Cub Scout Pack 315 Noblesville, IN

Cub Scouting

is fun for the whole family. In Scouting, boys and girls start with their best right now selves and grow into their very best future selves. It’s fun, hands-on learning and achievement that puts kids in the middle of the action and prepares them for today – and for life.

Some of our activities that your scout will encounter are:

pinewood derby, rain gutter regatta, rocket launches, tent camping, cabin camping, summer camp, weekly den meetings (Lion/Kindergarten once per month), pack meeting guest speakers, camp fire nights, popcorn fundraising, service projects, useful life lessons and CREATING MEMORIES FOR LIFE!

Aims and Methods

The mission of Scouting America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.

There are four aims of Scouting: citizenship, character, personal fitness, and leadership.

The methods of Cub Scouting are: living the ideals, belonging to a den, advancement, family involvement, activities, serving the community, and the uniform.

Benefits

Scouting works! Over the past several years Scouting has partnered with colleges, universities, and foundations to study the impact of the program.

DEN vS. PACK

A den is a small group of Cub Scouts who are the same gender and in the same grade. Each den is identified by a den number and the 5th grade Webelos will get to create a patrol name and custom patch. The ideal size of a den is 6 to 8 Cub Scouts. The pack is made up of all dens together. Each pack is identified by a pack number.

Costs

Pack 315 has had some historic and record breaking fundraising efforts the last couple of years. You'll be happy to hear that if your scout helps our pack fund raise by selling Trails End popcorn our program will be little to no-cost for you. In fact, if they sell enough popcorn the district summer camp will be free too! Please inquire with us for more details as our specific policy changes based on each years fundraising efforts.

how leadership works

CUBMASTER: He or she is in charge of the front end workings of the pack events. The Cubmaster will organize and be the one making sure our scouts have educational, fun and memorable pack events including camp outs, pack meetings and other pack events such as pinewood derby, etc...

COMMITTEE CHAIR: He or she is in charge of the back end workings of the pack. They are responsible for ensuring enough qualified adult volunteers are in place to ensure the program is successful, making sure the finances are in place for expenditures, making sure leadership is properly trained and is the one responsible for making sure all workings of the pack are performing properly. The committee chair is responsible for the packs yearly budget being sure there is enough incoming dues and/or fundraising to go along with the outgoing expenses throughout the program year. The committee chair leads the adult leader meetings. The Committee Chair will also fill the Cubmaster role if a Cubmaster or asst. Cubmaster is not able for a specific event or outing.

CHARTERED ORGANIZATION & CHARTERED ORG REP: The chartered organization is who owns the Cub Scout pack. The chartered org. rep is person that is the connection to the charted organization. This person will meet with the chartered org to be sure we are following directions with facility use, etc... This person also is responsible for approving the committee chair and leaders within the pack.

PACK TREASURER: This person is responsible for tracking incoming and outgoing funds for the pack.

PACK COMMITTEE: Alongside the committee chair, the pack committee (usually consisting of three or more people including the chair) will discuss expenses and pack decisions relating to the program in general. The committee regularly provides support to the Cubmaster and other adult leaders in aiding them in providing a sound scouting program.

DEN LEADERS: Our scouts wouldn't achieve their rank advancement and complete necessary adventures without our den leaders. Den leaders will organize and execute den meetings and den outings to achieve proper rank advancement requirements for their scouts specific grade/rank level.

ADVANCEMENT COORDINATOR: This person is responsible for managing the workings of the Cub Scout awards, rank advancement and recording service projects and other outings for each scout.

SECRETARY: The secretary ensures proper records are kept within the pack, keep an inventory of pack property, take notes at leaders meetings on items that need further discussion and maintain an inventory of of any literature and forms needed to help leaders function effectively.

PACK TRAINER: The trainer is responsible for maintaining leader training records and ensuring leaders know what needs to be completed and when.

OTHER POSITIONS: Alongside our above mentioned leadership roles, we may or may not have the following positions: asst. Cubmaster and asst. den leaders, outdoor chair and numerous specific activity chairs.

We ask that the parents of the scouts help in any way they can. We know schedules with work, personal life and other extracurricular activities vary but we are always grateful with the amount of parent help we get time after time for different pack events. Our Cub Scout program is run solely on volunteer parents. Nothing beats the sound of a parent saying "I want to help with the pack, what can I do?"