75 Years of Fun, Family and Friends!

Cub Scouting's 75th Anniversary Cake

Latest Scout Activities
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2007 Important Dates

Jan 3 Popcorn Payments Due to Council

Jan 23 Pack Meeting

FUMC

7 pm

Jan 28 Pinewood Derby Workshop

(Time/place TBA)

Feb 4 Scout Sunday

Pinewood Derby (Time TBA) FUMC

Feb 24 Blue and Gold

Youth Achievement Center

Time: TBA

March 17 District Pinewood Derby

March 27 Pack Meeting

FUMC

7 pm

April 24 Pack Meeting

FUMC

7 pm

May 19-20 Family Campout

Camp Miles

Webelos will camp 18-20—waiting for approval of dates

June 11-15 Day Camp

July I will go reserve the pool as soon as possible

August 25-26 Family Campout Camp Miles. Webelos will camp 24-26

Aug. 25 Family Campout/Pack Meeting start set up at 3 pm

Sept 25 Pack Meeting

Lawson Elementary

7 pm

Sept 28 Heart of America Family Campout

$7 per person

6:30 pm

Oct 23 Pack Meeting

Lawson Elementary

7 pm

Nov 12 Veteran’s Day Parade

10:30 am

Nov 13 Pack Meeting

Lawson Elementary

7 pm

Dec 11 Pack Meeting

Lawson Elementary

7 pm

2008 Important Dates

Jan 26 Pinewood Derby/Pack Meeting

Youth Achievement Center

1 pm

Feb 23 Blue and Gold

Youth Achievement Center

Time: 4 pm

Estimate:

March 15 District Pinewood Derby

March 25 Pack Meeting

Lawson Elementary

7 pm

April 22 Pack Meeting

Lawson Elementary

7 pm

May 24 Flags at VA

May 27 Pack Meeting

Lawson Elementary

June Day Camp

July Usually a pool party

August Pack Meeting

Past Events

Pinewood Derby 2006

Spring Cleanup in Leavenworth

EMS Visit Sunday Photos

River Fest Parade Photos

Spring Cleanup Weekend (2005)

Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation

Programs

Tiger Cubs is an exciting program for first grade boys and adult family members.

Cub Scouting is a family and home-centered program for boys who are in the second grade (or age 8).

Tiger Cubs

A school-year program for first grade (or 7 year old) boys and their adult partners that stresses simplicity, shared leadership, learning about the community, and family understanding. Each boy/adult team meets for family activities, then once or twice a month all the teams meet for Tiger Cub group activities.

The Tiger Cub program introduces boys and their adult partners to the excitement of Cub Scouting as they "Search, Discover, and Share" together.

The Tiger Cub program is conducted on two levels. First, the Tiger Cub and his adult partner meet in the home to conduct activities for the whole family. Second, the Tiger Cub and his adult partner meet twice a month with other Tiger Cubs and adult partners in the den, using the planned "big idea" (or theme) for their activity during one of the meetings. Each den meeting is hosted by a Tiger
Cub-adult partner team.

Tiger Cubs BSA follows a school-year cycle. Boys remain in the Tiger Cub program until they complete first grade. At that time, they graduate into a Cub Scout den and are eligible to participate in Cub Scout summer activities, including Cub Scout day camp.

Cub Scouting

What is Cub Scouting?

· In 1930, the Boy Scouts of America launched a home and neighborhood-centered program for boys 9 to 11 years of age. A key element of the program is a basis on caring, nurturing, relationships between boys and their parents, adult leaders, and friends.

· Currently, Cub Scouting is the largest of the BSA’s three membership divisions. (The others are Boy Scouting and Venturing.)

