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Tiger – 1st Grade
Floats and Boats
Elective
Requirement 1

Visit a Marina

Tiger – 1st Grade
Floats and Boats
Elective
Requirement 1

Visit a Marina

Snapshot of Activity

See real boats by visiting a marina. 

Travel
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Before the meeting: 

  1. Locate a marina and schedule a visit. 
  2. Confirm the name and number of the contact person at the facility who will give the tour of the marina and the different types of boats. 
  3. Ask the contact person to share with the Cub Scouts when they visit to show five different types of boats, canoe, kayak, rowboat, sailboat, and motorboat. 
  4. Inform parents and legal guardians about the visit and ask them to fill out an Activity Consent Form. 

During the meeting: 

  1. Gather Cub Scouts outside the meeting location. 
  2. Have the contact person discuss the five different types of boats. 
  3. Encourage Cub Scouts to ask questions. 
  4. Have Cub Scouts thank the person who guided the tour.  

After the meeting: 

  1. Write a thank you note to the facility and send it to the contact person. 

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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
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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

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