Tenderfoot
These are the requirements for the tenderfoot badge. All rank information is from
www.meritbadge.org and can be
verified from official BSA rank requirement books.
- Present yourself to your
leader, properly dressed,
before going on an overnight
camping trip. Show the
camping gear you will use.
Show the right way to pack
and carry it.
- Spend at least one night
on a patrol or troop
campout. Sleep in a tent you
have helped pitch.
- On the campout, assist
in preparing and cooking one
of your patrol's meals.
Tell why it is important for
each patrol member to share
in meal preparation and
cleanup, and explain the
importance of eating
together.
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- Demonstrate how to
whip and fuse the ends
of a rope.
- Demonstrate you know
how to tie the following
knots and tell what
their uses are: two half
hitches and the
taut-line hitch.
- Explain the rules of
safe hiking, both on the
highway and cross-country,
during the day and at night.
Explain what to do if you
are lost.
- Demonstrate how to
display, raise, lower, and
fold the American flag.
- Repeat from memory and
explain in your own words
the
Scout Oath,
Law,
motto, and
slogan.
- Know your patrol name,
give the patrol yell, and
describe your patrol flag.
- Explain why we use the
buddy system in Scouting.
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- Record your best in
the following tests:
- Push-ups
- Pull-ups
- Sit-ups
- Standing long
jump
- 1/4 mile
walk/run
- Show improvement in
the activities listed in
requirement 10a after
practicing for 30 days.
- Identify local poisonous
plants; tell how to treat
for exposure to them.
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- Demonstrate the
Heimlich maneuver and
tell when it is used.
- Show first aid for
the following:
- Simple cuts and
scratches
- Blisters on the
hand and foot
- Minor burns or
scalds (first
degree)
- Bites and stings
of insects and ticks
- Poisonous
snakebite
- Nosebleed
- Frostbite and
sunburn
- Demonstrate scout spirit
by living the Scout Oath
(Promise) and Scout Law in
your everyday life.
- Participate in a
Scoutmaster conference.
- Complete your board of
review
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