Lion Animal Kingdom Adventure: Cub Scout Helps and Ideas

The Animal Kingdom adventure introduces Lions to the concepts of service, responsibility, and citizenship. Here are a few ideas to help you with this achievement.

There are some links to helps for this adventure at the bottom of this post, including games and activities. Here are few other things to keep in mind:

• Police and firefighters come to mind and are usually eager to help Cub Scouts
• Also consider visiting your local food pantry or another charitable organization. You might be able to do requirement 4 below at the same time.
• There are lots of simple energy saving ideas:
  • Turn off the water when you brush your teeth
  • Turn off the lights when you are not in the room
  • Remember to close the doors
  • Read a book instead of turning on the TV or video game
  • Do the dishes by hand instead of using the dishwasher
  • Dry your clothes on a clothesline instead of in the dryer

Don’t forget to grab a check off sheet to keep track of your Lions progress.

Printable helps for requirements:

Printable requirements for Lion Adventure: Animal Kingdom

Printable checkoff sheet for Lion Adventure: Animal Kingdom

Printable note sheet for Lion Adventure: Animal Kingdom

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What are your ideas for this adventure? Add them to the comments below.