Scouting, Volume 38, Number 2, February 1950 Page: 34
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Small Explorer Units and Troop Crews have
an advantage in some types of events such
as a canoe trip, a house party, an informal dinner,
or a tour. Yet, the small group will lose many
fine experiences that every Explorer should have
unless inter-Unit events are scheduled.
Inter-Unit programs will usually be planned
in one of the three ways:
t. Invitational £ve*tt
One Unit plans and makes all arrangements
and then invites other Explorers and their guests
to participate. Any group of Explorers can initiate
this type of neighborly activity on fairly short
notice.
A good plan to follow in this type of event is
to be sure the guests actively participate in games
or events that they do as well as the host. Do not
embarrass guests by showing off with a series of
demonstrations or beating the guest in a series of
skills or events that the host group have practiced
well in advance.
A few of the appropriate types of invitational
activities include:
a. Ceremonies
Some Explorer Crews in Troops and even some
Units have too few members to put on a really
impressive ceremony. If your group is in that
situation, write, or choose from some of the sam-
ples in your Explorer Scout Manual, the most
interesting ceremony possible. Then invite Explor-
ers from other Units to help you put it on and to
use it with you. An effective investiture ceremony
for new Explorers can do the job of setting the
pace for a live-wire Unit. Don't overlook this
important activity because you happen to have
only a few Explorers in your group.
A ceremony written by your own group with
some local flavor or tradition can go a long way
in building permanence in your Unit.
b. Socials
Socials are especially appropriate for invita-
tional events. Guests may be neighboring Explor-
ers, organized groups of young ladies, such as
Senior Girl Scouts, Camp Fire girls, church clubs,
parents, prospective Explorers or other clubs.
Appropriate activities include a cook-out, box
social, home party, theatre party, debates, open
house, hay ride or sleigh ride, etc.
c. Physical Events
Bowling match, canoe trip or cruise, orienteer-
ing contest, winter sports, carnival (skating,
sleighing, skiing, ice boating), mountaineering,
cave exploration, marksmanship events (archery
rifle, darts at balloons or target, etc.).
d. Exploration Events
Visits to industries, town hall, the radio station,
and to historical spots, can often be arranged for
fifteen to fifty people easier than for three to fif-
teen. If that's the type of event you would like,
set up the arrangements and invite other groups of
young men or women to join in the fun as your
guests.
Like bread cast upon the waters, invitations to
others to successful events will come back to you
many fold to enrich an Explorer groups annual
program.
2. *7&e (2&afte>uitive Svent
This is planned jointly by two or more groups
of Explorers. Frequently the Neighborhood or
District Commissioner will suggest that Explorers
from several Troops or Explorer Units in a com-
munity or area get together every four to six
months. If he doesn't suggest it, he will readily
help your Unit launch such a plan upon request.
Call him in.
Cooperative events should be planned well in
advance, so they will be integrated into each
Unit's long-range plans. Service projects especially
lend themselves to cooperative events. Emergency
Service mobilization, Scout Anniversary Week
Programs in high schools, etc.
3\ ^iatnict tutd @<ut*tciC £ve*tt&
These are planned for a whole District or Coun-
cil usually under the guidance of the Camping
and Activities Committee or the Explorer Commit-
tee. The recommended procedure, is to have every
Post, Ship, Squadron and Troop with Explorers
elect one (or more in small Districts) Explorer
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