Sports & Academics - Belt Loops and Pins

 Here is a great link to worksheets for the Academic & Sports Belt Loops and Pins.  This will help you have a printed detail of what is needed for each belt loop/pin, and it will also help us to track your scout's achievements when you turn in a worksheet to show what your scout has completed.  If you're just working on the belt loop, you only need to print page 1.  If you're working on the pin, then print page 2.  Not all of the worksheet pages are needed to show what your scout has completed. 

This also is a good "all in one place" resource to see what the categories are for the belt loops and pins - you may be surprised to see that so many of them are things that your scout is already doing.  You can also plan ahead for summer and fall sports such as swimming and soccer, as well as academic areas such as reading/writing and computer games.  Check it all out here:

Belt loops and pins - Worksheets

Blue & Gold photos

Parent gifts, because everyone should get a present at a birthday party!  The Wolf den decorated the cans and each parent
got a ribbon lanyard for showing the parent pins they earned while helping their Cub Scout earn his awards

Balloons added to the party theme as we celebrated the birthday of Cub Scouting

What a great looking group of scouts!

The scouts (possibly with a little bit of parental help) decorated the birthday cupcakes

Luke and his lovely mom earn recognition for Luke receiving his Bobcat rank

It's hard to tell from my amazing photography angle, but Caden also earned his Bear award this night

Cubmaster Joe - His serious face

Let the games begin!  Pin the Badge on the Boy Scout

Extra balloons - The biggest hit of the night as far as something to play

For the younger siblings, they got to color on the tables!

Who doesn't love shooting Nerf darts at cute, defenseless little animal bowling pins?

The the Death Star piñata showed up to finish off the evening

Cubmaster Joe was a little afraid....

No explanation needed

Featured belt loops in April

Each month we will be featuring a couple of the belt loops that can be earned by our cub scouts. There are academic belt loops and sports belt loops. Here are the features for April:


Skateboarding: http://www.scouting.org/sitecore/content/Home/CubScouts/CubScouts/UniformsAndAwards/sanda/skateboard.aspx



Reading and Writing: http://www.scouting.org/sitecore/content/Home/CubScouts/CubScouts/UniformsAndAwards/sanda/reading.aspx



Check the council website calendar for information about a Skateboarding belt loop clinic that is offered twice a month at Extreme Air.
Also, as you plan some activities for summer, look into the reading programs offered by libraries, schools, and other organizations to help your scout earn his Reading & Writing belt loop.

 Once you have the belt loops, start planning for the pins. These awards are an easy and fun way to earn achievements and stay busy over the summer!

Chicken Salad recipe

For those of you who were able to come to Blue & Gold and had the pleasure of trying the chicken salad, here is the recipe:

Chicken salad:
1 Costco rotisserie chicken
1 1/2 c celery
2 T fresh parsley
1 1/2 t salt -maybe more to taste
1/2 t pepper
1/4 mayo
1/2 c nuts (pecans or almonds)- chopped
2 T gr onion
2 T fresh lemon juice