Pack Announcements

February 18, 2023, Saturday 10:30 am, The Pack is going to James K Polk homeplace and historic site as part of our Citizenship advancement requirement. Meet at 12031 Lancaster Highway, Pineville, NC 28134 (704) 889-7145. Bring gloves for a small cleanup project.

February 20 Monday 7pm we ARE having Den Meetings continuing this month’s theme of Duty to God & Reverence Lion: Pick my Path; Tiger Circles: Wolf: Duty to God Footsteps; Bear: Fellowship and Duty to God; Webelos: Duty to God and You; AOLs: Duty to God in Action.

February 20 Monday is the last day to document the adventures your Cub Scout has completed so please thoroughly update your Cub Scout’s handbook and sign off/date as many items they have done. We want to give out as many awards as possible. 

So far, Cub Scouts who have attended every meeting should have completed the following:

• Bobcat Badge – the first rank that all cub scouts earn (except Lions). Requires parents to read and complete the exercises in the pamphlet entitled How to Protect Your Children From Child Abuse: A Parent’s Guide at the front of each handbook.
• August September 2022 Camping and Being Outdoors: Lion: Mountain Lion, Tigers in the Wild, Wolf: Call of the Wild; Bear Necessities, Webelos Walkabout & AOLs Outdoor Adventurer
• Nov-Dec 2022 First Aid & Safety Lion Animal Kingdom; Tiger: Safe and Smart (or other elective); Wolf: Germs Alive! (or another elective); Bear Claws; Webelos: First Responder; AOL’s: Castaway (or another elective). Bears, Webelos & AOL’s all should have done the Whittlin’ Chip – they must carve and photograph a block of soap.
• January 2023 Citizenship Lion: King of the Jungle, Team Tiger, Wolf: Council Fire; Bear: Paws for Action; Webelos: Aware and Care (or other elective) AOLs: Building a Better World.
• February 2023 Duty to God & Reverence Lion: Pick my Path; Tiger Circles: Wolf: Duty to God Footsteps; Bear: Fellowship and Duty to God; Webelos: Duty to God and You; AOLs Duty to God in Action (AOL).

All of these adventures are summarized in this Cub Scout Program Spreadsheet and detailed in your Cub Scout handbook. QUESTIONS? email SM@Troop502.com

February 26, 2023 Sunday 9am and 11am, Pack and Troop 502 are participating in Scout Sunday passing out bulletins and serving as ushers. Harrison Church gives us use of their facilities without charge and this is our community service back to them. This also satisfies some of the requirements for the Duty to God Adventures that we are completing this month. Please email committee@troop502.com and SM@Troop502.com to let us know which service you are attending.

February 27, 2023 Monday 7pm Pack meeting in the sanctuary (building with the steeple) for awards.

TRAINING: The BSA Mecklenburg County Council has a mandatory 100% trained requirement for all leaders, so if you are a registered adult, den leader or committee member, we MUST complete our training in February, so that we can re-charter in March. Details about required training are on our RESOURCES webpage 

Please RSVP to SM@Troop502.com if interested in any of the following:

• May 19-21 Spring Cuboree at Belk Scout Camp (would be a pack activity). 
• June 19-23 Cub Scout Day Camp at Belk Scout Camp
• July 13-23 Webelos (4^th graders) Adventure Camp at Belk Scout Camp