- School Night For Scouting (SN4S)
- Den Meetings
- Pack Meetings
- Fun & Son
- Fundraiser
- Scouting for Food (S4F)
- Pinewood Derby (PWD)
- Blue & Gold (B&G)
- Scarfing ceremony
- Day Camp
- Summertime activities
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1. School Night For Scouting (SN4S)
This is the Cub Scout’s recruitment. Each Pack is assigned a school(s) by council office to recruit from. Pack 370 recruits from Bell Elementary, Caldwell Elementary and Cumberland Academy. We go into the school to invite all boys from 1st through 5th grade to join us later that week with their parents for an information meeting. This meeting can be held at each school or at Green Acres Baptist Church not long after school has started.
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2. Den Meetings
These are weekly meetings, typically on Monday nights, where the boys in each Den (age specific group) meet to work on advancements in their Handbook. The den Leader plans activities for that week to reach the goal of rank by our spring Blue & Gold awards banquet. (see below)
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3. Pack Meetings
These are family meetings on a Monday night (see calendar). All of the Den’s get together as a group to award the advancements of each boy. Songs, skits and announcements round out the evening’s activities. The whole family is invited to cheer your cub scout on for his achievment.
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4. Fun & Son
This is at camp-out opportunity each scouting year. This is a district activity that involves all of the packs in this district. It is held at George W. Pirtle Scout Reservation in Gary, TX outside of Carthage. A parent and their cub scout pitch their own tent and enjoy the activities that council (with the help of area Troops) have put together that help with Belt Loops and advancements in some ranks. This happens in the Fall and the Spring each year.
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5. Fund Raiser
The boys are given the opportunity to raise funds to support the pack an help pay their dues. The proceeds are used to support Pack 370 and pay for the cost of awards and program.
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6. Scouting for Food (S4F)
This is a district community service project in conjunction with the East Texas Food Bank. In the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving each Unit (Pack and Troop) are assigned an area to go door to door dropping off plastic grocery bags with a request to fill and leave out food for the next Saturday. They return the next Saturday to collect the bags full of food that are then taken to the East Texas Food Bank to be distributed to needy East Texas families.
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7. Pinewood Derby (PWD)
Pinewood Derby is every boy’s favorite. They are given a block of wood, four tires and four nails. With creativity and imagination (and assistance from an adult possibly) the boys are able to create their very own race car. The boy’s then race their car down the 32 foot derby track by den’s to see whose car is the fastest. The boys also compete in style for the best design. 1st and 2nd place finishers in both categories are able to advance to compete in the district Pinewood Derby to compete against the fastest and most stylish from this district. The Packs PWD is at the end of January. The District is in March (see calendar).
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8. Blue & Gold (B&G)
This is the last Pack Meeting for the Webelos II and is usually in late March (see calendar). They will then begin their new journey into Boy Scouts and from this point on meet with the Troop. This is a rank only advancement event, meaning that only rank awards and recognition for those boys that have completed thier rank requirements are handed out during this meeting. We try to help all of our scouts earn their rank badge before this night. The evening ends with the Boy Scout call out of our Webelos II.
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9. Scarfing Ceremony
Each year we will hold a Scarfing Ceremony as the last Pack Meeting of the school year. We will advance the boys to their new Den by having them pass thier neckerchief (AKA “scarf”) down to a boy in the den one year younger. He will in turn receive his new “scarf” from an older boy in the Pack. In this way the boys see that they are actively “helping the Pack GO” and the Pack is helping him to GROW.
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10. Day Camp
This is a district activity held each year on the campus of TJC. The Scouts go to a full days activities for one week designed to get a jump start on their next rank. The scouts are broken into a den for the week and have a chance to meet other scouts in this area in their age group.
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11. Summertime activities
Summers are BUSY and FUN for our kids. In an effort to keep Cub Scouts fun all year long we will have different activities scheduled each month, June, July, and August. Some activities will be on a week night and some on a weekend. Some are local and some require travel. If your son participates in ONE ACTIVITY EACH MONTH he will receive the Summertime Pack Award. We do not have regular Den or Pack meetings in the summer.
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