Eager Beavers October 21 Meeting

Meeting Theme: Fire Safety
Much thanks to my mom, Sonia Walden, for making arrangements with the Goochland County Fire Department to visit the Eager Beavers at Richmond Academy today.  I also want to thank firemen Matthew Smith, Scott Walker, and Billy McGuire for giving the children an exciting fire safety lesson.

Eager Beaver Cheer
We opened our meeting with our Eager Beaver Cheer, which recites the pledge that the children are supposed to memorize this year.  Then, we had opening prayer.

Up Close with the Fire Truck

​The firefighters greeted everybody with an awesome water show using their hose!

Eager Beavers and their parents explored the fire truck outside and inside!

Fire Safety Lesson
Firemen Scott Walker, Billy McGuire, and Matthew Smith showed the Eager Beavers what a fireman looks like if he has to come and rescue them.  They showed that firemen look out for each other and have different alarms on them to alert each other if one is in trouble.  

The firemen also answered the key 3 questions Eager Beavers must know.

1. What do you do when your clothes catch on fire?  Stop, drop, and roll.
2. What do you do if you think there is smoke in the house?  Crawl low on the floor to a safe place outside that everyone agrees to.
3. What number do you call if there is an emergency and what do you tell the operator?  Call 911.  Tell them your address** and what is going on.  Remember that cell phone technology does not give accurate information in regards to your exact location.  Better to call from land line if possible.

** The last requirement for Fire Safety is for Eager Beavers to know their address and phone number by heart.  Does your Eager Beaver know his or her address and phone number?

Announcements

• Our next meeting is Wednesday, November 11.  We will be working on our Birds and Jigsaw chips.
• We should have our T-shirts, sashes, and chips by next meeting.  
• I distributed CDs and booklets for Memory Mastery Sabbath School assignments that included all that the children are supposed to memorize this year for Eager Beavers in order to earn their pin at Investiture at the end of the school year.  I hope you can play these CDs for them in the car a couple of times a week, so that they can learn their memory work.  Let me know if you didn't get one.
• If you missed this meeting, please have your Eager Beaver complete steps A, B, and D at home from the Fire Safety chip page.
• In order for attendees and non-attendees to earn their Fire Safety chip, children must learn their address and phone number.