Outdoor Skills Badge #18

Outdoor Skills #18
April 22, 2015


Requirement #18 ask what are some options for going to the bathroom when an existing toilet is not available.

Here are a few options:


How to dig a cathole or latrine
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8aqyOA_HBA & https://lnt.org/learn/principle-3

Ways to carry ladies feminine hygiene products
Link: http://www.backpacker.com/skills/beginner/the-lady-hikers-guide-to-staying-fresh-in-the-wilderness/#bp=0/img1

The Leave No Trace 7 Principle
Link: https://lnt.org/learn/7-principles

Money Management #18

Money Management #18


For requirement 18, I needed to find some verses about materialism and contentment.

Here are a few.

Matthew 6:19-34.
Philippians 4:11-13.

1 Timothy 6:6

1 Timothy 6:6

1 Timothy 6:6

1 Timothy 6:61

 1 Timothy 6:6
1 Timothy 6:8

Proverbs 11:28

Proverbs 11:28
Ecclesiastes 5:10
Proverbs 30:8
Luke 3:14

After you read these verses, how can you apply them to your own life in a way by keeping your materialism in check.

Proverbs 11:28

Money Management #20

Money Management #20


For #20 I needed to define some terms.


Savings account-

a bank account on which interest is paid, traditionally one for which a bankbook is used to record deposits, withdrawals, and interest payments.

Checking account-

a bank deposit against which checks can be drawn by the depositor.

Certificate of deposit-
A certificate of deposit is a record of money invested in a bank that, in return, pays interest.

Stock-

a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.

Shares in a mutual fund-
An investor who shares a mutual fund with other investors.

Charge card-
an identification card used to make purchases on a charge account

Credit card-

a card that identifies a person as entitled to have food, merchandise, services, etc., billed on a charge account.

Debit card-

a plastic card that resembles a credit card but functions like a check and through which payments for purchases or services are made electronically to the bank accounts of participating retailing establishments directly from those of card holders.

ATM-

automated teller machine

U.S. savings bond-
U.S. savings bonds are simple financial savings instruments that can be purchased at a bank, which earn interest over a designated amount of time.

Traditional IRA-
is an individual retirement arrangement (IRA), established in the United States by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974

Roth IRA-

an individual retirement account in which investments are made with taxable dollars, but earnings are tax-free and withdrawals are tax-free after age 59 1/2.