Tour Permit and Health Form

Here are a few helpful reminders regarding the new format to the Local Tour Permit that is effective immediately:

• All adults on the outing who are leaders are required to have Youth Protection Training. This training is good for 2 years from date of certification
• hazardous Weather Training is now required for at least one adult going on the outing.

Again let me remind you that the New Health Form has replaced the class 1,2, and 3 medical forms. This new health form requires all participants no matter what age to get a annual physical for strenuous high adventure activities and for long term camp outs like summer camp. This standard is different from the old medical form which determined the amount of time physicals were good for by age. Also this form includes a hold harmless and video/photo release form. I believe that the addition of these two forms is very important in this digital age.

Some of this is not new but I wanted to remind those people who have to start worrying about planning summer camp.

Yours in Scouting Service
Mark W
Junior Assistant Scoutmaster
Troop 1616

Physically Fit

Most of the people I know and hangout with think the media has become obsessed with a perfect and ripped body image for males in particular. I believe that being fit and healthy is different than just looking good and being ripped. Scouts need to stay and maintain a appropriate weight for the body size and composition. I am not say all scouts need to look like super jocks but scouts need to be healthy. The only way to figure out if you are a healthy weight and size is to talk to your family physician. This is the only way to know if you are fit. Remember to not measure your level of physical ability against others, measure it against what you think you are capable of and you will rarely let yourself down. Falling into peer pressure is the not solution.

Yours in Scouting Service
Mark W
Junior Assistant Scoutmaster
Troop 1616