| TROOP 505 TRAIL TO FIRST CLASS - 2008 | ||||||||||||
| **You and your son should complete the items on page 4 of the Boy Scout Handbook. | ||||||||||||
| Upon completion, schedule a Scoutmaster Conference to earn the rank of Scout. | Requirement # | |||||||||||
| TF = Tenderfoot | ||||||||||||
| New Scouts Start the TFC Program | SC = Second Class | |||||||||||
| FC = First Class | ||||||||||||
| New Scout Campout | ||||||||||||
| 8-10 Feb-08 | Spend at least one night on a patrol or troop campout. Sleep in a tent | TF #2,3 | ||||||||||
| you have helped pitch. On the campout, assist in preparing and cooking one of your Patrol's meals. | ||||||||||||
| Present yourself to your leader properly dressed before going on an overnight camping trip. | TF #1 | |||||||||||
| Show the gear you will use. Show the right way to pack and carry it. | ||||||||||||
| Tell why it is important for each patrol member to share in meal preparation and cleanup | TF # 3 | |||||||||||
| and explain the importance of eating together. | ||||||||||||
| 15-Feb-08 | Participate in an approved (minimum one hour) service project. Troop 505 asists Knights of Columbus fish-fry | SC # 4 | ||||||||||
| every Friday during lent. This helps a Scout attain service hours and support our Charter Organization. | ||||||||||||
| 16-Feb-08 | Record your best in the following tests: push-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups, standing long jump, 1/4 mile walk/run | TF # 10a | ||||||||||
| With your parent or adult leader complete requirement | ||||||||||||
| 18-Feb-08 | Know your patrol name, give the patrol yell, and describe your patol flag. | TF# 8 | ||||||||||
| 25-feb-08 | Demonstrate how to whip and fuse the ends of a rope | TF # 4a | ||||||||||
| 3-Mar-08 | Demonstrate how to display, raise, lower, and fold the American flag. | TF # 6 | ||||||||||
| Camporee | ||||||||||||
| 7-9 Mar-08 | Repeat from memory and explain in your own words the Scout Oath, Law, motto, and slogan | TF # 7 | ||||||||||
| Demonstrate how to care for someone that is choking. | TF # 12a | |||||||||||
| Show first aid for the following: simple cuts and scratches, Blisters on the hand and foot, minor | TF # 12b | |||||||||||
| burns or scalds, bites or stings of insects and ticks, poisonous snakebite, nosebleed, | ||||||||||||
| frostbite and sunburn | ||||||||||||
| 15-Mar-08 | Show improvement in the activities listed in requirement 10a after practicing for 30 days. | TF # 10b | ||||||||||
| With your parent or adult leader complete requirement | ||||||||||||
| 24 Mar-08 | Explain the rules of safe hiking, both on the highway and cross-country, during the day and at night. | TF # 5 | ||||||||||
| Explain what to do if you are lost. | ||||||||||||
| 31-Mar-08 | Explain why we use the buddy system in Scouting. | TF # 9a | ||||||||||
| Explain the importance of the buddy system as it relates to your personal safety on | TF # 9b | |||||||||||
| outings and in your neighborhood. Describe what a bully is and how you should respond to one. | ||||||||||||
| Inks Lake/Longhorn Caverns Campout | ||||||||||||
| 4-6 Apr-08 | Demonstrate you know how to tie the following knots and tell what their uses are: . | TF # 4b | ||||||||||
| two half hitches and the taut-line hitch. | ||||||||||||
| Identify local poisonous plants; tell how to treat for exposure to them. | TF# 11 | |||||||||||
| On one of these campouts, select your patrol site and sleep in a tent that you pitched. | SC # 2b | |||||||||||
| 12-Apr-08 | Demonstrate your ability to jump feetfirst into water over your head in depth, level off and swim 25 feet | SC # 7b | ||||||||||
| on the surface, stop, turn sharply, resume swimming, then return to your starting place. | ||||||||||||
| 14-Apr-08 | Upon completing all Tenderfoot requirments schedule, Scout Spirit, Scoutmaster Conference, and | |||||||||||
| Board of Review for advancement to Tenderfoot rank. | ||||||||||||
| Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe swim. | SC #7a | |||||||||||
| 21-Apr-08 | Explain the three R's of personal safety and protection. | SC # 8b | ||||||||||
| 28-Apr-08 | Show what to do for "hurry" cases of stopped breathing, serious bledding, and internal poisoning. | SC # 6a | ||||||||||
| Monthly Campout | ||||||||||||
| 2-4 May -08 | Participate in a flag ceremony for your school, religious institution, chartered organization, | SC # 3 | ||||||||||
| community, or troop activity. | ||||||||||||
| On one campout, demonstrate proper care, sharpening, and use of the knife, saw, and ax, | SC # 2c | |||||||||||
| and describe when they should be used. | ||||||||||||
| Use the tools listed in requirement 2c to prepare tinder, kindling, and fuel for a cooking fire. | SC # 2d | |||||||||||
| Discuss when it is appropriate to use a cooking fire and a lightweht stove. Discuss the safety | SC # 2e | |||||||||||
| procedures for using both. | ||||||||||||
| Demonstrate how to light a fire and a lightweight stove. | SC # 2f | |||||||||||
| On one campout, plan and cook over an open fire one hot breakfast or lunch for yourself, | SC # 2g | |||||||||||
| selecting foods from the food pyramid. Explain the importance of good nutrition. Tell how | ||||||||||||
| transport, store, and prepare the foods you selected. | ||||||||||||
| 12-May-08 | Prepare a personal first aid kit to take with you on a hike. | SC # 6b | ||||||||||
| Court of Honor | ||||||||||||
| 19-May-08 | Since joining, have participated in five separate troop/patrol activities (other than troop/patorl meetings), | SC #2a | ||||||||||
| two of which included camping overnight. | ||||||||||||
| Summer Camp - Buffalo Trails Scout Camp | ||||||||||||
| 12-19 July -08 | Summer camp usually has many great opportunities for Scouts to do TFC requirements. However, | |||||||||||
| the camp staff will not sigh off requirements on TRC. The Scout must have this done by the troop. Upon | ||||||||||||
| returning from fullfilling requirments demonstrate skills to a Troop Guide, Scoutmaster, or someone | ||||||||||||
| designated by your Scoutmaster for approval. | ||||||||||||