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Cub Scouts can earn both the World Conservation Award and the International Spirit Award in One Program Year

WORLD CONSERVATION AWARD - The Cub World Conservation Award has different requirements for Wolf Scouts, Bear Scouts, and Webelos Scouts. Make sure your den’s advancement plan includes the adventures members of the den need to earn to satisfy the World Conservation Award requirements.

Wolf Scout Requirements:

1. Earn the Paws on the Path adventure. 2. Earn the Grow Something adventure. 3. Complete requirements 1 and 2 from the Spirit of the Water adventure. 4. Participate in a den or pack conservation project in addition to the above.

Bear Scout Requirements:

1. Earn the Fur, Feathers, and Ferns adventure. 2. Earn either the A Bear Goes Fishing or Critter Care adventure. 3. Complete requirement 3 from the the Builder adventure by constructing a bird feeder or a bird house as one of the options. 4. Participate in a den or pack conservation project in addition to the above.

Webelos Scout Requirements (including boys and girls earning the Arrow of Light rank) :

1. Earn the Building a Better World adventure. 2. Earn the Into the Wild adventure. 3. Earn the Into the Woods adventure. 4. Earn the Earth Rocks adventure. 5. Complete requirements 1, 3a, and 3b from the Adventures in Science adventure. 6. Participate in a den or pack conservation project in addition to the above.

To reach the Cub Scout application form for the World Conservation Award, go to https://www.scouting.org/awards/awards-central/world-conservation/ and click on Cub Scout World Conservation Award. Once Cubs have completed the requirements, complete the application form and submit it to a Michigan Crossroads Council Scout Shop to purchase the Cub Scout World Conservation Award emblem, No. 139.

INTERNATIONAL SPIRIT AWARD - To earn the International Spirit Award, a Cub Scout must complete Cub Scout requirements 1 through 5 plus any 2 of the 10 Experience Requirements. For your Cub Scouts to be able to do this, you need to include participation in the -on-the-Air or the Jamboree-on-the-Internet some time during the 3rd full weekend in October in your den’s program. The Cub Scout International Spirit Award requirements are discussed on the back of this sheet. Cub Scout Requirements for the International Spirit Award

1. Earn the Cub Scout World Conservation Award.

2. Learn 10 words that are in a different language than your own.

3. Play two games that originated in another country or culture.

4. Participate in Jamboree-on-the-Air or Jamboree-on-the-Internet.

The Jamboree-on-the-Air (JOTA) and the Jamboree-on-the-Internet (JOTI) are held the third full weekend in October every year. Go to https://www.scouting.org/jota/ for JOTA information and https://www.scouting.org/joti/ for JOTI information. These web pages are updated a few months before the events. JOTA/JOTI patches can be ordered from a Michigan Crossroads Council Scout Shop.

5. Organize a World Friendship Fund collection at a unit meeting or district roundtable.

There is information on the World Friendship Fund at https://www.scouting.org/international/resources/22-329/

6. Complete two of the 10 Experience Requirements.

All 10 Experience Requirements are listed on the application form for the International Spirit Award. Go to https://www.scouting.org/international/recognitions/ and link at International Spirit Award. For Experience Requirements that include “Make a presentation at a unit meeting or district roundtable,” International Department BSA has stated that a den meeting counts as a “unit meeting.”

These four Experience Requirement options work well as den activities.

Experience Requirement 2. Learn about another country and prepare a dinner traditionally served there. Explain what you learned to friends or family over the meal.

This could be a meal at home or part of a den potluck.

Experience Requirement 3. Participate in a , international camporee, or another international Scouting event. Share the experience with your unit or at a district roundtable.

According to International Department BSA, If a Cub participates in 2 different on the Air or Jamborees on the Internet or 1 and 1 , one can be used for Requirement 4 above and the other can be used for Experience Requirement 3. A Cub Scout can also satisfy Experience Requirement 3 by participating as a day visitor in a BSA - camporee, a Michigan International Camporee, or a World Scout Jamboree, and discussing the experience at a den meeting.

Experience Requirement 7. Research Scouting in another country. Make a presentation at a unit meeting or district roundtable. (or den meeting)

Each Cub could select a different country and report at a den meeting. Countries that have International Campfire Talks at https://www.scouting.org/international/events/international-campfire-talks/ work well.

Experience Requirement 10. Research a region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. Make a presentation at a unit meeting or district roundtable. (or den meeting)

Go to https://www.scout.org/ and click on REGIONS under WORLD. Each Cub could select a different region.

Once Cubs have completed the requirements for the International Spirit Award, print an application form for each Cub who has earned the award, have them complete the forms, and have the Cubmaster sign the forms. Then follow the instructions on the form to order the emblems. MCC International Committee https://michiganscouting.org/international-scouting/ Feb. 10, 2021