Experts Now Recommend Hands-Only CPR

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Mar 31, 5:12 PM EDT
By STEPHANIE NANO
Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK (AP) -- You can skip the mouth-to-mouth breathing and just
press on the chest to save a life. In a major change, the American
Heart Association said Monday that hands-only CPR - rapid, deep
presses on the victim's chest until help arrives - works just as well
as standard CPR for sudden cardiac arrest in adults.

"You only have to do two things. Call 911 and push hard and fast on
the middle of the person's chest," said Dr. Michael Sayre, an
emergency medicine professor at Ohio State University who headed the
committee that made the recommendation.

Hands-only CPR calls for uninterrupted chest presses - 100 a minute -
until paramedics take over or an automated external defibrillator is
available to restore a normal heart rhythm.

Arbor Day in many states is celebrated on the last Friday of April
each year; this year, that is Friday, Apr 25.

I know Earth Day gets much more press around this time of year than
does Arbor Day -- and Earth Day obviously celebrates a good cause, but
we should not forget Arbor Day in the glare of all the Earth Day media
and activities.

Some Arbor Day resources:

http://www.arborday.org/kids/carly/
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/arborday/
http://holidays.kaboose.com/arbor-day/index.html
http://www.teacherplanet.com/resource/arbor.php
http://www.theteachersguide.com/arbordaylessonplans.htm

Packs and Troops should plan now to plant a tree for your charter
partner in observance of Arbor Day.

Hi..I'm Dan Kelly-www.NewMexicoOutdoor.com

My wife and I drove the Four Corners a few years back and as a result
we bought a mini ranch in N-C NM and resettled! We have a family place
with lots of outdoors activities (b-ball/tennis court ONSITE).

We invite you to join us..we have a nice 3br-2ba Rancher (Bunkhouse)
for all the backpacking you can handle with a million acres of N-F and
B-LM Lands ONSITE!..camping ONSITE!

In the meantime join our Yahoo group and stay in the loop! dfk

http://NewMexicoOutdoor.com

and/or

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NewMexicoOutdoor/join

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10 boys scouts are having a survival tour in Holland. Watch them on the map!

http://www.poi66.com/maps/show_album.php?album=suv2008

www.poi66.com - Live Trip Tracking

Your pack or troop is planning to hold a fundraiser. Is it a one day
event, such as a meal or a car wash? If it is, then you need to get
the word out about it. You need to promote it.

How do you do that? And how can it be done for little or no cost to
your unit? After all, if you have to pay for advertising, then you
have to sell more product to cover those costs. Here are a few tips
our troop has learned over the last twenty years.

Check them at http://tinyurl.com/yrjjcy

Steve B
Scoutmaster, Troop 68, CMC

Has anyone seen the Hertz commercial about "going green" or something
like that?

It involves a deer and another animal driving a car along a country
road -- at one point they pass a group that looks a lot like a SM and
his troop of several boys.

It flashed by kinda fast, but I don't think they were in official
Scout uniforms (seems like they were wearing khaki pants instead of
olive green) and the SM had what looked like a green campaign cap, but
I'm not sure.

Has anyone else seen it?

50 Ways to Get Kids Hooked on the Outdoors

<http://www.tpwmagazine.com/archive/2008/mar/ed_1/>

Feel the wind on your face, plant a garden, jump in a pile of leaves -
just get outside!

March 2008
By Dyanne Fry Cortez, Wendee Holtcamp and Bernadette Noll

Kids don't develop a relationship with nature by watching it on the
Discovery Channel. They need to feel the wind, smell leaves and
wildflowers, run their fingers over rocks and make personal contact
with other living things. Pristine wilderness is not required: Ask any
of today's dedicated outdoorsmen, and you may find that his favorite
childhood memory involves a backyard tree house or fishing in an
irrigation canal. Encourage children to get outside wherever they can,
as often as possible, and start building their own memories. Here are
50 [actually 48] ideas to help kids reconnect with the outdoors:

Build a sand castle
Walk in the rain
Make mud pies
Jump in a pile of leaves
Look for shapes in clouds
Open windows
Watch fireflies
Go barefoot
Explore a mini-landscape
Harvest fruit or nuts
Have a picnic...

US Fish & Wildlife Service: Children & Nature website

<http://www.fws.gov/children/>

Includes an outdoor activity sheet for kids, a fact sheet for parents,
and a resource sheet for teachers. Don't miss the 52-page special
"Children & Nature" issue of "Fish & Wildlife News" (it includes a
nice article about the Girl Scouts, but unfortunately does not mention
Boy Scouts or Cub Scouts).

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Subject: 2010 - Last Jamboree at A.P. Hill
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:12:29 -0400
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I can officially tell you that the rumors you have heard are true. The
2010 National Jamboree will be the last one to be held at Fort A.P.
Hill. There is a committee of volunteers that has been appointed by
Rick Cronk, the National President, to find a permanent home for the
National Jamboree that will be owned by the BSA. They are currently
looking at many properties.

Because this will be our last time "at the Hill," the Army has told us
that there is no chance of adding any new subcamps beyond what we had in
2005. This means that there may be many potential Scouts left out
because they did not sign up fast enough. We anticipate that there will
be tremendous interest in this "100th Anniversary" Jamboree so my
recommendation to potential unit leaders, Scouts, and staffers is to get
your name in early or risk not getting a spot.