The Philmont Cub Scout Roundtable Supplements August 2019

Theme: Welcome Wagon

(Western Theme) ***Introducing the New Leader Breakout! This breakout is for brand new leaders that are attending Roundtable for the first time. This Breakout will be run by the Assistant Roundtable Commissioner - New Member Coordinator.*** ◆ Gathering Have a stroll around the midway. Give all Scouters an opportunity to get information and sign up for events and training. Objective: The objective of roundtable is to give leaders program ideas, information on policy, events and training opportunities, and an opportunity to share experiences and enjoy fun and fellowship, so they will be able to provide a stronger program for their units.

◆ Midway Patch of the Month: Recruiter Strip Grow your unit! The Recruiter Strip is an award for Cub Scouts and Scouts BSA and is worn below the right pocket on the uniform. Each unit chooses the procedure for awarding the strip. There are no formal requirements. It is usually awarded to a Cub Scout or a Scouts BSA the first time they are successful in getting a buddy, relative, neighbor, classmate or friend to join the unit. The Recruiter Strip is available in the Scout Shop. Read more about the importance of the Recruiter strip and how to wear it at: https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2019/03/06/most-important-patch/ Midway Display of the Month: Cub Scout Uniforms Display a Cub Scout uniform or photographs of Cub Scouts wearing uniforms. Use pictures from Scouting Magazine or Boys’ Life Magazine. Adults model the proper uniform, and the expectation is that the Scouts will want to wear theirs correctly. The uniform or photographs of the uniform will help parents know where to place badges on the uniform. For placement of insignia, see the inside back cover of the Scout Handbooks. Current uniform information: https://www.scouting.org/programs/cub-scouts/cub-scout-uniform/ Uniform Inspection link: https://mediafiles.scoutshop.org/m2pdf/50015_Cub_Scout_Unif_InspFNL.pdf 2015

Cub Scout Uniform. The purpose of the uniform. The uniform gives the Cub Scout a sense of belonging, and security in the group, and helps build friendships. The uniform makes the Scout conscious of their rank, and the Scout strives for achievement with greater effort. The uniform helps create Den and Pack loyalty, a powerful force to keep Scouts in Cubbing longer. The uniform inspires better Cub Scout spirit and motivates full participation in all activities. The uniform stimulates pride in Den appearance and traditions of unity. As a symbol of the values Scouting upholds, the uniform serves to remind Scouts to live up to those values in the Scout Oath and Law. Scouting is an honor and there is a code of conduct you expect from a Scout when the Scout is wearing the uniform.

• Have a Cub Scout uniform exchange or a closet for “experienced” uniforms. As Scouts outgrow their uniforms, have the families share them with new Cubs. Ask Scouts in the local troop to share their outgrown uniforms with Webelos Scouts.

o Organize it: Have a parent volunteer as uniform chairperson each year, and make sure everyone in the unit knows where to donate uniforms. Explain how to donate clean uniforms, with patches removed and sizes clearly marked.

o Advertise it:. Use your pack’s webpage or hand out a flier at Join Scouting Night to all new families, so the parents know where to go if they need a uniform and can’t afford one. Update the website or flier regularly, as the unit’s uniform chairperson changes.

o Make it “cool.” When you display the uniforms at a pack or troop meeting, hype the “hero factor.” Was a uniform once owned by the current captain of the football team or drum major of the marching band? Pin a note identifying that uniform’s previous owner, to make it a most-wanted item among the younger Cub Scouts. That uniform could be magic for some lucky new Cub Scout. (Scouting Magazine, May 1951, p. 13 and Oct.1998. P. 10)

