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Webelos – 4th Grade
My Community
Citizenship
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Requirement 4

Happy Birthday Bag Project

Webelos – 4th Grade
My Community
Citizenship
Required
Requirement 4

Happy Birthday Bag Project

Snapshot of Activity

Cub Scouts help those less fortunate have a happy birthday by making birthday bags for a local food pantry. 

Indoor
3
3
5
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  • Brown paper bags, at least 2 for each Cub Scout 
  • Cake mixes, at least 2 for each Cub Scout 
  • Canned frosting, at least 2 for each Cub Scout 
  • Birthday candles, at least 2 for each Cub Scout 
  • Markers and stickers 
  • Hand sanitizer 

Before the meeting: 

  1. Ask parents or legal guardians or community members to donate the supplies needed for the birthday bags. 

During the meeting: 

  1. Set up tables to create an “assembly line” for the items going into the bags. As Cub Scouts arrive, have the denner help them sort their donated supplies on the tables. For example, all the cake mixes go in one area, all the frosting in another, etc.  
  2. Set up a bag decorating table that Cub Scouts can sit at with the markers, stickers, and bags. 
  3. Tell Cub Scouts to decorate their bags using markers and stickers. Encourage them to write Happy Birthday on the bag. 
  4. After all the bags are decorated, have Cub Scouts use hand sanitizer. 
  5. Ask Cub Scouts to line up along the assembly line table and pass each bag down the line, adding one of each item to the bag. 

After the meeting: 

  1. Deliver the birthday bags to your local food pantry. 

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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.