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Welcome to Pack 173's Lion Pride



Lion Pride? What's that?

 

Our Lion activities will introduce families to Scouting and provide an exciting way for its members to explore the world around them. It will fuel their imagination, encourage their creativity and allow them to experience all the fun Scouting has to offer.

Cub Scouting is a program of the Boy Scouts of America, with the overall mission to help young people build character, learn citizenship, and develop personal fitness. Cub Scouting focuses on boys in the first through fifth grades (or from ages 7 through 10). 

 

Welcome to Lions 

Lions is a Boy Scouts of America pilot program with select Scout councils. Materials and the program are not yet available nationally. The program's future will be based on your feedback and program success. We look forward to hearing about your and your son's participation to help us learn from this pilot program. 

You serve as a support and guide to allow your new Lion to discover the activities. He will learn by doing these things himself. And as he learns and grows, your relationship with him will grow as well. 

At the end of the school year, he will graduate to Tiger. Then with each following year, he will advance through the Cub Scout program as a Wolf, a Bear, and finally a Webelos Scout.As a fifth-grader he will move on in the adventure as a Boy Scout, where he will continue to build lifelong leadership skills. 

 

Family Time at Its Bes

Your time is valuable.Today's families, more than ever, struggle to find time to spend together. Cub Scouting helps to support your family by providing ready-made opportunities for you 

and your son to do things together. One unique thing about Cub Scouting that is unlike other activities he may be a part of is that you, as his family, are involved and help him along the way. The family is the basis of Cub Scouting. Cub Scouting exists to support your family and help enrich your family time together. 

 

What Should You Expect? 

The Lion program involves participation by a child and a caring adult. Den meetings and outings are facilitated by a Lion guide. The Lion guide is an experienced Cub Scout leader.He or she will lead the first den meeting of the year. The Lion guide will help each adult partner lead one of the subsequent meetings. Parents should take the responsibility of planning and leading a specific den meeting or outing. The den meeting and outing plans are provided in this guidebook. It is suggested that each family take on one adventure and rotate responsibilities. We spread out leadership responsibilities so involvement is rewarding, not a burden. It's more fun this way, and your son loves to see you taking on the task. 

Lion dens meet twice a month for eight to nine months during the school year. Your den will pick a time that works best for the members of the den. Having a consistent time reserved for you and your Lion is helpful. 

A complete and detailed program is provided to help the Lion guides and adult partners deliver the Lion program. 

 

Getting Organized 

Cub Scouts is completely volunteer-run. The quality of your son's experience depends on your commitment to Scouting. There are opportunities for every level of interest, ability, and time. 

Each adult will choose which den meeting they will host. 

The Lion adults will set the schedule of their den meetings and outings during their first gathering. 

You and your son should plan on two meetings per month. One will be a den meeting and the other will bean outing or a pack meeting. 

 

Den Meeting 

Dens meet once per month at a time that is convenient to members of the Lion den. The den meeting is with just their group of kindergarten-age boys. It is led by a Lion guide or a parent who, with support from the Lion guide, plans and leads activities. Most dens meet in a home or central location such as a church or school. It is up to the families in your Lion den to determine what is most convenient. 

 

Outings and Pack Meetings 

Outings will be a time for the entire family to join the Lion and other Lion families on a fun adventure. The outing may be a field trip to a place of interest for the boys in the den or it may be a visit to a pack meeting. A pack meeting is a monthly gathering for all of the Cub Scout dens in a pack. Lions generally attend only a few pack meetings each year.