Camper Honor

Recreational Activities

Requirements

1. Camp at least one night and spend time enjoying nature (trees, flowers, stars, birds, insects, etc.), at a campout different from the one used to fulfill requirement 2.

   Answer: With an adult: 1) choose a safe place to camp for one night; 2) bring clothes, water, and a flashlight; 3) during the day and night, stop to calmly look at the trees, flowers, birds, insects, and the stars in the sky; 4) thank God for the beautiful nature He made. Remember: this campout needs to be on a different day from requirement 2. — Camping and observing nature helps the child admire and care for God's creation.

2. While camping with the rest of the Club or with your family, help set up, take down, and clean a tent and sleep in it every night. This campout must be held on a different date from the one used to fulfill requirement 1.

   Answer: With the club or family: 1) help set up the tent and drive the stakes into the ground; 2) sleep in the tent every night of the campout; 3) at the end, help take it down, shake off the dirt, and store the tent clean and dry. Do this on a different day from requirement 1. — Setting up, sleeping in, and taking down the tent teaches the child to work as a team and to care for the equipment.

3. Know how to point out the cardinal directions, orienting yourself by the celestial bodies.

   Answer: The four cardinal points are North, South, East, and West. The Sun rises in the East (in the morning) and sets in the West (in the afternoon). If in the morning you stand with your right arm pointing toward the Sun (East), North is in front of you, South behind you, and your left arm points toward the West. At night, in Brazil, you can find South using the Southern Cross constellation, which points to the southern side of the sky. — The Sun and the stars always rise and move in the same direction, so they work as a natural compass.

4. Know the safety rules for camping and for campfires.

   Answer: To camp safely: set up the tent on flat ground and away from water that could rise; always walk with an adult; don't touch animals or plants you don't know; bring a flashlight and have a first-aid kit nearby. For the campfire safely: only light it with an adult's help; make it away from tents, trees, and dry brush; have water or sand nearby to put it out; never leave the fire alone; and put the fire out completely before sleeping or leaving. — Knowing the rules avoids burns, fires, and accidents during the campout.

5. With the help of an adult, build a campfire outdoors.

   Answer: With an adult's help: 1) choose an open spot, away from tents, trees, and dry brush; 2) gather thin, dry twigs in the middle and larger wood around them; 3) let the adult light the fire; 4) keep water or sand nearby; 5) when finished, put the fire out completely until there is not a single hot ember left. — Making a campfire with an adult teaches the child to use fire with care and responsibility.

6. Help an adult prepare a meal over the campfire (or on a wood-burning stove) and eat the food you prepared.

   Answer: With an adult: 1) wash your hands well before cooking; 2) choose something simple, like a roasted snack, corn, or vegetables; 3) help the adult put the food over the fire or on the wood stove, always being careful not to get burned; 4) wait for the food to be ready; 5) sit down, thank God, and eat the food you prepared together. — Preparing and eating a meal made over the fire teaches the child to cook with care and to value food.