The Purposes of Cub Scouting

Cub Scouting has nine purposes:

To influence the development of character and encourage spiritual growth
To help boys develop habits and attitudes of good citizenship
To encourage good sportsmanship and pride in growing strong in mind and body
To improve understanding within the family
To strengthen the ability of boys to get along with other boys and respect other people
To foster a sense of personal achievement in boys by helping them develop new interests and skills
To show boys how to be helpful and do one’s best
To provide fun and exciting new things for boys to do
To prepare boys to become Boy Scouts

Membership

Cub Scouting has program components for boys in the first through fifth grade (or ages 7, 8, 9, or 10). Members join a Cub Scout pack and are assigned to a den, usually a neighborhood group of six to eight boys. First-grade boys (Tiger Cubs) meet twice a month, while Wolf Cub Scouts (second-graders), Bear Cub Scouts (third-graders), and Webelos Scouts (fourth and fifth graders) meet weekly.
Once a month, all of the dens and family members gather for a pack meeting under the direction of a Cubmaster and pack committee. The committee includes parents of boys in the pack and members of the chartered organization.

Volunteer Leadership

Thousands of volunteer leaders, both men and women, are involved in the Cub Scout program. They serve in a variety of positions, as everything from unit leaders to pack committee chairmen, committee members, den leader coaches, and chartered organization representatives.
Like other phases of the Scouting program, Cub Scouting is make available to groups having similar interests and goals, including professional organizations, government bodies, and religious, educational, civic, fraternal, business, labor, and citizens’ groups.
These "sponsors" are called chartered organizations. Each organization appoints one of its members as a chartered organization representative. The organization, through the pack committee, is responsible for providing leadership, the meeting place, and support materials for pack activity.

Who Pays for It?

Groups responsible for supporting Cub Scouting are the boys and their parents, the pack, the chartered organization, and the community. The boy is encouraged to pay his own way by contributing dues each week. Packs also obtain income by working on approved money-earning projects. The community, including parents, supports Cub Scouting through the United Way, Friends of Scouting enrollment, bequests, and special contributions to the BSA local council. This financial support provides leadership training, outdoor programs, council service centers and other facilities, and professional service for units.
Many of the activities happen right in the den and pack. The most important are the weekly den meetings and the monthly pack meetings.

Competitive Activities and Sports

Fun and fitness are combined in the Cub Scout Sports program. This program provides the opportunity for every Cub Scout to learn the basic skills of a sport and experience sports competition while learning good sportsmanship and personal fitness habits.

Publications

Volunteers are informed on national news and events through Scouting Magazine and Adventures in Scouting. Both are published by the Boy Scouts of America. Also available are a number of Cub Scout and leader publications, including the Wolf Cub Scout Book, Bear Cub Scout Book, Webelos Scout Book, Cub Scout Leader Book, Cub Scout Program Helps, and Webelos Scout Program Helps.

Cub Scouting Ideals

Apart from the fun and excitement of Cub Scout activities, a number of ideals are expressed in the day-to-day life of the boy and his leaders.

Cub Scout Promise

I, (name), promise to do my best
To do my duty to God and my country,
To help other people, and
To obey the Law of the Pack.

Cub Scout Motto

Do Your Best.

Tiger Cub Promise

I promise to love God,
my family, and my country,
and to learn about the world.

Tiger Cub Motto

Search, Discover, Share.

Law of the Pack

The Cub Scout follows Akela.
The Cub Scouts helps the pack go.
The pack helps the Cub Scout grow.
The Cub Scout gives goodwill.

Colors

The Cub Scout colors are blue and gold. The blue stands for truth and spirituality, steadfast loyalty, and the sky above. The gold stands for warm sunlight, good cheer, and happiness. Together, they symbolize what Cub Scouting is all about.

National Den Award

Cub Scouting happens in the den. The National Den Award will create an incentive for a year-round fun, quality program in the den. The National Den Award may be earned only once in any twelve-month period.

Boys’ Life

Boys’ Life magazine is published by the Boy Scouts of America to give Scout leaders theme-related BSA program support each month; to give boys wholesome, interesting, and informative reading material; and to bring the values of Scouting into the subscriber’s home on a regular basis.

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Parents, would you like your son to do good things in his community, learn good values, and associate with other good kids and adults?

Boys, would you like to learn how to build things, learn about nature, have a great time learning cool stuff and having fun with your friends?

HOW DO I SIGN UP OR VOLUNTEER?
If you would like to join a program or be a volunteer, send an e-mail to our Cubmaster and we will make sure you get an application and get placed in the appropriate den.

E-Mail Address: MNeeland1@kc.rr.com

Cub Scout Parent Orientation Guide

Cub Scout Application to Join

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