Youth Activity Archive

Activity Description: Youth create a goals box to decide how troop cookie money will be used.

Items Needed:

• Four strips of paper per Youth
• Pencils
• A box or container to hold strips
• (Optional) Online polls or surveys for virtual meetings

Instructions (Estimated Total Time: 20–30 min):

1. Give each youth four strips of paper and a pencil. (3–7 min)
   • Explain that they will use the strips to share and vote on ideas.
   • Have youth write their top idea for using cookie money using only one slip of paper.
   • Place all idea strips in the goals box.
2. Take out and display each idea. (5–7 min)
   • Group similar ideas together.
   • Discuss the ideas together as a group.
3. Have youth vote for their top three favorites. (5–7 min)
   • Write votes on the remaining three strips of paper. It does not matter which order they are written, but only three choices can be used, one for each slip.
   • Place these strips in the goals box to be counted.
4. Count the votes. (5–7 min)
   • Pass out the original idea strips to different youth.
   • Youth add tally marks as votes are reported.
5. Decide on troop goals. (5 min)
   • Choose whether to work toward only the top goal, or the top 2, 3, or 4 goals.
   • (Optional) Use online polls or surveys for virtual meetings.

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This activity does not meet any Scouting America Requirements

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