AY Honor Staying Home Requirements

Staying Home

Skill Level

1

Year

2020

Version

29.11.2024

Approval authority

Central Rhenish Conference

This honor is only meant to be temporary and for as long as a worldwide pandemic continues.

Staying Home

Even if we have to currently stay at home, there are many ways in which we can keep ourselves busy.

1. Write down why it is important to stay at home at the moment.

2. Write down five things you can do with friends without meeting up and do two of them.

3. Write down five useful things which you can do at home alone or with your family and do one of them.

4. Do at least one of the following:

• I have cut someone’s hair and taken a photo/video.
• I have cooked something that I have never cooked before and taken a photo/video.
• I have sewn a protective mask and taken a photo/video.
• I have planted a seed and nurtured it in to a plant and taken a photo/video.

Helping at Home

There are many opportunities to help and assist our parents at home.

5. Help at home by doing two of the following tasks at least three times OR each task once:

• I have washed, hung out and folded the washing and taken a photo/video of it.
• I have ironed and sorted out the washing and taken a photo/video of it.
• I have prepared a meal and set the table and taken a photo/video of it.
• I have cleaned the house/apartment and taken a photo/video of it.
• I have washed the dishes OR loaded and unloaded the dishwasher and taken a photo/video of it.
• I have weeded the garden, mowed the lawn and watered the plants and taken a photo/video of it.

Health and Hygiene

As Pathfinders, we want to stay healthy.

6. Drink for at least one week 1.5 L of water per day.

7. Write down what you know about personal hygiene.

8. Write about three situations when it is important that you wash your hands.

9. Make a video about how you should correctly wash your hands (if you want, you can also post it on social media).

Community Service

As Pathfinders, we want to look out for the people around us.

10. What Bible stories are there in the Bible in which Jesus helps other people. Name three stories. Write about one of these stories in your own words.

11. Read the Golden Rule in Luke 6:31 and write down what this means for you in the current situation.

12. Write down what you are thankful for.

13. Do at least two of the following tasks:

• I have called a relative or friend. Who?
• I have written a postcard or a letter to someone who lives alone and taken a photo of it.
• I have done a craft and gifted it to an older person (eg. Grandma, Grandpa, a neighbor) and have taken a photo of it.
• For older Pathfinders: I have gone grocery shopping for someone who is unable to and have taken a photo/video of it
• I have done an act of kindness for someone and taken a photo/video of it.

Staying Positive

We want to try and make the best of every situation.

14. Sleep overnight with your sleeping bag and camping mat (in the garden, on the balcony or inside).

15. Tell your family a joke as encouragement and write it down.

16. Do one of the following tasks:

• I have baked a chocolate-filled banana in the oven and taken a photo/video of it in my pathfinder uniform.
• I have made damper/campfire bread in the oven and taken a photo/video of it in my pathfinder uniform.
• I have toasted a marshmallow over a candle and taken a photo/video of it in my pathfinder uniform.
• I have made something to eat which reminds me of pathfinders taken a photo/video of it.