◆ Opening Ceremony The flag ceremony is led by preassigned Scouters. They will present the colors and lead the pack in the Pledge of Allegiance. Preassigned Scouters perform the opening skit. Cub Opening Ceremonies (retiredscouter.com) Welcome CS No. 1: Welcome to each and everyone. CS No. 2: We're going to have lots of fun. CS No. 3: Let's now officially open our meeting. CS No. 4: We give to you a friendly greeting. CS No. 5: Our displays today you will enjoy no doubt. CS No. 6: There's something here for every adult and Scout. CS No. 7: Now we ask that you please stand and join us in the Pledge of Allegiance. ◆ Opening Prayer We are thankful for the life of General Robert Baden-Powell and his work in starting the Scouting movement. We are grateful that Scouting has given millions of youth a vision of what life at its best can mean. Grant blessings to all Scouts around the world and help them to be true to the Scout Oath and Law. Increase the number of adults who offer their lives as Scout leaders. Let no one who wishes to be a member of Scouting miss the opportunity to join. Grant that Scouting may help to raise up in our world generations of citizens who will live by standards of honor and duty. May they be able to save humanity from hate and greed, and lay the foundations for a world in which all people are held to be brothers or sisters. In the name of the Master of All Scouts, Amen ◆ Welcome and Introductions The Roundtable Commissioner or Assistant Roundtable Commissioner - New Member Coordinator welcomes new Scouters, visitors, and special guests by introducing them to the district. If you aren’t sure what a New Member Coordinator is, check out: http://scoutingwire.org/marketing-and-membership-hub/new-unit-development/commissioners/

◆ Big Rock Topic See the Scouts BSA Roundtable Commissioner Planning Guide for a list of Big Rock Topics that both the Cub Scout and Scouts BSA Roundtable Commissioners choose to do jointly to help serve the units in your district.

◆ Applauses and Cheers! Cowboy Whoop "Yeeeeee Ha!!!" Cowboy Cheer "Yipee, yipee, yipee!" Cowboy Raise hand in air as if waving hat, saying "Whoopee!!" Cactus Cheer Raise both hands near your head and say "Yucca, Yucca, Yucca."

Run-Ons Why Don't You Join Cub Scouts Cub 1. Why don't you join Cub Scouts? Cub 2. I thought about it. Bobcat is okay, I can do it. I wouldn't be so bad as a Wolf. It would be cool to be a Bear, and even a Webelos, but my Dad was an Eagle, and I don't want to be bald! Cows Like To Listen To Cub 1.: What do cows like to listen to? Cub 2. : Moo-sic!

Cows Go On Their Space Vacation Cub 1.: Where do cows go on their space vacation? Cub2.: To the moooooon! Cows Go For Entertainment Cub 1: Where do cows go for entertainment? Cub . 2: To the Moo-vies. Cow Say Baaaaaa Cub 1: Why did the cow say baaaaa!? Cub 2: It was learning a foreign language! Philmont Phil: Do you want a saddle with or without a horn? City Scout: Without I guess. You don’t seem to have much traffic around here. Philmont Phil: Why is the prairie so flat? Cowboy Bob: Because the sun sets on it every night. SONGS: “Mules” We’re Here for Fun (Tune: Auld Lang Syne) (Tune: Aula Lang Syne) On mules we find two legs behind, We’re here for fun right from the start, And two we find before. So drop your dignity; We stand behind before we find, Just laugh and sing with all your heart, What the two behind be for. And show your loyalty. When we’re behind the two behind, May all your troubles be forgot, We find what these before! Let this night be the best; So stand before the two behind, Join in the songs we sing tonight, And behind the two before. Be happy with the rest. (UNPC Pow Wow Book 1992) (BSA-Cub Scout Songbook, p. 7, 2009)

• Neckerchief Slide Potpourri - Neckerchiefs may be made by Scouts, Dens and Packs to match the theme of any activity. They can be work with the neckerchief of their rank.

o Candy molds at craft shops can be used to make plaster slides. Add a key ring while it’s wet and paint when dry.

o Carved shrunken heads made from apples and covered with urethane can be glued onto rings.

o Popsicle sticks can be made into the Scout sign, small wooden furniture parts from craft stores as well as doll house accessories can be used.

o Pipe cleaners can be used to make a frazzled slide for leaders. Each limb is wound on a thin pencil and as the Scouts "frazzle the nerves of the leader," another limb is extended.

o Small lids can be used as frames for pictures. o Party favors can provide another source. Scouts will enjoy making squirt-gun

slides that work. o Check the STEM-sections of stores for parts to make light-up, noise making

slides! o Keychain toys can be taken apart and used as slides. o Slides can be made from elastic, PVC, flexible tubing, plaster, molds, toys, craft

materials, recycling, etc.

