Cub Day camps!?

As we were beginning our planning for the new Cub Scout Program, we decided it might be  helpful to know what would be passed off at the day camps-

So Here's Camp Fife's plans-  Click on the pictures, and it'll take you to Camp Fife's Leader's Guide- with lots more helpful info!

Also-i'm sure there are a few who are planning on Camp Kiesel- so here is their camp plans with links to their leader guides!

Wolf

Bear

Webelos

Hope this helps!

April Roundtable Newsletter, and FUN council Activity!

Hope you were able to make it to Roundtable!  Here is the newsletter.

Also some info from the Council on May 2nd Cub Scout Walkabout-

 Click on either picture to go to the Council's website to register your boys!

Updated pack Meeting Plans and Themes

Here are pack Meeting themes to help you plan for your pack's 2015-2016 cub scout year.

http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/CubScouts/Leaders/DenLeaderResources/DenandPackMeetingResourceGuide/PackMeetingPlans.aspx

A Few tips from the website:

1. Pack meeting plans do not have to be done in any special order, but it is recommended that you include all of the points of the Scout Law each year. The pack planning meeting would be a good time to determine the order.
2. There are pack meeting plans for multiple years posted on the website. It is your pack's choice of which one to select from each point of the Scout Law for each year.
3. Pack meetings should not last longer than an hour. Adjust the plan to make it fit within the time. Research and experience tells us that Cub Scouts have a hard time sitting still for that long. Keep the meetings fun, active, and engaging.
4. The following required adventures have a requirement that suggests or requires completion at a pack meeting. Please plan accordingly as part of your annual program planning process. Work with your den leaders to plan when these activities will take place.
   1. Tiger
      1. Tigers in the Wild, requirement 5. Participate in an outdoor pack meeting or pack campout campfire. Sing a song and act out a skit with your Tiger den as part of the program.
      2. Games Tigers Play, requirement 3. Make up a new game, and play it with your family or members of your den or pack.
   2. Wolf
      1. Council Fire, requirement 6c. Create a den project from recyclables for a pack meeting.
   3. Bear
      1. Grin and Bear It, requirement 2. Working with the members of your den, organize a Cub Scout carnival and lead it at a special event.
      2. Grin and Bear It, requirement 3. Help younger Cub Scouts take part in one of the events at the Cub Scout carnival.
   4. Webelos
      1. Stronger, Faster, Higher, requirement 5. With adult guidance, lead younger Scouts in a fitness game or games as a gathering activity for a pack or den meeting.
   5. Arrow of Light
      1. Building a Better World (if chosen), requirement 10b. Set up an exhibit at a pack meeting to share information about the World Friendship Fund.
5. If you are comfortable with a costume to fit the theme of the meeting, go for it!
6. Importantly, keep it simple and make it fun.

Cubmaster helps from March Roundtable

Here are some great helps for you cubmasters out there!

and a FUN matching game!

March Roundtable Newsletter

Thanks everyone who came to roundtable last night!  Here is the newsletter if you missed it!

Transition worries?

Is anyone worried about the transition to the new Cub Scout Program?!?!?!

Don't BE!! It'll be great!  This is from the Transition Guildelines-

Recommended approach: The following are guidelines approved by the BSA National Council to address the way in which LDS chartered units operate. Please review the following while remembering to Keep It Simple, Make It Fun!

1. Make every effort to have boys close to completing their badge of rank prior to May 31. After this time, they can go on to experience the new program for the balance of their time in the den.
2. Every boy who has not completed his badge of rank by May 31 will complete his badge of rank with some mix of achievements from the current program and adventures from the new program. We should not be troubled by this. The constant is that these boys will have experienced a fun, family-oriented program delivered by adults who care about them.
3. Plan now for the program you want for your den and pack in the future. Using the new program, plan the required and elective adventures you want to be delivering from June forward—this program year and into the future. Take into account school and holiday schedules, local climate and pack considerations, etc.
4. Beginning in June, have fun with the new program! Use the plan created in No. 3 and the soon-to-be-available den leader guides to plan your individual den meetings. All boys may begin using the new program as early as June 1st but should be on the new program no later than the beginning of their 2015/2016 Scouting year – typically when school starts.
5. Give your boys credit for the work they have done through May 31 in the current program and credit for what they will do in the new program from June forward. And when they reach their birthday, award them their badge! (emphasis is mine!)

BB Gun training and Shooting Activitiy

Here's some information on the upcoming Cub Scout Shooting Activity- PLEASE go to the trainings, and get trained so we can give this great opportunity to our Cubs!