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 About
Pack 740
For Fun And
Adventure,
Join The Cub Scouts.
Scouting is a program of fun with a purpose that teaches boys how
to work with others, make new friends, do their best, and
appreciate the outdoors. Since 1910, Scouting has offered high
quality youth development experiences to our nation’s young
people. Besides building your son's confidence and responsibility
while having a great time, Scouting gives you the opportunity to
watch him grow and mature into an active member of the community.
Cub Scouts learn a great deal including teamwork, responsibility,
a service ethic, decision-making, and leadership.
It is a year-round family program designed
for boys who are in the first grade through fifth grade (or 7, 8,
9, and 10 years of age). Each Scout is a part of a den of about
6-8 boys, which usually meet three times a month for about 1-1/2
hours. Each month, all the dens within a neighboring community
come together as a pack. At these monthly pack meetings the whole
family is invited and boys are recognized for their individual and
group achievements as well as take part in games, songs,
activities and skits. Leaders are volunteers and almost all
parents are involved in some way to make the program work.
Cub Scouting is a membership division of
the Boy Scouts of
America and is organized into several ranks:
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Tiger Cubs is an exciting
introduction to the scouting program for first grade boys (or 7
years old) excited to get going! Tiger Cubs do stuff -
lots of stuff - with their adult partners. This program is
intended to open up the world to inquisitive minds along with the
caring guidance of adults. The first steps along the Boy Scout
Trail are laid here and every rank advancement through the
scouting program builds on the basic categories of activity done
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If a Cub Scout has completed the
first grade (or is 8 years old) and has earned the Bobcat Badge,
he may start earning the Wolf rank. He receives a Wolf
Scout handbook, Wolf neckerchief, and Wolf neckerchief slide when
beginning the Wolf portion of the boy scout trail. He will also
need a blue Cub Scout Uniform. This part of the boy scout trail is
intended to take one school year, preparing the scout to begin
earning his Bear rank after he completes second grade. |
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In the Bear scouting program,
there are 4 general achievement groups: God, Country, Family, and
Self and a total of about 120 individual achievement tasks. In
each group, a certain number of achievements are required to earn
the Bear rank badge. After earning the Bear badge, the scout may
earn arrow points by completing additional achievement tasks. |
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Webelos is a 20 month program
for 4th and 5th grade boys to prepare to join a Boy Scout troop
while learning outdoors skills and participating in 20 different
activity badges. A well-run group of Webelos is a gradual change
from being an 'adult-run' den to being a 'boy-run' patrol ready to
fit right into an adventurous scouting troop. This migration
requires the parents and den leaders to give the scouts more and
more control, decision-making power, and responsibility as they
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Pack 740 is a great place to
start Cub Scouting. The Pack is chartered to Immaculate
Heart of Mary in Towson, Maryland. Visit
troop740.org for more information on the scouting program at
IHM.
Meetings are held Thursdays from 7:00-8:00pm
on the top floor of the Parish Center. New Dens are forming
this month, contact Cubmaster Pete Z.
here
for more information.
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For information on the content of this
website please contact the webmaster at
webmaster@troop740.org
Pictures and Select
Text taken from
http://www.joinscouting.com &
http://www.boyscouttrail.com/ |
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