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Lion – Kindergarten
Ready, Set, Grow
Elective
Requirement 1

Supermarket Fun

Lion – Kindergarten
Ready, Set, Grow
Elective
Requirement 1

Supermarket Fun

Snapshot of Activity

Visit a supermarket and arrange a tour of each department to learn where food for that department comes from. 

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Before the meeting: 

  1. Identify a local supermarket/grocery store that has produce, meat, dairy, and bakery departments.  Contact the store and arrange a tour.  Inform the store manager of the size of the den and that they are kindergarten-aged youth with their adult partners who are learning about where food comes from.  You would like to have a tour of each department, produce, meat, dairy, and bakery, and have someone describe where the food in that department comes from.   
  2. Confirm a date and time for the visit and who your contact for the store will be. 
  3. Inform Cub Scouts, parents, legal guardians, and adult partners of the date, time, and location of the visit.  Designate a location where the den will gather before entering the store. 
  4. Prior to the visit make sure parents or legal guardians complete the Activity Consent Form. 

During the meeting: 

  1. Meet the Cub Scouts and adult partners in the designated gathering area.  Remind Cub Scouts that part of the Scout Law is to be friendly, courteous, and kind and to keep that in mind during their visit. 
  2. Meet with the contact with the store and go on the tour. 
  3. Make sure that each department shares all the different locations that they get their products from and share with the den which locations are considered local.  
  4. Ask Cub Scouts and adult partners what they liked about the visit and to say one thing that they learned from the visit.  

After the meeting: 

  1. Send a thank you note to the store contact.

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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.