Sheriff’s Deputy Neckerchief Slide Supplies: ¾ inch PVC pipe cut into ⅓ inch rounds, E6000 Adhesive, Deputy Badges Snap the pins off the Deputy badges. Apply the E6000 to the PVC piece and attach to the badge. Let dry.

◆ Cub Scout Interest Topic Recruiting Cub Scouts is a better experience when there are more scouts to share the fun. Fall has been the traditional time for recruiting boys and girls into the den and pack. Recruiting may occur anytime during the year. Your New Member Coordinator can spread the word about Scouting and help with recruiting. Help make new Cub Scouts and their families feel welcome and not left behind at any time during the year. Invite neighborhood families to be part of service projects the pack is doing for the community. When the families get involved in projects with the pack, they learn that Scouting does service all the time. Encourage your pack to post photos and videos of the activities the families and scouts are doing in Cub Scouting on social media. Scouting helps develop “roots and wings” in kids. The “roots” is the sense of belonging that Cub Scouts feel as part of a den and pack. The “wings” help scouts feel comfortable enough to pursue that sense of adventure. Involve your Den Chief, as activities assistant, to help welcome new scouts and help them with adventures. (Bryan on Scouting 7 Jan 2019) ◆ STEM Minute Floating Eggs-periment. Both scientists and magicians will enjoy this trick. Materials: plastic or glass drinking cup, spoon, a hard boiled egg, warm tap water, 6-10 Tablespoons of salt (the “magic powder”) Procedure: Fill half of a drinking glass with water. Predict what will happen when you place an egg in the water. Gently put the egg into the water. It sinks to the bottom. Take the egg out and stir in the magic powder. Predict what will happen when you put the egg back in the cup. Gently place the egg back into the cup. It will float. Alternative Procedure: Fill a glass with warm salt water. Add tap water carefully into the glass. Put the egg gently in the water. If you were careful when you added the tap water to the salt water, the water will not have mixed, making it possible for the egg to amazingly float in the middle of the glass. STEM- Salt increases the density of the water and enables it to support certain objects. (BSA Roundtable guide CUB 1 NOV 1986.)

Game: Square Knot Race. Have the Scouts stand in a circle. Give each a three-foot length of rope and ask them to tie their rope with a square knot to the rope of the Scout to their right. When all knots are tied, the leader calls the names of two Scouts in the circle. They untie their rope and race around the outside of the circle carrying the rope, and re-tie the knots back at their place. The first to finish, with both square knots correct, wins. Continue the game until all the Scouts have run.

Skit Cub Scout 1. Looking around. “What tracks are these?” Cub Scout 2. Looking around. “Bear tracks? No bears here.” Cub Scout 3. Looking around. “Wolf tracks? No wolves here.” Cub Scout 4. Looking around. “Tiger tracks? No tigers here.” Cub Scout 5. Looking around. “Lion tracks? No lions here.” Cub Scout 6. Looking around. “They must be unicorn tracks. Hey, that’s not possible.” Cub Scout 7. Looking around. “Maybe they are train tracks. What?” Scouts line up facing the same way, left hands on top of the shoulder of the Scout in front. Right arms and hands making a circular motion like a train piston, saying, “Choo Choo Choo…” as they walk forward. (GSLC, Camp Tracy, 2018) May 10, 2019 was the 150th anniversary of the completion of the

Transcontinental Railroad.

If You Use the 60-minute Roundtable Please Skip to the Commissioner’s Minute and Closing Ceremonies

◆ Cub Scout Leader Breakouts

◆ New Leader Breakout ***This is good through the whole year*** • This Breakout session needs to be run when a leader either new to Roundtable

or a brand new leader/ new to the area attends. This breakout never changes as a leader should only be taking it once. They will go into their respective leader breakouts after this Roundtable

• Welcome and Introductions o Name, Unit, Position

• Discuss the following o What is Roundtable o How does it help you as a leader o Breakdown of the District Leadership (if in attendance, introduce these

members to the new leaders) o Introduction to the Training Chair and list of all upcoming leader trainings. o Walk through the Midway to show off all of the upcoming events in the

District and Council o Introduction to the Breakout Leaders

▪ Go to the different breakout sessions and introduce the leader to the breakout they will attend next time.

▪ Have them observe the rest of the breakout if there is time.

