Welcome to Barlow-Vincent Pack 217
Hello, I am the Cubmaster
and I welcome you to our website. Please feel free to leave feedback or
suggestions. This site is full of information that will be helpful along your
journey with the Cub Scouts.
Welcome to the cub scouts your leaders
welcome you to a wonderful opportunity to grow and learn valuable keys to help
you along your path towards adulthood. This is a great opportunity to make new
friends and have fun doing it as you go along the path. We are happy to have
you with us on this journey.
Scouting Purpose
Cub Scouting is a year-round
family-oriented part of the BSA program designed for boys who are in first
through fifth grades (or are 7 through 10 years of age). Parents, leaders,
and organizations work together to achieve the 10 purposes of Cub Scouting:
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1. Character
Development
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2. Spiritual Growth
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3. Good Citizenship
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4. Sportsmanship and
Fitness
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5. Family Understanding
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6. Respectful
Relationships
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7. Personal Achievement
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8. Friendly Service
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9. Fun and Adventure
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10. Preparation for Boy
Scouts
Cub Scout Motto
"Do your best!"
Some questions you might have! Can
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Cub Scouting members join a Cub Scout pack and are assigned to a den,
usually a neighborhood group of six to eight boys. Tiger Cubs (first-graders),
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
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Den Meetings
Your son will meet with a group of other boys who are in
his' grade. This provides him a chance to make new friends and do new activities
with a close group of friends. Meetings will be scheduled by the Den leaders to
best accommodate as many parents as possible.Pack Meetings
This is a meeting for all Cub Scouts and parents to get together to
recognize their sons for the achievements they have accomplished during each
month. Skits, songs, and plays are just a few of the activities during a Pack
meeting. Our pack meetings are scheduled for the third Thursday of each month at
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Pack and District competition where the Cub Scout makes a race car for
competition.
Weekday camping at various city parks during the summer. Action oriented.
Involves games, crafts, nature, archery and BB gun instruction.
Large pack meeting in February where families come together to celebrate the
birthday of the Cub Scout Program. Most will hold a potluck, an ice cream a
social or cater food for the event. Advancement program and skits are the main
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- Develops character and encourages spiritual growth
- Develops habits of good citizenship
- Encourages good sportsmanship and pride and growing strong in mind & body
- Improves understanding within the family
- Strengthens the ability to get along with others & respect for other people
- Fosters a sense of personal achievement by developing new interests & skills
- Teaches boys to be helpful and to do one's best
- Provides fun and exciting new activities
- Prepares them to be Boy Scouts
- Learns respect for nature and America's natural resources
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-Our fee includes registration, boy's life subscription,
mandatory insurance fee. It is full price every April and then prorated
each month after that so depending upon which month they join is what their fee
will be. Please contact
Millie Starner for details.
-Uniform varies in price depending on items purchased. Call for details
-Day Camps, Adventure Camps, etc. Fee based on program
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Cub Scout Time Commitment
Time with one's son is the most important time we have. Cub Scouting is
family centered and works well because parents get involved.
Tiger Cubs
1st grade boys will need a parent on all activities. Tiger Cubs meet weekly
for group activities. These meetings involve both the Tiger Cub and his adult
partner. Tiger Cub and partner will run one of the meetings following a shared
leadership concept. This process will be facilitated with the help of a Tiger
Cub Den LeaderWolves, Bears & Webelos
2nd-5th grades, attend meetings that are conducted by a Den Leader.
Parents are expected to attend the Den meetings unless they have volunteered
to be a leader.
Parents do attend all pack meetings, that take place once a month, and
camping outings with their son.
Outside of the Den and Pack meetings, time is used to help your son advance
through the rank on which he is currently working.
Additional time can be used by the Pack if you chooses to be a volunteer as a
Den Leader, Cubmaster, member of the Pack Committee or as an assistant to one of
the current leaders.
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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 leaders, and
chartered organization representatives. Like other phases of the Scouting
program, a Cub Scout pack belongs to an organization with interests similar to
those of the BSA. This organization, which might be a church, school, community
organization, or group of interested citizens, is chartered by the BSA to use
the Scouting program. This chartered organization provides a suitable meeting
place, adult leadership, supervision, and opportunities for a healthy Scouting
life for the boys under its care. 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 activities.
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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.
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Recognition is important to young boys. The Cub Scout advancement plan
provides fun for the boys, gives them a sense of personal achievement as they
earn badges, and strengthens family understanding as adult family members work
with boys on advancement projects.
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Cub Scouting means "doing." Everything in Cub Scouting is designed to have
the boys doing things. Activities are used to achieve the aims of
Scouting—citizenship training, character development, and personal fitness. Many
of the activities happen right in the den and pack. The most important are the
weekly den meetings and the monthly pack meetings.
Cub Scout Academics and Sports
The Cub Scout Academics and Sports program provides the opportunity for boys
to learn new techniques, increase scholarship skills, develop sportsmanship, and
have fun. Participation in the program allows boys to be recognized for physical
fitness and talent-building activities.
Camping
Age-appropriate camping programs are packed with theme-oriented action that
brings Tiger Cubs, Cub Scouts, and Webelos Scouts into the world of imagination.
Day camping comes to the boy in neighborhoods across the country; resident
camping is at least a three-day experience in which Cub Scouts and Webelos
Scouts camp within a developed theme of adventure and excitement. "Cub Scout
Worlds" are used by many councils to carry the world of imagination into reality
with actual theme structures of castles, forts, ships, etc. Cub Scout pack
members enjoy camping in local council camps and other council-approved
campsites. Camping programs combine fun and excitement with doing one's best,
getting along with others, and developing an appreciation for ecology and the
world of the outdoors.
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Volunteers are informed of national news and events through Scouting
magazine (circulation 900,000). Boys may subscribe to Boys' Life magazine
(circulation 1.3 million). Both are published by the Boy Scouts of America. Also
available are a number of Cub Scout and leader publications, including the Tiger
Cub Handbook, Wolf Cub Scout Book, Bear Cub Scout Book, Webelos Scout Book, Cub
Scout Leader Book , Cub Scout Program Helps, and Webelos Leader Guide.
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Apart from the fun and excitement of Cub Scout activities, the Cub Scout
Promise, the Law of the Pack, the Tiger Cub motto, and the Cub Scout sign,
handshake, motto, and salute all teach good citizenship and contribute to a
boy's sense of belonging.
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 Motto
Search, Discover, Share.
Colors
The Cub Scout colors are blue and gold. They have special meaning, which
will help boys see beyond the fun of Cub Scouting to its ultimate goals. The
blue stands for truth and spirituality, steadfast loyalty, and the sky above.
The gold stands for warm sunlight, good cheer, and happiness.
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The Cub Scout follows Akela.
The Cub Scout helps the pack go.
The pack helps
the Cub Scout grow.
The Cub Scout gives goodwill.
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