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Tenderfoot

Tenderfoot badge

List of Requirements

  1. Show what camping gear you will need for overnight, how to pack it and carry it.
  2. Sleep one night in a tent you have helped pitch.
  3. Help cook a meal on a camp out and explain why it is important for all patrol members to help.
  4. Rope use
    1. Whip and fuse the ends of a rope
    2. Know how to tie and explain the uses of two half hitches and the taut-line hitch.
  5. Explain the rules of safe hiking (on the highway and cross-country, day and night) and what to do if you get lost.
  6. Demonstrate hou to display, raise, lower and fold the American flag.
  7. Know and explain the your own works the Scout Oath, Law, motto and slogan.
  8. Know your patrol name, flag and yell.
  9. Explain the use of the buddy system.
  10. Fitness
    1. Record your best: push-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups, standing long jump, 1/4 mile walk/run. Do it again 30 days later.
    2. Show improvement after practicing for 30 days.
  11. Identify local poisonous plants and explain how to treat exposure to them.
  12. First aid
    1. Demonstrate how to do the Heimlich maneuver and when to use it.
    2. show first aid for:
      • Cuts and scratches
      • Blisters on hands and feet
      • Minor burns (first degree)
      • Bites or stings from insects and ticks
      • Venomous snakebite
      • Nosebleed
      • Frostbite and sunburn
  13. Demonstrate Scout spirit in your life.
  14. Scoutmaster Conference.
  15. Complete your Board of Review.