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BSA Troop 145

 

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How to Earn the Rank of Tenderfoot  

Pages 32-33, 438-439 of the Boy Scout Handbook

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Present yourself to your leader, properly dressed, before going on an overnight camping trip. Show the camping gear you will use. Show the right way to pack and carry it.

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Spend at least 1 night on a patrol or troop camp out. Sleep in a tent you have pitched on a ground bed you have prepared.

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Demonstrate the following:

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How to whip and fuse the ends of a rope.

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Tying two half hitches and a taut line hitch.

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Explain the rules of safe hiking, both on the highway and cross country, during the day and at night. Explain what to do if you are lost.
 

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Demonstrate how to display, raise, lower and fold the American flag.

 

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Repeat from memory and explain in your own words:
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The Scout Oath.

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The Scout Law.

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The Scout Motto.

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The Scout Slogan.

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Know your patrol name, give the patrol yell and describe the patrol flag.

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Explain why we use the buddy system in scouting.

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Record your best in the following tests:
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Push-ups

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Pull-ups

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Sit-ups

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Standing long jump

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Run/walk 500 yards

 

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After 30 Days show improvement in the above tests.

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Identify local poisonous plants; tell how to treat for exposure to them.

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Demonstrate the Heimlich maneuver and tell when it is used.
 

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Show first aid for the following:
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Simple cuts and scratches

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Blisters on the hand and foot

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Minor burns and scalds (first degree)

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Bites or stings of insects and ticks

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Poisonous snakebite

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Nosebleed

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Frostbite and sunburn

 

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Participate in a Scoutmaster conference.

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Complete the board of review.

 


 
         
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