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C.O.P.E.
COPE is an acronym for Challenging Outdoor Personal Experience, a program in the Boy Scouts of America. It consists of group initiative games, trust events, and high and low ropes course. Some activities involve a group challenge, while others develop individual skills and agility. Participants climb, swing, balance, jump, rappel, and devise solutions to a variety of problems. History In 1920, Kurt Hahn established the Salem School, based on principles personal responsibility, kindness, and justice towards developing the fitness and confidence of participants. After being imprisoned in Germany then exiled to Great Britain in 1933, in 1941 Hahn established the Outward Bound program to train people for life by using the challenges of the sea and mountains. The program includes rescue technique and service to people with the motto being, "Training through the body, not of the body." In 1970, Project Adventure began as a curriculum program in Massachusetts, since becoming a clearin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camp Geiger (Boy Scouts Of America)
Scouting in Missouri has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day. Early history (1910-1950) According to William D. Murray, a charter member of the Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) when it incorporated on February 8, 1910, the first "Troop" to form in Missouri was formed by an Englishman in Sedalia, MO sometime in 1908 or 1909. In his 1937 book "The History of the Boy Scouts of America" he goes on to say that this man had even gone so far as to appoint field representatives in other states as well. The 1938 National Order of the Arrow Lodge Meeting was held at Irondale, Missouri. Boy Scouts of America in Missouri today There are six BSA local councils in Missouri. Great Rivers Council Great Rivers Council (653) is based in Columbia, Missouri and serves Scouts in 33 counties in Mid-Missouri. In 1971 Great Rivers Council merged with Lake of the Ozarks Council (314). Districts *Black Diamond is located in Randolph, Schuyler, Sullivan, Putnam, Ada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
