Advancement/Recognitions

See the Cub Scout Leader Book for details on advancement. Webelos Scout graduation to Boy Scouting should take place in February or March.

National Awards

National Den Award

Cub Scouting happens in the den. The National Den Award will create an incentive for a year-round fun, quality program in the den. The National Den Award may be earned only once in any 12-month period. The period (charter year, calendar year, etc.) is to be determined by the pack committee.

Requirements may be found in the Cub Scout Leader Book.

Centennial Quality Unit Award

Each pack establishes commitments and goals for the charter year. When national standards are achieved, the unit receives recognition as a Centennial Quality Unit for the year. Details are found on form No. 14-190.

National Summertime Pack Award

The purpose of the National Summertime Pack Award is to encourage packs to provide a year-round program by continuing to meet during the time periods when school is out of session for several weeks or months.

Religious Awareness

Many religious-faith groups have programs of intensive religious education for individual Tiger Cubs, Cub Scouts, and Webelos Scouts. Religious emblems are designed to recognize boys who demonstrate faith, observe the creeds or principles of the faith, and give service. Religious emblems are not Scouting awards; they are presented by religious groups to boys who earn them.

Tiger Cubs, Cub Scouts, and Webelos Scouts may earn an emblem whether or not they are members of a pack operated by a religious organization. The intent of the program is to encourage each boy to work directly with his own religious leader or, in some cases, a layperson designated by that religious leader.

Requirements for each religious emblem are determined by the religious body. Student and counselor manuals are available from the local council.

Character Development and Character Connections™

Cub Scouting assists in teaching values and developing character in boys by offering a program in which boys can experience value-based activities with caring leadership and family support.

In developing character, Cub Scouting promotes 12 Core Values: citizenship, compassion, cooperation, courage, faith, health and fitness, honesty, perseverance, positive attitude, resourcefulness, respect, and responsibility.

As boys participate in a Cub Scouting activity, they learn to "connect" their experience with a Core Value. Boys connect by using knowledge as they commit to the values and practice the skills that relate to these values.

In an effort to make character development part of every boy's experience in Cub Scouting, "Character Connections" are written within the requirements in the boys' handbooks. Tiger Cubs learn five Core Values. Wolves learn six Core Values. Bears learn eight Core Values, and Webelos Scouts learn nine Core Values. By the time a boy has completed the Cub Scouting program, he will have had character development experiences in all 12 of the Core Values.

Resources include the Cub Scout Leader Book, No. 33221, Cub Scout Program Helps, No. 34304, and monthly roundtables.