Scouting, Volume 66, Number 3, May-June 1978 Page: 6
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Drive a finishing nail into each end of
the board, slightly off-center, with
about y2-inch protruding. Print
"Achievement" on one side of the
board. "Parent Cooperation" on the
other. Tie a washer on end of each
string.
Place board on floor with side read-
ing "Achievement" facing audience.
Invite Bobcat candidates and their par-
ents to come forward and stand behind
board.
Cubmoster—-"Tonight we welcome
these new Bobcats and their parents
into the pack. I'm sure the new Bobcats
love tricks and puzzles, so let's try one
now." (Give one of the Bobcats one
string and ask him to pick up the board
by ringing o nail with the washer. He
will be able to lift just one end. Now
give the other string to his father or
mother, and ask them to help by using
the other string. As boy and parent lift
at both ends, the board will flip over,
showing 'Parent Cooperation.')
"That little trick should teach us
something about Cub Scouting. That is,
the boy can find achievement and get
full value from our pack's program only
if his family helps him and the pack.
Let's keep that in mind as we start our
new program year."
Give Bobcat pins to parents to pin on
their son's uniforms and present Bobcat
certificates to boys. Ask the new Bob-
cats to lead the pack in the Cub Scout
promise. (Adapted from Torrey Pines
Pow Wow Book.)
RECRUITING NEW MEMBERS. In
most packs, the greatest influx of new
members occurs with the start of school
in September. Probably your pack will
be adding a number of new third and
fourth graders who are friends of your
old members.
At the August or September pack
leaders' meeting, the membership roster
of each den should be checked. How
many dens have eight or more boys?
How many have fewer than six?
With this information, the leaders
can set a goal for new members—and
new dens. If the pack is in the lucky
position of having too many prospec-
tive members, ask your unit or pack
commissioner to start a new pack.
There is no arbitrary limit for the size of
the pack. But if a pack grows to seven or
eight dens of eight boys each, it may be
difficult to schedule pack meetings with
every boy getting a chance to star in
some activity. So if the pack roster
grows to 60 or 70 boys, it's probably
time to start thinking about a second
pack.
If your pack needs more boys, find
out when your local council will hold
School Night for Cub Scouting. Many
councils (or districts, in some cases)
hold these special nights during the fall
to introduce boys and parents to the
program. School Nights are held in
elementary schools, and invitations are
usually issued in school classrooms.
Your pack may be able to add
members through School Night. You
may also recruit by getting permission
to post invitations on bulletin boards at
elementary schools and the building of
your chartered partner (sponsor).
The local Scout council will be start-
ing its fall membership roundup during
September and will have materials you
may use for recruiting.
FAMILY ESCAPE PLAN. More than
6,000 persons die each year in the U.S.
from fires in their own homes. A lot of
them could be saved if they had a plan
to get everyone out safely when fire
strikes.
Here are suggestions from the Na-
tional Safety Council for developing a
family escape plan.
• Bedroom doors should be kept closed
at night. Closed doors will help delay
spread of fire and keep out deadly
smoke and gases. (Some fire authorities
believe, however, that bedroom doors
should be left open at night in homes
with smoke detectors. The idea is that
sleeping persons will hear the detector's
alarm sooner if doors are open.)
• Draw a floor plan of your home. Lay
out an escape route for each room on
each floor as shown in the drawings.
Then choose an alternate route for each
room. (In a fire, the planned route might
be blocked by flames.) Pay special at-
tention to escape routes from bedrooms
because fires at night are usually the
most serious.
• Remember that young children and
disabled and older people will need
help. Include provisions for helping
them in your plan.
• You need a way for every member of
the family to awaken the others. You
have no way of knowing which member
might discover the fire. Some bedrooms
might be blocked by flames. So plan for
arousing others by yelling, pounding on
walls, blowing whistles, etc.
• Teach everyone to get out without
wasting time. Getting dressed and
gathering up valuables wastes time.
• Teach everyone how to test a closed
door. If it feels hot. or the knob is warm,
don't open it. Use an alternate route out.
• If you are trapped in a room in a
burning house, close the door and stay
near a slightly opened window. Stuff
door cracks with clothing or towels. If
the room fills with smoke, crawl with
your head low.
• Your plan must include a meeting
place outside the house. Then you can
be sure when everyone is out. (Family
members have been killed returning to
a burning house looking for someone
who has already escaped.)
• Call the fire department only after
everyone is out, unless someone is
trapped inside. Use the nearest phone
or alarm box. On the phone, speak
clearly and give your name and the
location of the fire. Don't hang up until
the other person does. (If the fire is
small, adults may attempt to fight it
with an extinguisher. But remember
that fire can engulf a house in just a few
minutes.)
• When you have set up your family
escape plan, and everyone understands
it, hold a practice drill. Repeat the drill
from time to time.
Cautions—As you set up your plan,
beware of windows that are high,
painted shut or blocked by an air
conditioner.
• Make sure all escape windows can be
opened—even when they have screens
or storm windows on them.
• Teach family members how to break
a window with a chair or other heavy
object and how to clear away glass
slivers with a shoe.
• Remember that second-story Win-
dows need an emergency -ladder, rope
or other means of escape unless they
open onto a roof or deck.
High-Rise Apartments—In general, the
same rules apply to family escape plans
for high-rise buildings. But there are a
few other tips:
• Do not use elevators to escape. If the
power is cut off in the fire, elevators
may stop.
• Teach all family members where fire
exits are so that they can find them even
in the dark.
• Arrange a meeting place outside the
building.
• Awaken neighbors by sounding the
fire alarm or pounding on doors.
• If your outside door is blocked by
fire, stuff the cracks around it with
clothing or towels. Go to a room with an
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