your Cub Scout Leader How-To Book for ideas. Here are some suggestions:

Seeing Things Made - Manufacturing plants such as aircraft, automotive, appliance, or electronics; chemical, paper, plastic, paint, furniture, or toy plants; handicrafts, or other small industries.

How Your City Runs - Power, light, water, gas, sewage treatment plants; police and fire stations, city hall, courthouse, telephone company, post office, hospitals; newspaper publisher, and radio and television stations.

How Your City Is Fed - Truck farms and dairy farms; dairies, flour mills, bakeries; food processing, canning, and bottling plants; stockyards and meat or poultry-packing houses; beverage, candy, and ice-cream firms; city markets; restaurants and pizzerias; food distributors.

How Your City Travels - Bus, boat, truck, railroad, subway, airplane, ferry, and shipping terminals and facilities.

Learn About Your Heritage - Art galleries, museums, and memorials; celebrated old homes, forts, historic areas, monuments, and other historical sites; houses of worship, civic centers, important local buildings; summer theaters and band concerts; special local historical celebrations; and local activities.

Let's Go Outdoors - Parks, forests, arboretums, botanical gardens, cemeteries, fish hatcheries, game preserves, or wild bird sanctuaries; hiking and nature trails; ball games, field meets, and other athletic events; pools, lakes, rivers, and beaches for swimming, fishing, and boating; zoos, circuses, and amusement parks; special outdoor displays and exhibits; nearby military installations; and recreational areas suitable for family picnics, cookouts, and games.