Simply the best. Unlike the rest.™
Simply the best. Unlike the rest.™
Troop 1377's Troop Committee has organized a Safety Subcommittee. All registered adults and Scouts are welcome to attend its meetings. The Safety Subcommittee normally meets on the fourth or last Wednesday of each month.
Scouts -- in fact, all young people -- must have challenge and adventure in their lives if they are to grow and develop fully as adults; there are no exceptions. This means that Scouts and adult Scouters must face the reality of risk and the possibility of safety incidents. At the same time, adult Scouters have an obligation to minimize the chance of accidents, especially where there is a chance of a Scout or an adult being badly injured.
Everything we encounter in everyday life includes some element of risk. Our challenge is to manage those risks in a way that gives us the protection we need without constraining what we do beyond a justified level. It is simply not possible to eliminate all the risks. Everyone, including Scouts, must get the balance right to ensure that every effort has been made to eliminate or reduce the risk of causing harm to individuals or damage to property: that is the purpose and value of Troop 1377's Safety Subcommittee.
Although the programs of most organizations and activities involve the possibility of risk and safety incidents, almost none address these in an organized fashion. This is where Troop 1377 distinguishes itself. Examples of such every day activities include adult activities, yard and house work, sporting events, PTA meetings, PTA sponsored events, travel to and from public schools, public school programs, school athletic programs, school field trips, church events, and church youth programs. Each of these involve a degree of risk; sometimes, in the case of high school athletics, where young people from the Houston area are paralyzed most every year, the risk is high.
To our knowledge, Troop 1377 is the only youth organization in the greater Kingwood area with an organization and a methodology to review safety concerns and to put into place controls that reduce the risk. Everyone is welcome to contribute ideas and information to this effort. The Subcommittee is here to identify trends in safety incidents, to review health and safety issues, and to identify controls that will eliminate or reduce risks related to health and safety. We hope that our Safety Subcommittee will be a model and a resource to all youth programs interested in safety and the well being of their youth and adults.
This form should be included in a zip-lock bag with any medications that a Scout brings to any Scouting event. If a parent wants a Scout to handle his own medications, another copy must be provided to the Scoutmaster or Assistant in charge of the event. It is important that detailed, correct, and complete information be provided.