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This week’s challenges are under Community

 

 

Patrol Challenge: Tell me where to go

What’s best to see or do in your local area? This challenge is to in your patrol create a guided tour around your town or area for someone who’s never been. What places would you show someone to eat, parks to visit, or sights to see?

Resources Required:

  • Digital, physical, or hand drawn maps OR camera
  • Pens and Paper

Individual Challenge #1: Caring and Sharing

It’s nice to spread kindness. This challenge is to make a small care basket, gift or memento, and drop it off to a friend, family member, or other member of your community. Do you know anyone isolating you could give it to?

Resources Required:

  • Basket/Box
  • Snacks, books, toys, activities, etc, to include in the container

 

Individual Challenge #2: A B C Walk

Let’s go explore the community. This challenge is to write each letter of the alphabet on a piece of paper, and then go for a walk around your local area. Write down the name of a shop, building, or other unique feature that you pass for each letter of the alphabet.

Resources Required:

  • Pens and Paper
  • Map
  • Walking shoes

Individual Challenge #3: Chalktastic

This challenge is to write a positive message about Scouts or in general on your driveway or a footpath.

Resources Required:

  • Chalk

Individual Challenge #4: Recognition Time

There’s lots of people that work hard every day to help our local communities. This challenge is to write a thank you card for local community helpers (MFS/CFS, SES, Medical staff, Flying Doctors, etc.) and thank them for all the work they do.

Resources Required:

  • Pencils, pens, textas

  • Paper or card
  • Optional: Stickers, glitter, other decorations

 

Evidence Submission:

To enter the running for this week’s individual prize, a Lantern from Exurbia, upload a photo of you completing one or more of the individual challenges to the JotForm. Upload a photo of your patrol attempting the patrol challenge to go in the running for the patrol prize.

 

 

Week 8 Submissions

Congratulations to our week 8 winner – Jessie Allen from Port Augusta Joeys

Check out the other wonderful individual and patrol challenge submissions below.