Arts and
Hobbies Bronze Award
To earn the Bronze Award for ARTS
AND HOBBIES activities, do nine of the following:
- Visit a drafting company that uses state-of-the-art CAD
systems and see how the new technology is used.
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- Choose a product that you are familiar with.
- Create an advertising plan for this product, then
design an advertising plan layout.
- Using your resources, create a clean, attractive
tabletop display highlighting your advertising plan for your chosen
product.
- Show your display at your crew meeting or other public
place.
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- Learn about backstage support for artistic productions.
- Attend a theater production. Then critique the work of
the artist in set design, decoration, and costume design.
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- Choose a new hobby such as CD, sports card, or stamp
collecting; in-line skating; or marksmanship.
- Keep a log for at least 90 days of each time you
participate in your hobby.
- Take pictures and/or keep other memorabilia related to
your hobby.
- After participating in your hobby for at least 90 days,
make a presentation or tabletop display on what you have learned for
your crew, another crew, a Cub Scout or Boy Scout group, or another
youth group.
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- Tour a golf course. Talk to the golf pro, caddy,
groundskeeper, manager, or other golf course employee about what it
takes to operate a golf course. Play at least nine holes of golf.
OR
- Tour a golf driving range. Talk to the manager or other
driving range employee about what it takes to manage a driving range.
Hit a bucket of balls.
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- Develop a plan to assess the physical skill level of
each member of a group such as your crew, a Cub Scout or Boy Scout
group, a retirement home, or a church group.
- Once you have determined your starting point or base,
develop a plan with each member of your group to develop a physical
training improvement program.
- Test your group members on a regular basis over a
90-day period to see if there is improvement.
- Share your results with the group and/or your crew.
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- Lead or participate in a crew discussion on the merits
of a young person choosing a sports hobby such as golf, jogging, or
cycling for a lifetime. Discuss health benefits, opportunity to
associate with friends, costs, etc.
- Ask an adult who is not active in your crew and who has
an active sports hobby to join your discussion to get his or her point
of view.
- Visit a hobby store. Talk with the manager about what the
most popular hobby is relative to what is purchased and the type and
age of people who participate in different hobbies. If they have free
literature about beginning hobbies, share it with your crew members.
- Teach disadvantage or disabled people a sport and organize
suitable competitions, or help them develop an appreciation for an art
or hobby new to them.
- Organize a hobby meet (a place where people gather to
display and share information about their hobbies) for your crew, a
church group, a Cub Scout or Boy Scout group, a retirement home, a
group home, or another group.
- Organize a photography contest in your crew, a church
group, a Cub Scout or Boy Scout group, a retirement home, a group home,
or another group. Secure prizes and judges. Plan an awards program.
- Using your artistic ability, volunteer to do the artwork
for an activity for your crew, another crew, a Cub Scout or Boy Scout
group, a district, or council. Example: do the posters and promotional
materials for a district Cub Scout day camp.
[Activities or projects that are more available in your area
may be substituted with your Advisor's approval for activities shown
above.]
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