◆ Lion Breakout • Lion Requirement

o Animal Kingdom ▪ Invite a Police Officer, Fire Fighter, Paramedic or EMT to meeting

(which should last 10 minutes). Have the professional explain what they do and demonstrate their equipment, devices, etc that are useful to their profession

▪ Write Thank you notes ▪ Play the “Emergency Responder” game

• Review the list of emergency scenarios and responses (provided in the guidebook).

• Ask adult partners to pick an emergency from the list (have scenarios in a box, hat, etc) and stand in a specific spot in the room

• Have Lions go to the adult partners and listen to the emergency. The Lion then goes to another box and picks the correct first-aid item to help the adult partner.

• At the end, ask each Lion to share what they learned and how they helped the adult partner

• Have Lions complete the task on the Animal Kingdom page of the Lion Adventure Book

◆ Tiger Breakout • Den Leaders will need work with new Cub Scouts on their Bobcat Rank • What is the Bobcat Rank?

o The Bobcat rank is the first rank a youth will earn as a Cub Scout from First Grade on.

o It gives the youth the basics of understanding of what it means to be a Cub Scout.

o There are 7 requirements to the rank. Have a discussion with the Den Leaders on how to teach the youth.

1. Learn and say the Scout Oath, with help if needed.

2. Learn and say the Scout Law, with help if needed.

3. Show the Cub Scout sign. Tell what it means.

4. Show the Cub Scout handshake. Tell what it means.

5. Say the Cub Scout motto. Tell what it means.

6. Show the Cub Scout salute. Tell what it means.

7. With your parent or guardian, complete the exercises in the pamphlet How to Protect Your Children From Child Abuse: A Parent’s Guide—Bobcat Requirements

◆ Wolf Breakout • Remind Den Leaders to work with new Cub Scouts on their Bobcat Rank • Wolf Elective - Hometown Heroes

o Consider combining den meetings with Webelos or Arrow of Light scouts who are working on the Build My Own Hero adventure. Scouts can work together to meet and honor heroes.

o Discuss what it means to you to be a hero. Discuss people who are heroes and types of people that Wolf Scouts can meet who are heroes. (Police, Veterans, Firefighters, Teachers, etc.)

o Discuss types of community agencies and local places where Wolves can go to meet and find heroes. Wolves need to go and meet their heroes. While there, they need to find out what they do.

o With the help of a family member, interview one of your heroes, and share what you learn with your den. Tell why you think this person is a hero. Consider different ways to conduct interviews and practice during den meeting. Take turns being the person who is asking questions and the person answering. Discuss ways for scouts to take notes or remember what the person being interviewed is saying.

o Complete one of the following: ▪ As a den or family, honor a service member by sending a

care package along with a note thanking them for their service.

▪ With your family or den, find out about animals that are trained to help others in your community. If visiting a police station, find out if they have a K-9 unit that scouts can meet.

▪ Participate in or create an event that celebrates your hometown hero(es).

◆ Bear Breakout • Bear Requirement - Bear Necessities • Complete Requirements 1 - 4. Requirements; 5 and 6 are optional.

• Discuss and brainstorm local day camp options and resident camps. Discuss opportunities for overnight campouts with the pack or family or an outdoor activity with the den or pack.

• Discuss items and equipment that Bears and the den should take along on the outdoor activity for requirement 1. Make a list of items you should take along on the activity selected in Requirement 1.

• Discuss opportunities to set up a tent during den meeting. Discuss good spots for tents, and poor spots for tents. Bears should know what makes a good campsite and what doesn’t.

• Demonstrate how to tie two half hitches and explain what the hitch is used for. This knot is used to tie a rope to another object, like a tent, tree, or a boat. Use lengths of rope and wrap them around your leg to practice the knot. Another fun way is to use red licorice laces to tie the knots. Go to this Boys’ Life video to watch how to tie two half hitches. https://boyslife.org/video-audio/147948/how-to-tie-the-two-half-hitches-knot/

• Learn how to read a thermometer and a barometer. Keep track of the temperature and barometric pressure readings and the actual weather at the same time every day for seven days.

o Use the instructions at Boys’ Life to build your own barometer. https://boyslife.org/hobbies-projects/funstuff/143865/make-a-weather-barometer/

• Bear Elective - Bear Picnic Basket (Complete at least three) o Discuss cooking with Bear Scouts: preparing for cooking by explaining

the importance of planning, tool selection, sanitation, and cooking safety. o Discuss ways to create a Bear cookbook. Bears can create a den

cookbook, personal cookbook or make a family cookbook from favorite family recipes. There should be at least one breakfast, lunch, dinner and a nutritious snack recipe.

