This is the recording of the Black Hills Area Council’s April Roundtable Presentation on the New Cub Scout Program that takes affect on June 1st, 2024 presented by Lisa Wylie from the National Cub Scouting Committee.

Click Here to watch the recorded video about the NEW CUB SCOUT PROGRAM

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As part of continuous improvements, changes have been made to rank and merit badge requirements. Attached is a list of those changes that will take effect on January 1, 2024. These changes will also appear in ScoutBook.

Click here to go to the Scouts BSA 2024 Rank and Merit Badge Updates

They lost a piece of girlhood, then reclaimed it in an unlikely place

Isolated by covid and technology, young women go on a quest for friendship at the formerly boys-only Scouts National Jamboree – by Anne Branigin

This is a Washington Post article written about scouting, how Scouting is the solution to the negative impact of COVID on youth development and today’s digital culture. And so much more. . .

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Cub Scouts earn adventures that are specific to their grade and rank. A number of adventures must be completed to earn the badge of rank for each grade level. Adventures may be earned in any order. Completion of adventures is how the aims of character, citizenship, leadership, and personal fitness are developed. For details, you can download a PDF of this handy chart by clicking the link to the article below.

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Incidents can occur even when the program is delivered as designed. That’s when the BSA’s incident reporting comes into play.

Click here to read the article about BSA’s commitment to Keeping Kids Safe.

Here are the 5 Things You Need to Know. 

New Cub Scout enrollment has continued to trend in the right direction. In fact, on one single day in September 2022, the BSA added 8,000 new Cub Scout families!

Now begins the part of the year when we have to make sure we deliver what we’ve promised to all these new members.

The good news is, the BSA knows what parents like about Cub Scouting. In technical terms, it’s called “key drivers of satisfaction.” In simpler terms, it means that if we can provide families with these five things, we greatly increase the chances of them staying in the program longer, and maybe even sharing all those positive vibes with their non-Scouting friends.

Pat Wellen, the BSA’s director of research, recently joined an episode of #CubChatLive to talk about what Cub Scout leaders can do to make sure they deliver the things that families are looking for.

“We do quarterly surveys, so by the end of the year, we’ve talked to all the Cub Scout parents that we have an email address for,” says Wellen. “We know what drives unit satisfaction. And if you’re satisfied, you stay.”

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Check out the series lineup below.

Rocket League – 3v3

• When? Saturday, Oct. 15 at 3 p.m. ET
• What platforms can I use? PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X | S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
• Ages 8-12 can register here.
• Ages 13-17 can register here.

Madden 23 – Solos

• When? Saturday, Oct. 22 at 3 p.m. ET
• What platforms can I use? Xbox One, Xbox Series X | S
• Ages 8-12 can register here.
• Ages 13-17 can register here.

Smash Ultimate – Solos

• When? Saturday, Oct. 29 at 3 p.m. ET
• What platforms can I use? Nintendo Switch
• Ages 8-12 can register here.
• Ages 13-17 can register here.

This one-page resource is designed for commissioners, district committees, unit serving executives, and anyone else who is supporting Cub Scout leaders. It gives a quick visual of what is required at each activities are required to earn each rank.

You can click here to download the poster for Cub Scout & WEBELOS Rank Requirements