INTERNATIONAL SPIRIT AWARD
The International Spirit Award is a temporary emblem that is awarded to registered Scouts and Scouters who have completed the necessary requirements, have gained a greater knowledge of international Scouting, and have developed a greater appreciation and awareness of different cultures and countries. This award serves as a replacement for, and therefore eliminates, the International Activity emblem and the Youth Exchange emblem. The International Spirit Award emblem is $4.00 each and is purchased from the International Department.
Requirements
Cub Scout
Boy Scout/Varsity/Venturer
Scouter
Experience Requirements
Please fill out the application (see below) with the date that each requirement was completed. All requirements must be met within 5 years from the start to completion of the award.
The International Spirit Award is a temporary emblem that is awarded to registered Scouts and Scouters who have completed the necessary requirements, have gained a greater knowledge of international Scouting, and have developed a greater appreciation and awareness of different cultures and countries. This award serves as a replacement for, and therefore eliminates, the International Activity emblem and the Youth Exchange emblem. The International Spirit Award emblem is $4.00 each and is purchased from the International Department.
Requirements
Cub Scout
- Earn the Cub Scout World Conservation Award.
- Learn 10 words that are in a different language than your own.
- Play two games that originated in another country or culture.
- Participate in Jamboree-on-the-Air or Jamboree-on-the-Internet.
- Organize a World Friendship Fund collection at a unit meeting or district roundtable.
- Complete two of the 10 Experience Requirements.
Boy Scout/Varsity/Venturer
- Earn the Boy Scout or Venturing World Conservation Award.
- Earn the Citizenship in the World Merit Badge. (Alternative for Venturers: Complete the “Understanding Other Cultures” requirement of the TRUST Award.)
- Participate in Jamboree-on-the-Air or Jamboree-on-the-Internet.
- Organize a World Friendship Fund collection at a unit meeting or district roundtable.
- Complete three of the 10 Experience Requirements
Scouter
- Learn about the World Organization of the Scout Movement (www.scout.org). Explain to your unit or at a district roundtable what this organization is and at least three ways that the WOSM website can be used to promote participation in international Scouting.
- Read the most current International Department newsletter (www.scouting.org/international/newsletter) and promote at least two items from the newsletter within your unit or at a district roundtable.
- Help organize or participate in two Jamboree-on-the-Air or Jamboree-on-the-Internet events.
- Organize a World Friendship Fund collection at a unit meeting or district roundtable.
- Complete four of the 10 Experience Requirements
Experience Requirements
- Host an international Scout or unit and plan activities to help you learn about Scouting in their country.
- Learn about another country and prepare a dinner traditionally served there. Explain what you learned to friends or family over the meal.
- Participate in a World Scout Jamboree, international camporee, or another international Scouting event. Share the experience with your unit or at a district roundtable.
- 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.
- 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.
- Earn the interpreter strip.
- Research Scouting in another country. Make a presentation at a unit meeting or district roundtable.
- Contact your local council’s international representative and assist them with at least two items they need help with promoting.
- 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.
- Research a region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. Make a presentation at a unit meeting or district roundtable.
Please fill out the application (see below) with the date that each requirement was completed. All requirements must be met within 5 years from the start to completion of the award.
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