▪ Bear recipe books can be made from index cards. They can be plain or pre-printed. To make a den cookbook, have each Bear fill out enough recipe cards, with their recipe, to share with their den. Have a recipe swap and bind the recipe cards with rings, yarn, or staples. You can use the recipe card template below or have Bears make their own.

o Discuss fun and nutritious snacks that Bear’s can prepare. Bears need to select and prepare two snacks for themselves, their family or their den.

▪ Making snacks with the den can be fun. Have the Bears discuss

recipes that they want to make. Have them write out recipe cards for those snacks to go in their cookbooks.

Cowboy Trail Mix

2 cups oat squares

1 cup tiny pretzels

1 cup almonds (optional)

½ cup honey roasted peanuts

1 or 2 packages of M&M’s

1 cup raisins or Craisins

Mix them all together and divide evenly into plastic bags. (add or subtract ingredients

as desired or needed for allergies)

◆ Webelos Breakout Discuss uniforms Webelos: The Webelos Scouts wear the same tan uniform they will wear when they join a troop. The uniform is a tan shirt with olive green pants (or shorts.) There are special uniform parts to show they are Webelos Scouts: an olive green cap with a plaid front panel and the Webelos emblem, a plaid Webelos neckerchief and a Webelos neckerchief slide. The tricolors hold and display the adventure pins the Scout earns. The colors in the Webelos plaid and the tricolors represent the colors of the pack and troop: gold, red, and green.

Discuss ways to help the Scouts obtain a uniform, including an “experienced” uniform. Webelos Scouts do not wear their previous ranks on the uniform: Lion, Tiger, Bobcat, Wolf or Bear.

Temporary insignia, such as badges, pins, and other emblems, may be worn centered on their right pocket. The Webelos denner will wear the shoulder cord suspended from the left shoulder under the epaulet on the uniform shirt. Remove the cord when the term of office ends. (Webelos Handbook, 2018) Webelos scouts can make their own neckerchief slides (woggles) to go with adventures or activities they are working on.

• Webelos Requirement - Webelos Walkabout • Plan a hike or outdoor activity. Consider doing the hike with a local Scouts BSA

patrol working on a hike. It will give the Webelos a chance to see the patrol method with a troop and make friendships with older scouts.

• Practice reciting the Scout Oath, Scout Law, the Outdoor Code and the Leave No Trace Principles for Kids. How can you demonstrate these during this Adventure? Share ideas of games and ways to help the Scouts memorize the Scout Oath, Scout Law, Leave No Trace and the Outdoor Code.

• With the den or family members go on a 3 mile hike. Prepare a nutritious snack to take on the hike. When possible have scouts go with the den so that they can practice the patrol method and each scout can perform a leadership position

such as trail leader, first aid leader, or lunch or snack leader. • Visit http://usscouts.org/cooking/nosebag.pdf for The Nosebag, a list of

healthy snacks and recipes that Webelos can take on their hike.

Webelos Walkabout: What to do if you are lost. Hug-a-Tree The Hug-a-Tree and Survive program began in 1981 in San Diego, California after a search for a nine-year-old boy who died in the mountains. A group of the searchers (National Association for Search and Rescue) created a program for children about how not to get lost, stay comfortable, be spotted and found. See nasar.org/education/hug-a-tree

Share with the Webelos Scouts the information about Hug-a-Tree.

1. Hug a tree. Stay put. Searchers will look for you at the spot where you were last seen.

2. Take shelter. Always carry a trash bag to wear for protection and a whistle on any picnic, hike or camping trip. Cut or tear a hole in the closed end of the trash bag for your head to fit through and keep your face uncovered so you can breathe. Save body energy. Snuggle against a tree, rock or hill.

3. Your parents won’t be angry with you. They love you and want you safe. 4. Make yourself BIG. Always carry a whistle when you go hiking. Make a BIG noise.

