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Pack meetings, den adventures, pinewood derbies and blue and gold banquets. Den leaders and Cubmasters swapped ideas for keeping younger Scouts busy, happy and learning.
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New Cub Scout families might not know a den leader from a den chief or a Wolf from a Webelos. And you know what? That’s perfectly fine. But you can help them get them acquainted with this life-changing program for boys by sending them some or all of the links below.
“It’s fun, hands-on and active.” “It’s simple and easy to implement.” “It’s age-appropriate, builds character and develops new skills.” That’s just a glimpse of what parents and youth across the country are saying about Lions, the BSA’s pilot program for kindergarten-age boys.
A big part of Cub Scouts involves introducing boys to the fun and adventure of spending time outdoors. And if you’re going to spend time outdoors, you’re going to want the right gear. The Cub Scout Six Essentials, learned as part of the Wolf Rank, is a list of a half-dozen items every Cub Scout…
Balloon games are super fun for Cub Scouts. They can be part of your planned den meeting, or you can use them any time the boys get restless!
Please join us in congratulating the new directors of the Cub Scout, Boy Scout, and Venturing programs. These Scouters are ready to dive into their new roles, and we can’t wait to see all the great ways they’ll work to serve our youth.
Cub Scouts don’t let a little rain ruin the day. They adapt. Same goes for the Greater New York Councils, organizers of the 2017 Pinewood Derby World Championship last month in New York City. Even though morning thunderstorms forced the competition to change locations at the last minute, GNYC put on another successful event.
Story contributed by Taylor Olmstead, Marketing Coordinator at the Atlanta Area Council on behalf of Erin Stolle, Cub Scout mom and volunteer. This past week was exhausting. It was hot. It was dirty. It will likely be one of my favorite weeks of this summer.
When you think about Scouting, you think about doing things in the great outdoors. Fishing, archery and hiking all come to mind. So do aquatics like swimming and boating. But certain activities have traditionally been off limits or restricted for various age groups because of safety, training, or other considerations.
Learn how to make a super cool Cub Scout robot! They're easy and inexpensive. And the boys will have a blast battling their buddy's bots in the arenas!
Our Cub Scout dads do so much for the boys! They deserve a little reward. Check out these 15 cool and useful gifts for Cub Scout dads.
If you’re on one of your council’s committees, you might have seen the announcement from Chief Scout Executive Michael Surbaugh last week summarizing the discussions held at the Boy Scouts of America National Annual Meeting over the Memorial Day weekend.
Earning the Cub Scout Whittling Chip is a rite of passage for many Bear Scouts! You can find all of the Whittling Chip requirements here.
Stephanie Shaw was raised in a house of women. She was an adult when she was first introduced to Scouting. That’s when she met the man who would become her husband. He’s an Eagle Scout, and both his dad and his grandfather were Scoutmasters.
Some have names you know: Robert Baden-Powell, Charles Lindbergh, Hank Aaron. Others are Scouters whose names are less universally known but whose impact on Scouting has been just as transformative. Their common bond: the Silver Buffalo Award — the Boy Scouts of America’s highest honor for adult volunteers.
Make a hero (sandwich) with your Cub Scouts! This activity works great for the Cub Scout elective adventures, Build My Own Hero and Hometown Heroes.
It’s May, so summer is almost here, and many Cub Scout packs are wrapping up their school year meeting schedules with springtime events designed to cap off a year of fun with a lighter activity or a ceremony to mark the transition from one year to the next.
Many of you know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) has been a chartered partner of the Boy Scouts of America for more than a century. Today, I’ve invited our National Commissioner, Charles Dahlquist, to Chief’s Corner.
Service is a big part of the Scouting program. Find 27 Cub Scout service project ideas to help your Scouts reap the benefits of volunteering.
At our church, I serve on a committee that oversees our communication efforts. Among our tasks are the advertising and promotions that we place in local media, our various “side-door” ministries (activities that help to enrich the community, like Scouting) and the church website.
Rank advancement in Cub Scouting is not like rank advancement in Boy Scouting. And that’s by design. In Cub Scouting, advancement is grade- or age-based. It’s a rank-per-year system designed to offer age-appropriate fun and challenges as Cub Scouts progress through the program.
Your boys can make a Cub Scout robot hand in only 10 simple steps! This robot hand will fulfill one of the Bear elective adventure requirements in Robotics.
Just because school classrooms go dark in the summer doesn’t mean Cub Scouting has to. Extend the fun of Cub Scouting into the year’s hottest season by earning the National Summertime Pack Award . To be eligible, your pack must hold one activity per month in June, July and August.
In many packs, Cub Scouts finish their rank advancement just in time for the blue and gold banquet in February. This approach lets families gather to celebrate the Cub Scouts’ accomplishments well before the end of the school year. It also signals that it’s time for Webelos Scouts to begin their transition to Boy Scouting…
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A year ago, Troop 443 of North Carolina was on a weekend campout when the Scouts made a daunting discovery: They didn’t bring enough food. “We realized that our patrol members failed to plan for all our food needs,” writes Star Scout Miles L.
From the very beginning, Scouting has been a volunteer-driven organization. The paid professionals are but a tiny number of people who make our program go. The heavy lifting is done by the parents and friends who step forward in every unit, district and council.
You can make Cub Scout day camp or twilight camp a fun and memorable learning experience for everyone involved. All you need to do is Be Prepared. First, some definitions: Cub Scout day camp : An organized outdoor experience for a group of Cub Scouts, typically run by districts and/or councils.
