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COPE
A Venturer traverses a COPE High Ropes course
CountryUnited States
Founded1981 (1981)
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COPE is an acronym for Challenging Outdoor Personal Experience, a program in the Boy Scouts of America. It consists of group initiative games, trust events, and high and low ropes course. Some activities involve a group challenge, while others develop individual skills and agility. Participants climb, swing, balance, jump, rappel, and devise solutions to a variety of problems.[1]

History

In 1920, Kurt Hahn established the Salem School, based on principles personal responsibility, kindness, and justice towards developing the fitness and confidence of participants.[1] After being imprisoned in Germany then exiled to Great Britain in 1933, in 1941 Hahn established the Outward Bound program to train people for life by using the challenges of the sea and mountains. The program includes rescue technique and service to people with the motto being, "Training through the body, not of the body."[1] In 1970, Project Adventure began as a curriculum program in Massachusetts, since becoming a clearinghouse for adventure-based programs. In 1975, Scouts from the Pony Express Council experienced NORJAM, the Ropes Course at the 14th World Scout Jamboree in Norway, including Scout executive Parvin Bishop. In 1981, the Pony Express Council built the BSA's first COPE course at the council's Camp Geiger near St. Joseph, Missouri. When Bishop became Director of Program at the BSA National Office, he took the program national and in 1983, the BSA National Council made Project COPE part of the BSA camping program and began offering training through the National Camping School.[2][3]

Goals

Each Project COPE program emphasizes eight goals.[1]

  1. communication
  2. planning
  3. trust
  4. teamwork
  5. leadership
  6. decision-making
  7. problem-solving
  8. and self-esteem

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Project COPE (2004 ed.). Boy Scouts of America. 2011.
  2. ^ "C.O.P.E." U.S. Scouting Service Project. Retrieved 2007-06-09.
  3. ^ "Fact Sheet:Project COPE". Boy Scouts of America. Archived from the original on 2008-02-26. Retrieved 2007-06-09.
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