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100th Anniversary Celebration Awards
A
year of Celebration - A Century of Making a Difference is a
series of awards developed to explore these values as we
celebrate a century of living by the Scout Law. The awards
recognize Scouts and leaders who demonstrate dedication to
leadership, character, achievement, community service, and the
outdoors. The awards will be available to Cub Scouts, Boy
Scouts, Venturers and their leaders.
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National Camping Award
This award recognizes troops that go camping during
the year. Recognition is for the number of camping days and nights
logged on a yearly basis or on a cumulative basis. Yearly awards are
the unit award, 10 days and nights; bronze award, 20 days and
nights; silver award, 30 days and nights; and gold award, 50 days
and nights. Cumulative awards are the unit award, 100 days and
nights; bronze award, 250 days and nights; silver award, 500 days
and nights; and gold award, 1,000 days and nights.
Historic Trails Award
To earn the award, members of your unit must plan and participate
in a historic activity. A unit historic activity requires members
to:
- Locate a historic trail or site and study information
relating to it. (The information may be obtained from an adult
historic society, public library, or people living near the
trail or site.)
- Hike or camp two days and one night along the trail or in
the vicinity of the site.
- Cooperate with an adult group such as a historic society to
restore and mark all or part of this trail or site. (This may be
done during the hike or overnight camp.) Or cooperate with such
a group to plan and stage a historic pageant, ceremony, or other
public event related to this trail or site - such event should
be large enough to merit coverage by the local press.
- Your unit leader must then file the Historic Trails Award
application with your council service center.
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50-Miler Award
The 50-Miler Award is presented to each qualifying individual for
satisfactory participation in an approved trip. In order to qualify
for the award the group of which the individual is a member must
fulfill all of the following requirements.
- Make complete and satisfactory plans for the trip, including
the possibilities of advancement.
- Cover the trail or canoe or boat route of not less than 50
consecutive miles; take a minimum of five consecutive days to
complete the trip without the aid of motors. (In some areas pack
animals may be used.)
- During the time on the trail or waterway, complete a minimum
of 10 hours each of group work on projects to improve the trail,
springs, campsite, portage, or area. If, after checking with
recognized authorities, it is not possible to complete 10 hours
each of group work on the trail, a similar project may be done
in the unit's home area. (There should be no unauthorized
cutting of brush or timber.)
- Unit or tour leader must then file a 50-Miler Award
application with the local council service center. This
application gives additional details about planning the trip.
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Leave No Trace
Scout Requirements
-
 Recite
and explain in your own words the principles of Leave No Trace,
and discuss how an ethical guideline differs from a rule.
- On three separate camping trips with your troop or team,
demonstrate and practice the Leave No Trace skills appropriate
to the trip.
- Earn the Camping and Environmental Science merit badges.
- Participate in a Leave No Trace-related service project that
reduces or rehabilitates recreational impacts. Discuss with your
troop or team which recreational impacts were involved with the
project.
- Give a 10-minute presentation on a Leave No Trace topic
approved by your unit leader to a Scouting unit or other
interested group.
- Teach a Leave No Trace-related skill to a Scouting unit or
other interested group.
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World Conservation Award
You can earn this award by earning the following merit badges:
- Environmental Science merit badge
- Either Soil and Water Conservation OR Fish and Wildlife
Management merit badge
- Citizenship in the World merit badge
The BSA Ready & Prepared Award
The BSA Ready & Prepared Award was developed to encourage and
reward Boy Scout troops, Varsity Scout teams, and Venturing crews
that incorporate safe practices while enjoying challenging
activities. The award acknowledges the common sense and judgment,
founded on knowledge and training, used to incorporate risk
management into a unit's decision-making process. It recognizes that
the more responsibility individual members take for their personal
health and safety, the more everyone contributes to a successful
activity. Earning the award helps units focus on areas in which
emphasizing risk management can help reduce fatalities and serious
injury, such as
- Driver and passenger safety
- BSA Youth Protection
- Precautions for aquatics activities
- Premises safety and first-aid readiness
- Personal fitness and safety
Online Resources
BSA Ready and Prepared Award
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