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Coastie is a robotic cartoon character used by the Coast Guard Auxiliary to assist with teaching recreational boating safety to younger audiences. As such he is a natural for helping the local Auxiliary Flotilla engage Cub Scouts in a fun discussion of boating safety.

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    <LI>Organize this event through the right leader, the Cubmaster. To get the best participation, you 
	  need a full Pack meeting with Cubs from all of the Dens. The Cubmaster's name and contact 
	  information is readily available from the local District Executive. Call the 
	  [[http://www.scouting.org/media/lcl.aspx|local council office]] and ask to speak to the 
	  "D.E." (District Executive) for your town.</LI>
    <LI>Whenever possible, bring together two Packs into a special, combined Pack meeting and have one of the 
	  Packs host the event. Most Packs have about 30 Cub Scouts. We got twice the number of scouts with 
	  combined meetings.</LI>
    <LI>It takes time to put on a Coastie event. The more scouts you can present him to at once, the better. 
	  For a 45 minute to an hour presentation, it takes about 4~5 hours for each 
	  Auxiliarist with travel, setup, actual event, breakdown, and return travel.</LI>
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• Project Coastie - The Robot Safety Boat (from //SITREP//)
• Auxiliary Coastie Events
• Coastie's Boating Rules
• Coastie lesson plan
• Letter to Scout Leaders
• Coastie the Safety Boat on YouTube
• Coastie the Safety Boat

Photo gallery

Jack Morrison, 5th District (Northern Region), Flotilla 4-9