Blow your whistle, shout, bang rocks together. Make an S.O.S. on the ground with rocks or sticks or drag your foot in the dirt.

5. Call for police or help if you have a phone and if you have service. 6. Remember many friends (search and rescue) and family are looking for you. The

longer you are lost, the more people who are looking for you. The searchers won’t give up. They will find you.

◆ Arrow of Light Breakout • AOL Requirement: Scouting Adventure • 1A. Practice reciting the Scout Oath, Scout Law, Scout motto and Scout slogan • Share ideas of how to help the Scouts memorize the Scout Oath, Scout Law,

Leave No Trace and the Outdoor Code. • 5A. Show how to tie a square knot, two half hitches, and a taut-line hitch. Explain

how each knot is used. B. Show the proper care of a rope by learning how to whip and fuse the ends of different kinds of rope. Demonstrate how to tie the knots and hitches and how to whip and fuse the ends of a rope.

• AOL Requirement: Outdoor Adventurer Option A5 or Option B (formerly

Camper, formerly Outdoorsman) Make sure you are using the newest Webelos book! • Practice reciting the Outdoor Code and the Leave No Trace Principles for Kids. • Option A4 or B3. • Practice tying the bowline. This knot can save a life. Create a game with

Webelos in pairs of two or more, each tying the bowline on a rope around their waist. The Scout with the rope around their waist can sit on a piece of cardboard on the floor. Another Scout pulls the opposite end of the rope over a finish line.

◆ Cubmasters Breakout Plan and help carry out the Cub Scout program in the pack. This includes leading the monthly pack meeting, with the help of other leaders. Cubmasters can plan in advance for the theme of each month’s pack meeting, and plan and prepare for outdoor pack meetings when desired by the pack. Encourage Cubmasters to create a Pack Plan for each Month’s Pack Meeting. The Pack Plan could follow the following example format:

1. Gathering Activity 2. On-time drawing - Scouts who arrive on time put their name in a bowl for a drawing. 3. Uniform check - Scouts in uniform could receive a small prize, sticker or candy. 4. Prayer 5. Flag/Pledge 6. Oath/Law 7. Song 8. Joke 9. STEM demonstration/activity 10. Skit/Story/Game 11. Award Ceremony 12. Activity 13. Announcements 14. Retire Flags 15. Closing Prayer 16. Cracker Barrel

Remind Cubmasters to complete Youth Protection Training and Cubmaster training, in person or online at my.scouting.org. Discuss conducting a pack program according to the policies of the BSA. Have a question and answer session regarding policy and program questions. Cubmasters should encourage Den Leaders and Committee Members to Attend monthly

roundtables.

AUGUST 2019 Pack Meeting Theme - Welcome Wagon

Discuss ways to implement the pack meeting plans in this Roundtable Supplement as well as additional ideas while roundtabling during the breakout session. The following award ceremony with a Western theme is given below.

Cubmaster is dressed in a western hat and bandana. Another pack leader is the deputy. Scouts receiving awards will be deputized. Deputy brings them to the Sheriff as he calls for them. Cubmaster: “Deputy, get the Lion Gang to come in now.” Deputy gets Lion Cubs receiving awards or advancement. Cubmaster: “Come in Lions. I would like you to receive these silver deputy badges for your good work. Please come forward as I call your names and give you your Deputy badges.” Calls each Scout forward and gives each Scout a silver deputy badge as well as any earned awards. Cubmaster gives Lion the Cub Scout handshake. Cubmaster: “Now, I want to see the Tiger Scouts.” Deputy brings the Tiger Scouts. Cubmaster: “You have been doing good deeds. I would like to award you these silver deputy badges and thank you for your good work. Please come forward as I call your name.” Calls each Scout forward and gives each a silver deputy badge as well as any earned awards. Cubmaster gives the Tiger Scout the Cub Scout handshake. Repeat for Bobcat, Wolf, Bear and Webelos. Cubmaster: “Thank you all, for your hard work. You bring honor to our pack. We will now swear in the deputies.” Cubmaster turns to the deputies and has them lift their arm straight up and make the Cub Scout sign and repeat the Scout Oath and Law. Cubmaster: “Deputy, can you lead us in a cheer?” Deputy leads a cheer for all the awards.

