Project Family

Webelos Elective Adventure: Project Family

Project Family

There are many different kinds of families, and families are groups of people who care for one another and share their lives and their love. Through the Project Family activity badge, you will become a project manager to oversee, explore, and experience new ways to take part in family life and how you can show your family that you care about them.

 

Rationale for Adventure

There are many different kinds of families, and families are groups of people who care for one another and share their lives and their love. Through the Project Family activity badge, you will become a project manager to oversee, explore, and experience new ways to take part in family life and how you can show your family that you care about them.

Requirements

Webelos/AOL Elective Adventure: Project Family
Do 1 through 5, then choose two of 6 through 8:

  1. Interview a grandparent, another family elder, or a family friend about what life was like when he or she was growing up. Share his or her story with another family member.
  2. Talk with members of your family about your family name, history, traditions, and culture. Create a family tree of three generations, or make a poster or Web page that shows the origins of your ancestors. Or choose a special celebration or holiday that your family participates in, and create either a poster, picture, or photo slideshow of it. Share this project with your den.
  3. Show your understanding of your duty to family by creating a chart listing the jobs that you and other family members have at home. Choose three of the jobs you are responsible for, and chart them for two weeks.
  4. Select ONE of the jobs below that belongs to another family member, and help that person complete it:
    1. Create a grocery shopping list for the week.
    2. Complete the laundry for your family one time.
    3. Help prepare meals for your family for one day.
  5. Create a list of community service or conservation projects that you and your family can do together, and present it to your family. Select one project, plan it, and complete it with
    your family.
  6. With the help of an adult, inspect your home and its surroundings. Make a list of hazards or security problems you find. Correct one problem you found, and tell what you did.
  7. Hold a family meeting to plan an exciting family activity. The activity could include:
    1. A family reunion
    2. A family night
    3. A family outing
  8. Have your family event. Afterward, tell your parent or guardian what you liked best about the event.