Safety

Youth Protection

Pack 30 and Scouting America take the safety of our children seriously. Pack 30 adheres to all youth protection requirements of Scouting America, including:

- All adult leaders complete a Safeguarding Youth training course every year.
- All adult leaders pass a Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) background check as required by Massachusetts and a separate national background check as required by Scouting America.
- Two-deep adult leadership: at least two registered adult leaders must always be present at an activity involving Scouts.
- Female leadership: A registered female adult leader must be present for any activity involving girls.
- No one-on-one contact: an adult leader may never be alone with a Scout, except family members.

Safe Activities

We also run all our activities with safety in mind. Scouting encourages outdoor adventure, challenge, and learning new skills, but always in a way that is age-appropriate, with proper supervision and safety procedures/equipment. We follow Scouting America's Guide to Safe Scouting. For example, during the Cub Scout years, scouts will have the opportunity to...

Hike a reasonable distance with the group, using the "buddy system" and always with trained adult supervision.
Go camping (basic "car camping" where we're not hiking far with our equipment).
Learn to safely build and use a campfire, culminating in the older Cub Scouts being able to use fire to cook their own meals.
Learning and earning the ability to properly use and care for a pocketknife starting in third grade.
Learn archery and BB skills (with parent permission) at a professionally staffed range at our local scout camp.
Swim with lifeguard supervision, in an appropriate safe swim area for their ability group.

Multi-day backpacking trips, winter camping, more extreme sports, axes/woods tools, etc. are all a fun part of Scouts BSA, for ages 11-17 -- the next step in the scouting adventure.

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