Deputy Star Cheer (retiredscouter.com) Crouch down with hands on knees, then straighten up and extend your arms high and wide, and shout, "What a star you are!"

◆ Committee Chair Breakout • The top volunteer in the pack is the Pack Committee Chair. They are responsible for

ensuring enough qualified adult volunteers are in place to provide the program. They lead the pack committee meetings. The Pack Committee Chair is appointed by the Chartered Organization to oversee the Pack Committee as they provide support to Den Leaders to ensure a quality program. Refer to the BSA’s “So You’re a New Pack Committee Chair” pamphlet https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/510-240.pdf .

• To make Cub Scouting work, it takes a team made up of each Cub Scout’s parent or guardian and other caring adults who agree to take on roles that best fit their individual talents. Together this team makes up the Pack Committee. Most Pack Committees will meet at least once a month. When and where the meetings are held is up to the Pack Committee Chair and that best meets the needs of the members of the committee.

• At the committee meeting reports from the Cubmaster, Den Leaders, Treasurer and others help keep everyone informed. Discussions on day camp, overnight camps, pack meetings and assignments are made. Advancements and awards are also discussed.

• Committee Chairs work with the chartered organization representative to provide adequate and safe facilities for pack meetings.

o Discuss the facilities where your pack and dens meet. o Invite your Chartered Organization Representative to attend Pack Meetings and

other meetings, to be sure they understand how their facilities are being used and cared for.

o The Committee Chair should check with the chartered organization representative to make sure that the pack has adequate and safe facilities for pack meetings.

◆ Commissioner’s Minute: Today in our country there are over six million boys, girls and adults in Scouting. That's a good thing to know...a good thing to think about when we get to wondering about the future. Six million, keeping a promise to "do their best", to "help other people" and to "respect God and country." Six million, following Baden-Powell's admonition "Try to leave this world a little better than you found it." These six million can make the difference in tomorrow. These six million WILL make the difference in the future of this country and around the world ◆ Closing Ceremony Cowboy’s Philosophy (macscouter.com) The preassigned Scouters perform the closing ceremony. PERSONNEL: 5 Cub Scouts SETTING: Scouts up front CUB #1: We, the cowboys of the western plains are bound by our desire to live free. CUB #2: We must, therefore, show respect for our fellow man. CUB #3: Respect for his beliefs, Respect for his belongings, Respect for his privacy, Respect for the ground he walks on and the air he breathes. CUB #4: In doing so, we show respect for ourselves. CUB #5: And secure freedom for all.

◆ Retire the Colors

◆ References Recruiter strip information, Bryan On Scouting https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2019/03/06/most-important-patch/ Cub Opening Ceremony - retiredscouter.com 2015 Uniform inspection sheet https://mediafiles.scoutshop.org/m2pdf/50015_Cub_Scout_Unif_InspFNL.pdf Current Uniform Information https://www.scouting.org/programs/cub-scouts/cub-scout-uniform/ Scouting Wire for New Member Coordinators http://scoutingwire.org/marketing-and-membership-hub/new-unit-development/commissioners/ Healthy Snacks - http://usscouts.org/cooking/nosebag.pdf Mules Song UNPC Pow Wow Book 1992. MeritBadge.org We’re Here for Fun Song BSA-Cub Scout Songbook, p. 7, 2009. The Living Circle Ceremony - Great Salt Lake Council Pow Wow Book 1998. Recruiting - Bryan on Scouting 7 Jan 2019. Skit- Great Salt Lake Council, Camp Tracy, 2018. Stem Eggs-periment BSA Roundtable guide CUB 1 NOV 1986. The Nosebag http://usscouts.org/cooking/nosebag.pdf Boys’ Life Barometer https://boyslife.org/hobbies-projects/funstuff/143865/make-a-weather-barometer/ Boys’ Life Two Half Hitches https://boyslife.org/video-audio/147948/how-to-tie-the-two-half-hitches-knot/ nasar.org/education/hug-a-tree Webelos Handbook, 2018. So You’re a New Pack Committee Chair https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/510-240.pdf Cubmaster Training my.scouting.org Cowboy’s Philosophy macscouter.com

Deputy’s Star Cheer retiredscouter.com