"The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law."
New Water Safety Guide
Don’t let your Scouts take the plunge without reading and referencing the new leaders’ guide to BSA aquatics.
"Aquatics Supervision: A Leader’s Guide to Youth Swimming and Boating Activities", serves as an invaluable resource for learning the roles and responsibilities of council aquatics committees, provides support to unit leaders so they have the training and resources necessary to supervise swimming and boating activities, and gives direction for dispensing special aquatics awards such as Snorkeling BSA and Boardsailing BSA.
Lifeguard Training Revised
Learning how to save lives at BSA-operated facilities like summer camps just got a bit less complicated.
Over the past 25 years, the lifeguard program had grown to include many other specialized skills such as swimming, lifesaving, canoeing, rowing, first aid, and even spinal-injury management. It had become difficult for Scouting to meet the needs of both unit leaders and summer-camp lifeguards in a single course of doable length.
Now, though, the BSA Lifeguard program will focus solely on teaching the necessary requirements for professional lifeguards at BSA aquatic venues.
