ARE YOUR SCOUTS AT HOME?
Scouting can take place anywhere – even in the comfort
of your home!

Here you will find a resource hub for parents and leaders to help support Scouting at home, with stay-at-home educational activities for any Scout rank, tips for continuing to work on advancements and kid-friendly content that connects Scouting with their daily lives. We will continue to add new content and resources to this hub regularly.

Our goal is to make it easier to deliver the Scouting program by making plans more accessible to Leaders and those who can help Leaders like our parents.

Digital Safety and Online Scouting Activities

Frequently Asked Questions regarding Rank Advancement and COVID-19

January Virtual Roundtable

January Roundtable Slides
Webelos to Scout Transition

Cub Scouts

Lion Rank 30-Day Challenge – Kindergarten
Tiger Rank 30-Day Challenge – 1st Grade
Wolf Rank 30-Day Challenge – 2nd Grade
Bear Rank 30-Day Challenge – 3rd Grade
Webelos & Arrow of Light 30-Day Challenge – 4th & 5th Grade

The Sagamore Council, Boy Scouts of America has partnered with Donate Life Indiana on an initiative to learn about and promote organ, eye, and tissue donation. 
Scouts must complete a three step process to complete the requirements for the Donate Life Indiana Awareness Patch; watch a couple educational videos, complete a project, and have an educational discussion about what you have learned.

This initiative is open to all Cub Scouts, Scouts, Venturers, and Explorers in Indiana. Scouts/Families can download the requirement form to find out how your Scout can earn the brand new, “Donation Awareness” patch and more importantly learn how to SAVE A LIFE. 

Free Boys’ Life Magazine

By Downloading the Boys’ Life Magazine app at the App Store and Google Play they will unlock a years’ worth of free magazine issues to read at their leisure. They will be able to find projects you can create from home and stories that will take their minds on adventures all over the world. There are no age restrictions on this resource. Even though the title of the magazine is Boys’ Life, the content is suitable for boys and girls. The BSA is in the process of re-branding the magazine now that we include girls in all Scouting programs in the Boy Scouts of America.

Cyber Chip

Today’s youth are spending more time than ever using digital media for education, research, socializing, and fun. To help families and volunteers keep youth safe while online, the Boy Scouts of America introduces the Cyber Chip. In developing this exciting new tool, the BSA teamed up with content expert NetSmartz®, part of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children® and training expert for many law enforcement agencies. Netsmartz® has Cyber Chip resources, including grade-specific videos, for all youth in the 1st-12th grade here.
Topics include cyberbullying, cell phone use, texting, blogging, gaming, and identity theft.
Here are more resources from Netsmartz.

Protect Yourself Adventure

The Boy Scouts of America is committed to creating safe environments for youth and leaders. Child abuse is an uncomfortable topic but an important one for us to cover to ensure the safety and well-being of all youth. The Boy Scouts of America has partnered with subject-matter experts from the Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center Foundation to present the “Protect Yourself Rules” that help children recognize, respond to, and report abuse. This is available for all youth in Kindergarten through 5th grade in age appropriate lessons.

Scouts, BSA

  • Conduct virtual Patrol Leaders Council meetings via teleconference or web video conferencing. Ensure to maintain two-deep leadership throughout the virtual meeting.
  • Encourage Patrol Leaders to communicate digitally with their patrol members.
  • Conduct online merit badge counselor meetings using web video conferencing tools such as Google Hangouts, Zoom, Skype, FreeConference or Facebook. Ensure to maintain two-deep leadership throughout the virtual meeting. Note completing a worksheet and emailing it does not constitute a “virtual discussion”, rather use interactive video or phone conversations.
  • Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI) | April 3-5, 2020

Scouts, BSA 30-Day Challenges

Scout Rank 30-Day Challenge
Tenderfoot Rank 30-Day Challenge
Second Class Rank 30-Day Challenge
First Class Rank 30-Day Challenge

Merit Badges that can be completed at home include:

Scouts, Scouters, and Merit Badge Counselors are invited to join our new Facebook Group:
Council’s Virtual Merit Badge Classes Facebook Group

Click here to watch a zoom tutorial. 

 

Other Activities:

  • Plan and cook a meal for your family.
  • Encourage Scouts to post online stories from history and how humanity was able to overcome such difficulties and give people hope.
  • Hold a virtual gaming meet. Or use Kahoot to host an online quiz.
  • Encourage Scouts to communicate with Scouts around the world. Learn about the World Organization of the Scouting Movement (WOSM). Introduce JOTA/JOTI.
  • Coordinate a community-based support network. Work with your Chartered Organization to develop a plan. Offer your unit assistance in helping the needy.
  • Post examples of how Scouts are helping the community on social media. Make sure to tag us in your post using #SagamoreScouts

Hold Scoutmaster Conference using web video conferencing. Ensure to maintain two-deep leadership throughout the virtual meeting.

If needed, conduct Eagle Boards of Review via videoconferencing. Units can administer BORs up and including Life rank but should follow the guidance in The Guide to Advancement Section 8.0.1.6 Boards of Review Through Videoconferencing. District Advancement Chairs will provide directions on Eagle BORs. Ensure to maintain two-deep leadership throughout the virtual meeting.