Marietta Cub Scouts Pack 1776

The Cub Scout has many avenues of achieving advancements.  The most important is the Cub Scout Ranks. Each year, Scouts complete tasks to “graduate” them from Tiger to Wolf to Bear to Webelos. The Scout can also complete electives which will earn him beads or arrows depending on the level.
The 2nd most popular is earn belt loops and pins through the Academics and Sports Program.

In addition to Rank Advancements, Electives, the Academics and Sports Programs, there are many other special awards and honors given out by the Boy Scouts of America and 3rd party organizations. Below is a list (but no exhaustive) of what the Scouts work for at any time during their time as a Cub Scout.

NATIONAL AWARDS

• Crime Prevention Award
  More Info: http://www.usscouts.org/advance/CrimePrevGuide1.asp
• Cub Scout Outdoor Activity Award
  More Info: http://www.usscouts.org/advance/cubscout/Outdoor-Activity.asp
  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. The first time the award is earned, the boy will receive the pocket flap award (shown above), which is to be worn on the right pocket flap of the uniform shirt. Each successive time the award is earned, a wolf track pin (also shown above) may be added to the flap. Leaders should encourage boys to build on skills and experiences from previous years when working on the award for a successive year.
• Emergency Preparedness Award
  More Info: http://www.usscouts.org/advance/EmergPrep.asp
  The Emergency Preparedness Award is part of a new BSA program of emphasis for Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Venturers, and Leaders, in cooperation with the Federal Department of Homeland Security.  Details of the program are on-line, on the official BSA web site, and can be seen by clicking here.
  Separate age appropriate requirements have been developed for Tiger Cubs, Wolf Cub Scouts, Bear Cub Scouts, Webelos Scouts, Boy Scouts and Varsity Scouts, Venturers and Sea Scouts, Unit Volunteer Scouters, and District/Council Volunteer Scouters.
• International Activity Badge
  More Info: http://usscouts.org/advance/IntActivity.asp
  
• Interpreter Strips
  More Info: http://usscouts.org/advance/interpreters.asp
  Youth and Adult members may wear this strip if they show their knowledge of a foreign language or the sign language for the hearing impaired.
• Leave No Trace Awareness Award
  More info: http://usscouts.org/advance/cubscout/leavenotrace.asp
• Physical Fitness Award
  More Info: http://usscouts.org/advance/PhysicalFitness.asp
• Recruiter Strip
  More Info: http://usscouts.org/advance/recruiter.asp
  Usually, a Recruiter Strip is awarded to a Cub Scout or Boy Scout the first time he is successful in getting a friend, relative, classmate, or other acquaintance to join his unit.
• Religious Emblems for Cub Scouts
  More Info: http://usscouts.org/advance/cubscout/religious.asp
  “A Scout is reverent.” All Scouts show this by being faithful in their duty to God. Some go further and give special service. This can qualify them for a religious emblem. Such an emblem is not a Scouting award. It is conferred on a Scout by his religious leader. Each faith has its own requirements for earning its emblem. Listed below are the TIGER CUB, CUB SCOUT, AND WEBELOS SCOUT emblems and where to find out about them. Before writing or visiting your local council service center, check with your religious leader. (Unless indicated otherwise below, awards listed may be earned by both Cub Scouts and Webelos Scouts, but not by Tiger Cubs)
• Whittling Chip
  More Info: http://usscouts.org/advance/cubscout/whittlingchip.asp
• World Conservation Award
  More Info: http://usscouts.org/advance/cubscout/worldcons.asp
  The World Conservation Award provides an opportunity for individual Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts, and Venturers to “think globally” and “act locally” to preserve and improve our environment. This program is designed to make youth members aware that all nations are closely related through natural resources and that we are interdependent with our world environment.

LOCAL AWARDS

• Georgia Aquarium’s Cub Scout Program
  More Info: Download PDF
  Scouts must complete various electives from their respecitve level and also answer questions found on the above PDF.
• Kennesaw Mountain Hiking Patch
  More Info:
  Supported by Troop 116. More information to come
• Stone Mountain Historical Patch
  More Info: http://www.cherokeetrail-ga.org/Trail.htm
  The trail to be followed is about 8 miles and will take 4 to 5 hours to complete.