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==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
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| + | <LI><a href="cub-watersafety/safe-swim.pdf" target="_new">Safe-swim Defense</a> - Talk about the tenets | ||
| + | about safe swimming, the expectation of having a lifeguard, and always swimming with a buddy.</LI> | ||
| + | <LI><a href="cub-watersafety/boating_fun.pdf" target="_new">Boating Fun Booklet</a> - Print this out and | ||
| + | passed it out. Tell the Cubs that if they fill it out and return it, they will get a certificate. | ||
| + | Review some of the slides on a projector.</LI> | ||
| + | <LI>Played the <a href="http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg092/special_features/archive/InYourTime.asp">Coast Guard's promo video</a> with Bob Segar's "In Your Time" on the Coast Guard's website.</LI> | ||
| + | <LI>Have the Cubs try on different life jackets. We showed the proper wearing of them. | ||
| + | They played "bumper cars" with them and this gave them a little energy release.</LI> | ||
| + | <LI><a href="cub-watersafety/SeaPartners_Patch_program.pdf" target="_new">Sea Partners Patch Program | ||
| + | sheet</a>. If the Cubs answer the questions and do the activities and send it in to the NOAA, they | ||
| + | get a patch. The big one is to do a beach cleanup. As it happens, we already had something called | ||
| + | "America's Waterway" clean-up with the National Parks Department planned for next month.</LI> | ||
| + | </ol> | ||
==Lessons learned== | ==Lessons learned== | ||
Revision as of 12:47, 23 July 2009
Summary
- <a href="cub-watersafety/safe-swim.pdf" target="_new">Safe-swim Defense</a> - Talk about the tenets about safe swimming, the expectation of having a lifeguard, and always swimming with a buddy.
- <a href="cub-watersafety/boating_fun.pdf" target="_new">Boating Fun Booklet</a> - Print this out and passed it out. Tell the Cubs that if they fill it out and return it, they will get a certificate. Review some of the slides on a projector.
- Played the <a href="http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg092/special_features/archive/InYourTime.asp">Coast Guard's promo video</a> with Bob Segar's "In Your Time" on the Coast Guard's website.
- Have the Cubs try on different life jackets. We showed the proper wearing of them. They played "bumper cars" with them and this gave them a little energy release.
- <a href="cub-watersafety/SeaPartners_Patch_program.pdf" target="_new">Sea Partners Patch Program sheet</a>. If the Cubs answer the questions and do the activities and send it in to the NOAA, they get a patch. The big one is to do a beach cleanup. As it happens, we already had something called "America's Waterway" clean-up with the National Parks Department planned for next month.
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Contributed by
Joe Auxiliarist, 5(SR), Flotilla 11
