New Boy Scout rank requirements effective January 1, 2008
The National Youth Protection
Committee recommended additions to Boy Scout rank requirements
that were approved and have become effective January 1,
2008. These changes will help us advance the importance
of Youth Protection training beyond the initial Boy Scout
joining requirements, and keep youth informed and actively
engaged in understanding the key elements of personal safety
and protection.
Tenderfoot Rank
revised requirement 9:
Explain the importance of the buddy system as it relates
to your personal safety on outings and in your neighborhood.
Describe what a bully is and how you should respond to
one.
Second Class Rank
new requirement 8b:
Explain the three R’s of personal safety and protection.
First Class Rank
new requirement 12:
Describe the three things you should avoid doing related
to use of the Internet. Describe a cyberbully and how you
should respond to one.
The changes will be represented
in the 2008 Boy Scout Requirements book and the revised
ninth printing of the 11th edition of the Boy
Scout Handbook.
Progress Toward Ranks Recall
The National Supply Group of the Boy Scouts of America has received
notice from the supplier of the Cub Scout Immediate Recognition Kit,
Item 01804, that the "Progress Toward Ranks" totem badge
contained in that kit may contain lead levels in excess of U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission standards in the paint on the
totem badge. In light of this development, the supplier has informed
the BSA that it has decided to initiate an immediate voluntary recall
of this product.
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The plastic totem badge involved
in this recall has a blue and yellow
border and includes a picture of a
bear and a wolf.
No illnesses have been reported, but
parents and adult leaders are advised
to return the badge as soon as possible
to the Council office. |
Staff will take their information so that a replacement badge can be
supplied as soon as it is available.
(Note: this is NOT the same as the Tiger Cub Instant Recognition Kit.)
If you have this item in
your household, please remove it, place it in a plastic
sandwich bag as a precaution, and request a replacement
as described above. Further information is available from
the Council Office at 806-747-2631, and from the National
Scoutstuff.org web site at:
http://www.scoutstuff.org/bsasupply/info.aspx?page=cskit
The safety of scouts and adult volunteers in
our program remains
our top priority.
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