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Arrow of Light – 5th Grade
Champions for Nature Arrow of Light
Elective
Requirement 6

Pumpkin Drive

Arrow of Light – 5th Grade
Champions for Nature Arrow of Light
Elective
Requirement 6

Pumpkin Drive

Snapshot of Activity

Cub Scouts collect leftover pumpkins and deliver them to a local farm or animal rescue.

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  • 8 ½” x 11” white or colored paper, enough to make fliers to pass out at a pack meeting
  • Markers, colored pencils, or crayons

Before the meeting:

  1. Locate a local beneficiary that could utilize used carved or uncarved pumpkins. Pumpkins for Pigs is a website listing farms and sanctuaries that take pumpkins. You may also find local cattle ranchers who feed their cows pumpkins. Local nature centers may also collect pumpkins to use as fertilizer.
  2. Contact the Cubmaster and ask for time at the upcoming pack meeting to speak about the pumpkin drive.

During the meeting:

  1. Have the Cub Scouts create posters or flyers advertising the pumpkin drive to pass out at the pack meeting. Include information on the drop off location to collect the pumpkins.
  2. Discuss how collecting pumpkins reduces food waste in our communities by diverting viable foodstuffs including pumpkins to farms, animal sanctuaries, and rescues for feed or compost.

At the pack meeting:

  1. Have Cub Scouts announce the pumpkin drive. Include the date, time, and location of the drop off site. Announce where the pumpkins will be going and why it is important.

During drop off event:

  1. Have Cub Scouts load collected pumpkins into an appropriate vehicle.
  2. An adult drops off the pumpkins at the designated beneficiary.

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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.