Methods of Cub Scouting

• The seven methods are living the ideals (Scout Oath, Scout Law, and Cub Scout motto), belonging to a den, using advancement, involving family and home, participating in activities, wearing the uniform, and serving home and neighborhood..

 

my.Scouting Tools

• A portal for volunteers and employees that gives access to a variety of Scouting tools based on registered positions.

 

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New Member Coordinator

• A volunteer position that serves as a welcoming ambassador for a unit. The coordinator forms a connection with new members and their families and reports to the unit committee chair.

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Outdoor Code

• As an American, I will do my best to…

Be clean in my outdoor manners. I will treat the outdoors as a heritage. I will take care of it for myself and others I will keep my trash out of lakes, streams, fields, woods, and roadways.

Be careful with fire. I will prevent wildfire. I will build my fires only when and where they are permitted and appropriate. When I have finished using a fire, I will make sure it is cold out. I will leave a clean fire ring or remove all evidence of my fire.

Be considerate in the outdoors. I will treat the land and other land users with respect. I will follow the principles of outdoor ethics for all outdoor activities.

Outdoor Code (continued)

Be conservation minded. I will learn about and practice good conservation of soil, waters, forests, minerals, grasslands, wildlife, and energy. I will urge others to do the same.

 

Outdoor Program

• The total scope of outdoor activities offered by Scouting America in which youth members’ differing skill and experience levels are accommodated. Includes Cub Scout overnighters, day camp, council-organized family camps, and resident camp; Webelos Scout overnight camping; Scout overnight, resident, and long-term camping; Venturing and Sea Scout overnight, resident, and long-term camping; jamborees; council and national high adventure; and wilderness camping.

 

Overnighter

• A Cub Scout Pact organized one night campout held at a Council designated location..

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Pack

• A group made up of various Cub Scout dens: Lion, Tiger, Wolf, Bear, Webelos, and Arrow of Light. The pack includes not only the registered youth in the dens but also registered volunteers.  The Pack usually meets once every month during the school year.

 

Pack Committee

• This is the group of adult volunteers who run the Pack.  All parents of Scouts are considered to be part of the Pack committee.

 

Pinewood Derby®

• A pack activity that involves making and racing small wooden cars on a track.  Pack 11 usually holds its Pinewood Derby in January.

 

Position-Specific Training

• The basic course of training for all unit positions where volunteers learn how to deliver the Scouting program. Sessions are specific to the program and position. Courses are available online through my.scouting.org.

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Raingutter Regatta

• A pack activity that involves making and racing model boats..

 

Rank

• The six Cub Scout ranks are Lion, Tiger, Wolf, Bear, Webelos, and Arrow of Light.

 

Registered Member

• Annually, every youth and adult who wants to join or continue membership in Scouting America must submit a completed application form or reregister and pay an annual registration fee. Membership is a privilege, not a right.

 

Religious Emblems Program

• Various religious organizations have designed requirements and procedures for participants in Scouting programs to earn the religious emblem of their faith.

 

Religious Principle, Declaration of

• Scouting America maintains that no person can grow into the best kind of citizen without recognizing an obligation to God and, therefore, acknowledges the religious element in the development of youth members. However, Scouting America I absolutely nonsectarian in its attitude toward that religious development. Its policy is that the organization or institution with which youth members are connected shall give definite attention to their religious life. Only adults willing to subscribe to this declaration of principle and the Bylaws of Scouting America shall be allowed to register.

 

Resident Camping

• For Cub Scouts and Webelos Scouts, a council-organized overnight camp of at least two consecutive nights in duration that operates under council-retained leadership.