Aware and Care
Nobody is perfect. Everyone has challenges. Understanding leads to acceptance. Not understanding, or ignorance, leads to excluding others and being hurtful (intolerance). In this adventure, Webelos Scouts learn about challenges faced by others so they have firsthand experience with
them. With understanding, a boy can help educate his peers so everyone has a better understanding of others. A Cub Scout is friendly and kind.
Rationale for Adventure
Everyone has challenges. Understanding leads to acceptance. Ignorance leads to intolerance. In this adventure, Webelos Scouts learn about challenges faced by others, so they have firsthand experience as to some of the challenges faced by others. With understanding, a boy can help educate his peers, thus increasing the understanding of many. A Cub Scout is friendly and kind.
Requirements
Webelos/AOL Elective Adventure: Aware and Care
Do all of these:
1. Develop an awareness of the challenges of the blind through participation in an activity that simulates blindness.
2. Participate in an activity that simulates severe visual impairment, but not blindness.
3. Participate in an activity that simulates the challenges of being deaf or hard of hearing.
4. Engage in an activity that simulates mobility impairment.
5. Take part in an activity that simulates dexterity impairment.
6. With your den, participate in an activity that focuses on the acceptance of differences in general.
7. Do two of the following:
a. Do a Good Turn for residents at a skilled nursing facility or retirement community.
b. Invite an individual with a disability to visit your den, and discuss what activities he or she currently finds challenging or found challenging in the past.
c. Attend a disabilities event such as a Special Olympics competition, an adaptive sports event, a performance with sign language interpretation, or an activity with service dogs. Tell your den what you thought about the experience.
d. Talk to someone who works with people who have disabilities. Ask that person what they do and how he or she helps people with disabilities.
e. Using American Sign Language, sign the Scout Oath.
f. With the help of an adult, contact a service dog organization, and learn the entire process from pup training to assignment to a client.
g. Participate in a service project that focuses on a specific disability.
h. Participate in an activity with an organization whose members are disabled.
