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

Meal Planning

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

Meal Planning

Snapshot of Activity

Cub Scouts plan a meal that minimizes food waste.

Indoor
2
2
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  • Meal Planning worksheet found in Additional Resources
  • Printer
  • Pencils or pens, enough for one for each Cub Scout
  • Cookbooks or recipes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Before the meeting:

  1. Locate a variety of recipes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner or make available a number of cookbooks.
  2. Print Mealing Planning worksheet, one for each Cub Scout.
  3. Set up meeting space for Cub Scouts to be able to work on building their meal plan. Lay out recipes and/or cookbooks.

During the meeting:

  1. Ask Cub Scouts if they or their families have done meal planning. Meal planning is important when trying to minimize the amount of food that is thrown away after a meal. Sometimes leftovers can be used as an ingredient in another meal or as a snack. Ask them to give an example of a leftover in their home that was used in another meal.
  2. Pass out the Meal Planner worksheets. Explain to Cub Scouts that they will have 15 minutes to plan three days’ worth of meals – breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Encourage the Cub Scouts to think of ways to use ingredients in common between meals. Things to consider:
    • How many people will be eating?
    • How much does each person eat?
    • How will leftover food be used?
    • How can I limit leftover food?
  3. Have the Cub Scouts share their meal plans and explain their choices.
  4. Share with the Cub Scouts that by planning ahead we can minimize food waste. When we don’t have a plan, we are more likely to over purchase as the grocery store and waste food.

Additional Resources

Meal Planning worksheet

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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.