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Tiger – 1st Grade
Let’s Camp Tiger
Elective
Requirement 3

Six Essentials Scavenger Hunt

Tiger – 1st Grade
Let’s Camp Tiger
Elective
Requirement 3

Six Essentials Scavenger Hunt

Snapshot of Activity

Cub Scouts go on a scavenger hunt to collect Cub Scout Six Essentials. 

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  • Cub Scouts will need their Tiger handbook, page 43 
  • Crayons, enough to share 
  • Cub Scout Six Essentials
    • Water bottle 
    • First Aid Kit (small) 
    • Whistle 
    • Flashlight 
    • Sunscreen 
    • Trail Mix 
  • Six other camping items
    • Sleeping bag 
    • Pillow 
    • Bath towel 
    • Backpack 
    • Bowl 
    • Spoon 

Before the meeting: 

  1. Become familiar with the Cub Scout Six Essentials by watching the “Six Essentials” video. (duration 4 minutes)  
  2. Hide the Cub Scout six essentials and the other six camping items around the meeting location. 

During the meeting: 

  1. Gather the Cub Scouts and tell them that the Cub Scout Six Essentials are the six things they should have with them when they go on an outdoor adventure either in Cub Scouting or when they are with their family.  After learning about the Cub Scout Six Essentials, you will play a game to see what they have learned. 
  2. Review the Cub Scout Six Essentials with the Cub Scouts using what you learned in the Cub Scout Six Essentials video.  
  3. Have Cub Scouts with their adult partner complete the activity on page 43 of the Tiger handbook.  
  4. Tell the Cub Scouts and adult partners that you have hidden the six essentials in the meeting room. 
  5. Have the den work together to find the Cub Scout Six Essentials. 

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Tiger – 1st Grade

Six Essentials Shopping Spree

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Provide Cub Scouts their own Cub Scout Six Essentials. 

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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.