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International Spirit Award for Cub Scouts

May 11, 2020 Leave a Comment

The International Spirit Award recognizes Scouts who learn more about Scouting around the world. By doing the requirements for this award, Cub Scouts learn to appreciate different cultures.

The requirements below are for Cub Scouts. There are also requirements available for Scouts BSA (Boy Scouts) and Venturers.

International Spirit Award Requirements for Cub Scouts

  1. Earn the Cub Scout World Conservation Award.
  2. Learn 10 words that are in a different language than your own.
  3. Play two games that originated in another country or culture.
  4. Participate in Jamboree-on-the-Air or Jamboree-on-the-Internet.
  5. Organize a World Friendship Fund collection at a unit meeting or district roundtable.
  6. Complete two of the 10 Experience Requirements:
    1. Host an international Scout or unit and plan activities to help you learn about Scouting in their country.
    2. Learn about another country and prepare a dinner traditionally served there. Explain what you learned to friends or family over the meal.
    3. Participate in a World Scout Jamboree, international camporee, or another international Scouting event. Share the experience with your unit or at a district roundtable.
    4. Take a trip to another country as an individual or with your family or Scouting unit. Make sure to visit a Scouting event or unit in that country. When you return home, share your experience with another unit.
    5. Organize and participate in a Messengers of Peace project. Share the experience with your unit or at a district roundtable, making sure to explain which dimensions of the program your project promoted.
    6. Earn the Interpreter Strip.
    7. Research Scouting in another country. Make a presentation at a unit meeting or district roundtable.
    8. Contact your local council’s international representative and assist them with at least two items they need help with promoting.
    9. Research the process of obtaining a U.S. passport. Create a fact sheet for your unit or district to assist them with requirements for traveling internationally.
    10. Research a region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. Make a presentation at a unit meeting or district roundtable.

Find some related helps and ideas for this award below:

Cub Scout World Conservation Award: Helps and Ideas
The Cub Scout World Conservation Award may be earned by Wolves, Bears, or Webelos (including Webelos working on Arrow of Light). They earn the award by working on their rank appropriate conservation and nature adventures. They must also participate in a conservation project.
Pahsahëman – A Native American Field Game
Pahsahëman is similar to football. It has been played by the Lenape of the American Northeast for many generations. These instructions include tips for adapting this game for use with scouts.
Messengers of Peace
The Boy Scouts of America joined the Messengers of Peace initiative in 2012. This program encourages Scouts around the world to work for peace by being a positive force in their communities.
International Spirit Award for Scouts BSA
The International Spirit Award recognizes Scouts who learn more about Scouting around the world. By doing the requirements for this award, members of Scouts BSA learn to appreciate different cultures.
International Spirit Award for Venturers
The International Spirit Award recognizes Scouts who learn more about Scouting around the world. By doing the requirements for this award, Venturers learn to appreciate different cultures.

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