A Citizen Scout should also understand the health conditions in her own neighborhood and have full information as to food, water, and milk supply, the ashes and garbage disposal, street cleaning and other matters relating to the public health in her community.
Suggested Activities
Gymnasium Exercises.
Organized sports and games, with teams for competitions against other Scout troops, Y. W. C. A. Jewish Alliance, schools, colleges or other organizations.
Troop hikes, indoor social games, and dancing.
Debates, talks by public health officers, readings on topics relating to household and civic sanitation. These should be linked up with some sort of actual community public health work such as milk or food inspection, school inspection, work of visiting nurse and school doctor, anti-tuberculosis campaigns, etc.
- Advanced First Aid.
- Advanced Home Nursing.
- Badges: Ambulance.
- Athletics.
- Public Health.
- Home Nursing.
- Special Health Award
Special Health Award
Citizen Scouts who attain to the Girl Scout standard of health shall be known as Super Scouts or Senior Scouts, and they shall be allowed to arrange the Girl Scout inter-troop athletic meets and competitions, calling upon the various captains of Girl Scout troops in the community and also Citizen Scouts to furnish girls to make up the teams. The Citizen Scouts may coach teams and shall act as umpires and referees in the games.
II. “I will be able to earn my own living.”