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Lion – Kindergarten
Lion’s Roar
Personal Safety
Required
Requirement 4

Make Believe Parking Lot

Lion – Kindergarten
Lion’s Roar
Personal Safety
Required
Requirement 4

Make Believe Parking Lot

Snapshot of Activity

Set up a mock crosswalk and parking lot for Cub Scouts to learn about staying safe in these situations. 

Outdoor
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  • Sidewalk Chalk 
  • 6 bicycles 
  • Bike helmets for the 6 bicycles 
  • 2 – 13” x 13” pieces of cardboard 
  • Red acrylic paint 
  • Green acrylic paint 
  • 1” paint brush 
  • Container of water to clean paint brush 

Before the meeting: 

  1. Identify a flat concrete or blacktop area such as a basketball court or large driveway that is safe and free of obstacles.  
  2. Designate two areas, one will be an intersection with a crosswalk the other will be a mock parking lot. 
  3. Using the sidewalk chalk draw a road intersection with a designated crosswalk. 
  4. Using the sidewalk chalk draw a parking lot with six car spaces on each side. 
  5. Contact Cub Scouts and adult partners in the den and secure at least six bicycles and make sure to have bike helmets. 

During the meeting: 

  1. Gather the Cub Scouts and adult partners and share with them that it is important to always pay attention when we are walking across a street or when we are walking in a parking lot.  You should always look all around you and pay attention to every car you can see.  Just because you can see the car doesn’t mean they can or do see you. 
  2. Bring everyone over to the mock crosswalk and inform the den that when we cross the street, we want to use a crosswalk and pay attention to when we can walk.  Have someone serve as the crossing sign and stand at one end of the crosswalk.  Have Cub Scouts and adult partners on the other end and each take a turn crossing the street.  Remind Cub Scouts that even when the crossing signal says to walk, they should still look both ways before crossing. 
  3. Next bring everyone over to the mock parking lot.  Have some Cub Scouts and/or adult partners park their bikes in the parking spaces.  They will act as cars moving in and around parking spaces as the other Cub Scouts and adult partners walk down the aisle.  Cub Scouts should hold hands with their adult partner when in a parking lot and always look at the “cars”.  When walking they should stay on one side of the aisle and not walk down the center.  Give everyone a chance to demonstrate holding hands, staying out of the middle of the aisle, and watching for cars.  

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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.