Online Resources

To assist Cub Scout leaders, the following resources are available online:

General Resources

Newsletter, Poster, and Calendar Templates (13-288)

A monthly newsletter and an annual pack calendar can be two of the most important tools in publicizing the pack's excitement and fun year-round. At pack meetings, you can put up a poster-style version of the newsletter to keep everyone informed.

Cub Scouting Highlights (13-513)

This brochure provides an overview of all the resources available to you as a Cub Scout leader, including literature, training opportunities, special programs, areas of emphasis, and other tools for success.

Guide to Safe Scouting (34416)

The purpose of the Guide to Safe Scouting is to prepare adult leaders to conduct Scouting activities in a safe and prudent manner.

The Language of Scouting

Program Planning

Cub Scout Program Helps (34304)

For your convenience, the current and next month's program helps (from the annual Program Helps publication) can be downloaded from this Web site.

Cub Scout Program Themes

Here's a look ahead at the monthly program themes for Cub Scouting for the next few years.

Annual Pack Budget Plan ("Plan Your Ideal Year of Scouting")

This plan is geared to help you provide funding for you pack's annual program, obtain sufficient resources for activities, and involve the youth members and their families in the planning process

Conducting Activities

Leave No Trace: Frontcountry Guidelines (13-032)

This brochure contains information about Leave No Trace, a plan that helps people protect the environment for future generations, as well as the Leave No Trace Award program.

Age-Appropriate Guidelines for Scouting Activities (18-260)

Program-specific criteria are designed to assist unit leaders in determining what activities are age-appropriate for their participants.

Advancement and Awards

Cub Scout Outdoor Activity Award (13-228)

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.

Cub Scout Leader Recognition Awards (13-595)

Recognition awards are available to Cub Scout leaders who complete training, tenure, and performance requirements.

Webelos Transition (18-086)

Indicates how a pack and troop can work together to facilitate the boys' transition from Webelos to Boy Scouts.

Leader Training

Cub Scout Leader Fast Start Viewer Guide (06-801)

Used in conjunction with the Cub Scout Fast Start video (item AV-01V022), this guide will help you understand and carry out your responsibilities as a Cub Scout den leader.

Cub Scout Leader Basic Training (02-943)

Cub Scout Leader Basic Training is a training course for Cubmasters, their assistants, den leaders, pack committee members, and all other Cub Scout leaders.

Basic Leader Training (18-813)

The new Basic Leader Training is a seamless training program that helps leaders easily graduate through the courses quickly and with little duplication.

 

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