- Project COPE
Project C.O.P.E. is an acronym for Challenging Outdoor Personal Experience, a program in the
Boy Scouts of America . It consists of different challenges for groups of scouts that involve teamwork and problem solving, or for individual scouts that test agility and individual skills. The underlying purpose is to develop leadership.History
The Dalajamb International Encampment in Sweden was what gave the idea to the
Boy Scouts of America . The Swedish scouts constructed a number of different challenges using pioneering skills. The program was first offered in the United States in the late 1970's atCamp Geiger (Boy Scouts) nearSt. Joseph, Missouri . It was championed by Pony Express Council executive Parvin Bishop. Bishop took the program national when he became Director of Program at the National Office. [cite web |url=http://usscouts.org/boyscouts/cope.html |title=C.O.P.E. |accessdate=2007-06-09 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |format= |work= |publisher=U.S. Scouting Service Project |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ] [cite web |url=http://www.scouting.org/Media/FactSheets/02-543.aspx |title=Fact Sheet:Project COPE |accessdate=2007-06-09 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |format= |work= |publisher=Boy Scouts of America |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ] [cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= |others= |title=Project COPE |origdate= |origyear= |origmonth= |url= |format= |accessdate= |edition= |date=1999 |year= |month= |publisher=Boy Scouts of America |location= |language= |id=#34371A |doi = |pages= |chapter= |chapterurl= |quote = ]Objectives
The 8 main objectives of Project C.O.P.E. are:
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