TROOP 461

GEOCACHING

The Boy Scouts of America and Geocaching.com have partnered to provide 'Get in the Game!', a fast growing treasure hunting sport, to scouts and leaders across the country. 

This popular, outdoor treasure-hunting game will showcase how Scouts use Global Positioning System receivers and other orienteering techniques. The skills learned can be a starting point in learning search and rescue criteria.
 

There are many aspects to the game.  One is called "Adventure of Scouting".  Each district will be placing 10 traditional caches located in their district to spur unit recruitment. Our district, the David Crockett district, will soon have ten geocaches placed for you to find.  The David Crockett district is comprised of Lincoln, Giles, Lawrence, and Wayne counties.

Each cache will have a punch & a trading card designation (scuba, horseback riding, caving, etc.). If a scout / leader collects all punches on a scorecard, they are eligible for the Centennial Geocaching MTC patch (limited to the first 2,500 BSA registered cachers). Most districts’ Adventure of Scouting series will launch in early February.

Online references (under construction):

Where are the caches hidden in the David Crockett district?  This bookmark link at geocaching.com has posted all of the caches placed so far in the Middle TN Council area.

http://mtcbsa.org/Youth/scout/activities/gitg.html

http://www.geoscouting.com/

http://geocaching.com

http://www.geocaching.com/bookmarks/view.aspx?guid=d21945d1-01ab-4aed-81fd-786008ecef00

The National office of the Boy Scouts of America offers the following online resources:

http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/boyscouts/trainingmodules/geocachingtopromotescouting.aspx

http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/geocaching.pdf

The training module also contains the following materials in PDF format:

National Advanced Youth Leadership Experience (NAYLE) http://www.scouting.org/filestore/ppt/nayle.ppt

http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/boyscouts/trainingmodules/geocachingtopromotescouting.aspx

Gregory Hines, MD [docghines@charter.net] EagleRanger SM in Lawrenceburg, is the district's Get in the Game representative

Gordon Slack (81eaglescout@bellsouth.net) T193 Lincoln County representative

QUICK LINKS

 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

 BSA SOUTHERN REGION

 MIDDLE TN COUNCIL

 WA-HI-NASA LODGE #111
 ORDER OF THE ARROW

 DAVID CROCKETT
 DISTRICT NEWSLETTER

 BOYS' LIFE MAGAZINE

 SCOUTING MAGAZINE

 WORLD SCOUT ORG.