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Awards You Can Earn!
Although
the Pack focuses it's efforts on helping the boys complete the
requirements for their respective ranks, there are several programs that
the boys can work on independently or under the direction of their den
leader or parents. Click on the links for more information.
All links come from 
unless otherwise noted.
Leave No Trace
Awareness Award
Taking
care of the outdoors is very important to Scouting
Each den works on the principles of this award every year.
I promise to practice the Leave No Trace frontcountry guidelines
wherever I go:
- Plan ahead.
- Stick to trails.
- Manage your pet.
- Leave what you find.
- Respect other visitors.
- Trash your trash.
Each rank has it's own requirements, please refer to your book for
the details or go to http://www.usscouts.org/advance/cubscout/leavenotrace.asp.
Cub Scout
World Conservation Award
Our
Wolf den earns this award every year!
The World Conservation Award provides an opportunity for individual
Cub Scouts to "think globally" and "act locally" to
preserve and improve our environment. This program is designed to make
youth members aware that all nations are closely related through natural
resources and that we are interdependent with our world environment.
The Cub Scout version of the World Conservation Award can be earned
by Wolf or Bear Cub Scouts, and by Webelos Scouts. (This award
can be earned only once while you are in Cub Scouting either as a Wolf Cub
Scout, a Bear Cub Scout, or as a Webelos Scout).
See your books for requirement details or go to: http://www.usscouts.org/advance/cubscout/worldcons.asp
Cub Scout
Academics and Sports Program
Many
belt loops and several pins are earned by our Cubs every year!
The Cub
Scout Academics and Sports program (AKA the "Belt Loop
Program") is a supplemental
enrichment program that complements the
existing Cub Scout program. The Academics subjects and, Sports activities
allow boys to learn new techniques, increase scholarship skills, develop
sportsmanship - and have fun. Boys participating in the program will be
recognized for enjoying teamwork, developing physical fitness, and
discovering and building new talents. The Academics and Sports program
encourages a boy to do his best.
A variety of recognition items are available for
the boys (Tiger Cubs, Cub Scouts, or Webelos Scouts) who participate in
the program. (Adults are NOT awarded with belt loops or pins.)
- Belt loops are awarded to boys who complete
the three belt loop requirements in an academic subject or sport.
Academic belt loops are gold, and Sports belt loops are silver (except
for the Archery and BB-gun Shooting belt loops, which are brass
colored)
- Pins are awarded to boys who choose to
continue their involvement in an Academics or Sports area and earn the
pin by meeting the appropriate requirements. Pins are worn on the Cub
Scout Academic and Sports letter
- The Academic and Sports letter (pictured
above) is available to boys for displaying Academics and Sports pins
that Tiger Cubs, Cub Scouts, and Webelos Scouts earn. The letter, a
large Blue and Gold "C", representing Cub Scouts can be worn
on a sweater or jacket, or displayed or framed. It does NOT go on the
uniform. There are NO specific requirements for earning the letter, as
it is designed merely to display the pins.
Click
on the blue links to see the requirements for each belt loop and pin.
Currently, recognition can be earned for the
following 17 academic areas:
 Art,
Astronomy,
Chess,
Citizenship,
Collecting,
Communicating,
Computers,
Language
and Culture, Geography,
Geology,
Heritages,
Map
and Compass, Mathematics,
Music,
Science,
Weather,
and
Wildlife Conservation
Currently, recognition can be earned for the
following 23 sports:
 Archery,
BB
Shooting, Badminton,
Baseball.
Basketball,
Bicycling,
Bowling,
Fishing,
Flag
Football, Golf,
Gymnastics,
Ice
Skating, Marbles,
Physical
Fitness, Roller
Skating, Snow
Ski and Board Sports, Soccer,
Softball,
Swimming,
Table
Tennis, Tennis,
Ultimate,
and Volleyball
 The
Shooting Sports belt loops and pins (Archery
and BB
Shooting) can only be earned under BSA range trained
supervision at a BSA facility
range (only available at the Chesterfield Scout Reservation).
Religious
Emblems
for Cub Scouts
"A Scout is
reverent."
All Scouts show this by being
faithful in their duty to God. Some go further and give special service.
This can qualify them for a religious
emblem. Such an emblem is not a Scouting award. It is conferred on a
Scout by his religious leader. Each faith has its own requirements for
earning its emblem.
Please speak with your own religious
leader about working together to complete the requirements for your
respective medal. The Council Office has the books for many of the
faiths. The medal is presented by the religious leader, the square
knot is presented by the pack and is transferred to the Boy Scout uniform.
Click on the link above or go to www.praypub.org
for more information and a list of medals for each faith.
Three
of our cubs earned this award in 2007!
 
Tiger Cubs, Wolf and Bear Cub
Scouts, and Webelos Scouts have the opportunity to earn the Cub
Scout Outdoor Activity Award. Boys may earn the award in each of the
program years as long as the requirements are completed each year. The
first time the award is earned, the boy will receive the pocket flap award
(shown above), which is to be worn on the right pocket flap of the uniform
shirt. Each successive time the award is earned, a wolf track pin (also
shown above) may be added to the flap. Leaders should encourage boys to
build on skills and experiences from previous years when working on the
award for a successive year.
The BSA Family Program
 A
family may earn the BSA Family Award. The purposes of
the BSA Family program are twofold: 1) to
strengthen families, and 2) to encourage family involvement in Scouting.
The family will complete, within a 12-month period, five requirements to
earn the award. Two of the requirements are mandatory and three may be the
family's choice.
In much the same way that Cub Scouts and
Webelos Scouts use their handbooks to earn their badges and awards, the
family uses the BSA Family Activity Book to
earn the BSA Family Award.
It is filled with suggested activities to enhance personal development and
enrich and strengthen the family.
The BSA Family Activity
Book is divided into five categories that include several topics of
interest to families. Each topic contains suggested activities for a
family to do together. These activities could include going on field
trips; telling stories; doing arts and crafts projects; playing games;
participating in family discussions; or making lists, charts, and
scrapbooks.
The handbooks are available at the Council
Office.
 The
following Award is NOT a BSA Award, but is referenced for your
information, since it can be earned by Cub Scouts:
- United
States Silver Heritage Awards
The United States Heritage Award was designed
by scouts and adults to give youth recognition for learning about the
heritage of the United States of America, and showing patriotism. By
earning this award, youth can cultivate an appreciation for the
wonderful heritage of the United States of America.
A silver medal and a patch can be awarded to
all that successfully complete the award requirements. All
requirements can be done with a class, unit, group, family, or
individually.
Note: Neither the medal nor the patch
can not be worn on the uniform, but may be worn on a patch vest.
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