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What Cub Scouts Can Do!

Cub Scouts can learn about aquatic trash and participate in a variety of activities to help remove trash from our parks and community areas.

Learn about Aquatic Trash

Cub Scouts can learn about aquatic trash and participate in a variety of activities to help remove trash from our parks and community areas.

Den Leader Questions

  • What is littering? When someone litters, what do you think happens?
  • What do you think will happen if the earth’s waterways, like oceans, lakes, rivers and streams, are filled with litter?
  • What are some ways we could help stop littering? How can we keep litter out of the earth’s waterways?
  • Pretend you are a fish who lives in the ocean. How could litter, like a plastic water bottle, be harmful to you?
  • What other materials could harm the earth’s waterways?
  • Why is it important to take care of the environment? How can you take care of the environment?

Cub Scouts Take Action

Dens or Packs can participate in clean-up activities in their local communities.

Clean up activities can be held anywhere there is a need. Community parks and recreation areas, school grounds, and the areas around our houses of worship are all ideal candidates for a Cub Scout – Scouting for Clean Waterways activity.

Cub Scout – Scouting for Clean Waterways activities should only last 1-2 hours.

Cub Scout Dens or Packs can organize the activity on their own or they can participate with community organizations hosting similar activities.

Cub Scout families can be included on any Scouting for Clean Waterways project.

Scouting for Clean Waterways projects can be held anytime. Scheduling the activity each year between April and June, as an Earth Day, or as a Scouts Trash the Trash Day activity are the most popular options.

*Every piece of trash collected and properly disposed of is one less piece of trash that can enter our waterways.

Recognize the Cub Scouts' Accomplishments

  • Scouting for Clean Waterways participants may be presented with the Scouting for Clean Waterways’ certificate after logging the service project on Scoutbook.
  • Scouting for Clean Waterways participants may be presented with the Scouting for Clean Waterways’ patch, available from national supply or your local Scout Shop.
  • Scouting for Clean Waterways activities may be used to complete a conservation service project for the Champions for Nature Adventure.

Together, let’s make a positive impact on our environment and protect our precious water resources for future generations. Join us for Scouting For Clean Waterways!

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Scouting For Clean Waterways supports several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) outlined by the United Nations, including:

  • Clean Water and Sanitation
  • Life Below Water
  • Life on Land
  • Responsible Consumption and Production
  • Partnerships for the Goals

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.