The Pinewood Derby is THE Cub Scout event. Here's how we learned about creativity, challenge, and collaboration while building a tornado Pinewood Derby car.
Crack the code left behind in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. Experiment on an egg to discover the effects of pollution on our oceans. Gauge astronaut readiness with simple (and fun) endurance and agility tests. Those are just three of the hands-on meeting activity ideas available to Scout leaders at the all-new Nat Geo Kids Explorers Club.
Once you and your Scouts have planned a year of Scouting fun, it’s time for the less-fun part. It’s time to figure out how to pay for it all. Creating a budget for your pack, troop, team, post, ship or crew is an essential part of every well-managed, well-financed unit.
Looking for fun outdoor Cub Scout games? You've found them! The best part is that they are super easy and need only readily available supplies.
Since the BSA’s Lion pilot program launched last fall, hundreds of new Scouting families with kindergarten-age boys have explored the fun and adventure that comes along with joining Scouting at a younger age. When mom blogger Ashley of Ashley Glass heard about a local Lion get-together in her area, she jumped at the opportunity to…
Guest post by Sgt. David N. Beckstrom, 5 th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Reprinted with permission JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – The smell of sawdust wafts through the air. Power tools whine. It’s mid-February, and inside the Scout Hut on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, the boys and parents of Pack 462 are preparing for the annual Pinewood…
Story contributed by Emily Elliott, Marketing & Public Relations Director of the Crossroads of America Council Every winter, Cub Scouts around the nation prepare their Pinewood Derby cars to race down tracks in hopes of being the fastest. They learn how to add weight to make their cars faster and what it means to be a…
The latest episodes of CubCast, ScoutCast, and ExploringCast are now available! These monthly podcasts are chock-full of fresh tips and how-tos you’re sure to love, whatever your role in Scouting may be. March brings a podcast lineup you won’t want to miss, so get the details below: ScoutCast: Generational Diversity What does generational diversity have…
“Things went pretty well. I only had three boys cry.” That’s an actual quote from an actual Cubmaster following his pack’s annual Pinewood Derby race held last week. If you’re a Cubmaster, I’m sure it has happened to you as well.
Find out how to print the new Cub Scout requirements modifications documents so that they'll fit inside your son's Cub Scout handbook.
Informing key leaders in our nation’s capital about all the good things Scouts did last year isn’t just a smart idea. It’s congressionally mandated. When Woodrow Wilson signed the Boy Scouts of America’s charter on June 15, 1916, he made it official that “on or before the first day of April of each year the…
Story contributed by Kevin V. Hunt, a Scouting historian, author, camp director, blogger and speaker About this time each year all over the country, an interesting phenomenon occurs as Pinewood Derby cars race down tracks again. It’s something that Cub Scouts live for and dream of for months before it happens.
You'll want to commemorate your son's Cub Scout Arrow of Light rank, and these beautiful Arrow of Light plaques are the perfect way to do that!
Boy Scouts of America volunteers play a critical role in helping to deliver Scouting programs that build character, leadership, and integrity in thousands of youth members across the country. Every Scouting volunteer – from a Cub Scout’s first den leader to the council representative reviewing a Scout at an Eagle Scout board of review – contributes to…
It is that time of year when Cub Scout Packs are having their Blue & Gold banquets, and the old, senior Webelos are bridging from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts to become the young new guys. Every year I think they keep looking younger and smaller (as my own boys I see everyday get older and…
Looking for a time capsule questionnaire that's specific to Cub Scouts? You'll find it here. The boys can record details about their Cub Scouting career.
In a lot of ways, the Blackmore family is like any Scouting family. They have too much to do and too little time. The dad, Brian, is an active-duty sergeant working long hours in the U.S. Army. His son, Jacob, is busy, too, with school, homework, church and chores.
It’s Pinewood Derby season and time to enter the annual Pinewood Derby Photo Contest! By sharing a snapshot of your favorite Derby moment, you’ll qualify for a chance to win a $100 gift card from ScoutStuff.org. “The Pinewood Derby is an iconic Cub Scouting activity.
Every Scout deserves a trained leader, but less than 50 percent of direct-contact leaders complete basic training for their position. Scouting U wants to change that. The BSA’s training team has set its 2017 goal: at least 50 percent of direct-contact leaders trained this year.
A few fanatical fathers turn a Pinewood Derby race into an unhealthy obsession, forgetting the race is meant for Cub Scouts and not them. This completely fictional, in-no-way-based-in-reality story is the plot of Down and Derby , a 2005 comedy written and directed by Eric Hendershot.
You’ve seen the 73-second cut . Now dive deeper with the 191-second version of our video that shows you how Pinewood Derby car kits get made. These wood blocks begin their journey as ponderosa pine logs at a sustainable lumber mill in Idaho.
The boy who lived, come to … race? A Pinewood Derby car inspired by Harry Potter’s Nimbus 2000 broomstick has landed on a Cub Scout racetrack this season. The car is the handiwork of Henry, a Webelos from Pack 350 of the Fort Worth, Texas-based Longhorn Council.
Ever since June 1, 2015, all BSA members — Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Venturers and Sea Scouts — have recited the Scout Oath and Scout Law as part of their program. The so-called “One Oath, One Law” transition was meant to keep things consistent throughout a young person’s Scouting journey.
