Chapter 3: Family & Safety

Lily: "Nobody gets left behind! ¡Nadie se queda atrás!"

The Rangers' first rule is to stay together. Every Ranger knows their meeting place, carries their name card, and knows which grown-ups are safe helpers.

What Rangers know

• Two meeting places. Pick one close to home and one farther away. Say them out loud often.
• Name card. Carry a card with your name, your grown-up's name and a contact. A grown-up writes it, and it stays zipped in your safe pocket. Show it only to a helper.
• Buddy system. Everyone has a buddy. Head counts happen often, the way Lily counts the crew.
• If we get separated: stop, stay where you are, and look for an official helper, such as someone in a uniform at a help desk or a helper with a badge. Say your name and your grown-up's name.
• Promises from strangers. If someone offers rides, sweets, money or "come with me", say no, stay with your group, and tell your grown-up.
• Your papers are yours. Never give away or trade your name card or papers. A grown-up from your group handles them.
• Go Bag (Card #GB1 "Ready by the Door"). A small, light bag packed with a grown-up and kept by the door: water, a snack, a light, a whistle, a warm layer, the safe pocket (photo, name card, contact) and a comfort toy. Lily's is small and pale yellow, Ricky's is bigger and dark green, and Sami's rides on her wheelchair.
• Whistle: three toots means "help, find me".

Lily: "Pack it light, keep it right, ready by the door, day or night!"

• Roads and trucks. Walk on the side, facing traffic, away from the edge. Never play on roads or near parked or moving trucks; drivers can't see small people. Hold little hands. Stay far back when aid trucks arrive, until helpers say to come.
• Crowds and food lines. Stay with your grown-up and hold hands. If the crowd pushes, move to the side, not the middle. Know the meeting spot.
• Aid is free. No one is allowed to ask you for anything in return for food, water or kits (Chapter 14).

Ranger checklist

• ☐ I keep away from roads and trucks, and walk facing traffic.
• ☐ In a crowd I hold hands and move to the side.
• ☐ I can say both of our meeting places.
• ☐ My name card is in my safe pocket.
• ☐ I know who my buddy is.
• ☐ If I'm lost, I stop, stay and find a helper.
• ☐ I say no to strangers' promises and tell my grown-up.
• ☐ I never hand over my papers.
• ☐ My Go Bag is packed and a grown-up has checked it.
• ☐ I know the three-toot whistle.

Earn your badge (Stay Together & Get Help 🤝)

Watch and learn

• Opener "We Stay Together" (Card #000)
• Go Bag episode and reel (DRAFT), Card #GB1 "Ready by the Door"
• Planned Family arc: Our Meeting Place · My Name Card · If We Get Separated · Strangers Who Make Promises
• Planned camp episodes: Arriving and Registering · Crowd Safety · Never Trade Your Papers · Spot the Smuggler Lure