To all Tiger parents, for this next den meeting, Mon. May 5th, we will be doing a hike at the church. Please have the boys bring their hiking sticks, and you might want to put shoes that will be okay if they get dirty. Weather as of now looks like it will be dry. Also, PLEASE bring the Tiger books, so after the hike we can compare books to make absolutely sure that your scout is getting what he has earned. Congratulations to the Tigers for looking good for the flag ceremony too!! There will be more newsletter coming; I am waiting for some final words from Mike or Yvonne. Thanks and if there is anything I can help with on the Tiger path, please email or call me. Sheilah Scott: Home-629-6118 Cell-625-7965 E-mail: sscottx4@triad.rr.com

Tiger Cubs is an exciting introduction to the scouting program for boys that have completed kindergarten, or are in first grade (or 7 years old).  Tiger Cubs do stuff - lots of stuff - with their adult partners. This program is intended to open up the world to inquisitive minds along with the caring guidance of adults. The first steps along the Boy Scout Trail are laid here and every rank advancement through the scouting program builds on the basic categories of activity done as tigers.

If this is a boy's first year in Cub Scouting, he must first earn the Bobcat Badge, then he may work on the Tiger Cub Totem.

The Bobcat Badge is the very first rank that each and every Cub Scout must earn. A Cub must have earned his Bobcat Badge before he may receive any other badge of rank. The purpose of the Bobcat rank is to teach the boy the basics of Cub Scouting.

Bobcat Badge

When a boy begins his Cub Scouting journey at the earliest opportunity (second grade), he first earns his Bobcat Badge, then starts the Wolf Trail for his Wolf Badge. If, however, a boy starts Cub Scouting in the third grade, he first earns his Bobcat Badge, then starts on the Bear Trail towards the Bear Badge, while a boy joining in the fourth or fifth grade, first earns his Bobcat Badge, then proceeds to earn activity badges and his Webelos Badge. A boy may not go back and complete requirements for a lower rank than his current grade allows.

The requirements for Bobcat are as follows.

1. Learn and say The Cub Scout Promise
   

   I....promise to do my best
   To do my duty to God and my country,
   To help other people, and
   To obey the Law of the Pack.
   
   Duty to God means...Put God first. Do what you know God wants you to do.
   And my country means...Do what you can for your country. Be proud that you are an American.
   To help other people means...Do things for others that would please them.
   Obey the Law of the Pack means...Be a good Cub Scout. Be proud that you are one.

2. Say The Law of the Pack, tell what it means.
   
   
   Pack Law

   
   The Cub Scout follows Akela (say Ah-KAY-la)...Akela is a good leader. Your mother or father is Akela. In the Pack, your Cubmaster is Akela. Your Den Leader is Akela. At school, your teacher is Akela.
   The Cub Scout helps the Pack go...Come to all the meetings. Do what you can to help. Think of others in the pack.
   The Pack helps the Cub Scout grow...You can have fun when you are a part of the pack. Learn things from others. Do things with them.
   The Cub Scout gives goodwill...Smile. Be happy. Do things that make others happy. They don't have to be big things. Little things help, too.
   

3. Tell what WEBELOS means...
   
   
   
   

   
   
   Webelos is a Cub Scout secret. You'll have to become a Cub Scout to find out what it means!
   
   

4. Show the Cub Scout Sign. Tell what it means.
   
   
   
   

   
   Make the sign with your right hand and with your arm held straight up. The two fingers stand for two parts of the Promise - "to help other people" and "to obey." They look like a wolf's ears ready to listen to Akela.
   
   Give the Cub Scout Sign when you say the Cub Scout Promise or the Law of the Pack.
   
   

5. Show the Cub Scout Handshake. Tell what it means.
   
   
   
   

   
   
   Here's how to shake hands with another Cub Scout. Hold out your right hand just as you always do to shake hands. Put your first two fingers along the inside of the other boy's wrist.
   
   This means that you help and that you obey the law of the Pack.
   
   

6. Say the Cub Scout Motto.
   
   

   It means that when you play a game, you should DO YOUR BEST to win or help your team win. When you are in school, you should DO YOUR BEST to learn from your teachers. When you're at home, you should help your family to the best of your abilities. Always - DO YOUR BEST.
   
   

7. Give the Cub Scout Salute.
   
   
   
   

   
   A Cub Scout salutes with his right hand by holding his fingers as he does for the Cub Scout Sign. Keep the two fingers next to each other and straight. Touch the tips of the fingers to his cap or if he's not wearing his cap then to his eyebrow.
   
   A salute is a way to show respect to your leaders and your country. When you salute a leader, you show him/her that you look up to them, when you salute the flag you show that you are proud of your country.
   
   

8. Child Abuse.
   With your parent or guardian, complete the exercises in the Parent's Guide...How to Protect Your Children from Child Abuse found as a pull out section in the front of any Cub Scout Handbook.

When the new Cub Scout has completed these requirements, he has earned the Bobcat Badge. This badge will be presented to him at the next Pack Meeting.

1. The scout and his adult partner meet weekly to do activities centered around the family.

2. The scout and adult partner meet with the rest of the tiger den to fulfill Den Activity and Go See It requirements.

To begin his path to the Tiger Cub Rank, a boy must do the following to earn the Tiger Cub Totem:

Learn the Tiger Cub Motto: Search, Discover, Share

Learn the Cub Scout Sign

Learn the Cub Scout Salute

Once he earns the Totem, to earn the Tiger Cub rank the Tiger Cub Scout must complete a Family Activity, a Den Activity, and a "Go See It" Activity in each of five Achievement Areas:

1. Making My Family Special

2. Where I Live

3. Keeping Myself Healthy and Safe

4. How I Tell It

5. Let's Go Outdoors

As he completes each Achievement, he is awarded a bead which is hung from the Tiger Cub Totem.

He earns an ORANGE bead for each required DEN Activity. He earns a WHITE bead for each required FAMILY Activity. He earns a BLACK bead for each required GO SEE IT Activity.

After completing the fifteen Achievements, the Tiger Cub is awarded the Tiger Cub Patch. The patch is temporarly fixed on the left pocket, until he advances to the Bobcat Rank and begins working on his Wolf Rank. At that point the Tiger Cub and Bobcat Rank patches are sewn on the Blue Cub Scout Uniform shirt.

Also, after completing the achievements, the Tiger Cub can be awarded Tiger Track Beads, which are YELLOW disks attached to the Totem. One bead is awarded for each group of TEN Electives the Tiger Cub completes. A boy can work on both Achievements and electives concurrently, but he can't receive Tiger Track beads until he has earned the Tiger Cub Badge

If you would like to join the Tiger Cubs contact Cubmaster Michael Baker

I bet you want to get a uniform. You can go to

Scout Stuff

Operated by the national Supply Division, this site is your official online source for information about camping equipment, uniforms, handbooks, pinewood derby supplies, and other essential Scouting merchandise

1. The Royce Reynolds Family Scout Office & National Scout Shop is located at:

1405 Westover Terrace, Greensboro, 27408

It is open Mon. - Fri. 9 - 6 & Sat. 10 - 4 Scout Shop phone number: 235-0977 or 866-451-5009

2. Delk's Army Surplus, located 6 miles on route 64 west,out of Asheboro, N.C.

4705 US HWY 64 west, Asheboro, N.C. 27205.

the phone number is 336-629-0991