All awards
International Spirit Award - Youth
All programs
2018 requirements, effective January 1, 2018
Requirements
Select the appropriate program type and complete the requirements.
Cub Scout Requirements
Complete 6 of the following
After completing the following requirements fill out the application and provide to your unit leader.
1.
Earn the Cub Scout Champions for Nature Elective Adventure for your Rank.
2.
Learn 10 words that are in a different language than your own.
3.
Play two games that originated in another country or culture.
4.
Participate in Jamboree-on-the-Air or Jamboree-on-the-Internet.
5.
Organize a World Friendship Fund collection at a unit meeting or district roundtable.
6.
Complete two of the 10 Experience Requirements.
Complete 2 of the following
1.
Host an international Scout or unit and plan activities to help you learn about Scouting in their country.
*Please note that hosting in private homes is not considered an official Scouting activity.
*Please note that hosting in private homes is not considered an official Scouting activity.
2.
Learn about another country and prepare a dinner traditionally served there. Explain what you learned to friends or family over the meal.
3.
Participate in a World Scout Jamboree, international camporee, or another international
Scouting event. Share the experience with your unit or at a district roundtable.
4.
Take a trip to another country as an individual or with your family or Scouting unit. Make sure to visit a Scouting event or unit in that country. When you return home, share your experience with another unit.
5.
Organize and participate in a Messengers of Peace project. Share the experience with your unit or at a district roundtable, making sure to explain which dimensions of the program your project promoted.
6.
Earn the interpreter strip.
7.
Research Scouting in another country. Make a presentation at a unit meeting or district roundtable.
8.
Contact your local council's international representative and assist them with at least two items they need help with promoting.
9.
Research the process of obtaining a U.S. passport. Create a fact sheet for your unit or district to assist them with requirements for traveling internationally.
10.
Research a region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. Make a presentation at a unit meeting or district roundtable.
Boy Scout/Venturer
Complete 5 of the following
After completing the following requirements fill out the application and provide to your unit leader.
1.
Earn the Boy Scout or Venturing World Conservation Award.
2.
Earn the Citizenship in the World Merit Badge.
(Alternative for Venturers: Complete the "Understanding Other Cultures"
requirement of the TRUST Award.)
3.
Participate in Jamboree-on-the-Air or Jamboree-on-the-Internet.
4.
Organize a World Friendship Fund collection at a unit meeting or district roundtable.
5.
Complete three of the 10 Experience Requirements.
Complete 3 of the following
1.
Host an international Scout or unit and plan activities to help you learn about Scouting in their country.
*Please note that hosting in private homes is not considered an official Scouting activity.
*Please note that hosting in private homes is not considered an official Scouting activity.
2.
Learn about another country and prepare a dinner traditionally served there. Explain what you learned to friends or family over the meal.
3.
Participate in a World Scout Jamboree, international camporee, or another international
Scouting event. Share the experience with your unit or at a district roundtable.
4.
Take a trip to another country as an individual or with your family or Scouting unit. Make sure to visit a Scouting event or unit in that country. When you return home, share your experience with another unit.
5.
Organize and participate in a Messengers of Peace project. Share the experience with your unit or at a district roundtable, making sure to explain which dimensions of the program your project promoted.
6.
Earn the interpreter strip.
7.
Research Scouting in another country. Make a presentation at a unit meeting or district roundtable.
8.
Contact your local council's international representative and assist them with at least two items they need help with promoting.
9.
Research the process of obtaining a U.S. passport. Create a fact sheet for your unit or district to assist them with requirements for traveling internationally.
10.
Research a region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. Make a presentation at a unit meeting or district roundtable.