Community Service

Pack 262 of Castle Rock brings Cheer and Gifts to Children’s Hospital in Denver. Our  Cub Scouts collected and saved soda cans from August to the November Pack meeting where they were all collected in a trailer to be recycled. This was the 1st year that Pack 262 took on the goal to raise money for Children’s Hospital.  The boys recycled 400 Lbs. of soda cans that raised $225 for gifts to given to the Children at Children’s Hospital.

A Measage From the Chief, Together for Peace

How Scouts from around the world can join the movement. SOON, WE’LL BE entering the season in which “Peace on Earth” will be on the lips of many as we embrace the holidays. I can’t think of a better time of year to encourage everyone in the Boy Scouts of America to take part in World Scouting’s Messengers of Peace initiative. Messengers of Peace is a 10-year effort by the 161 National Scout Organizations of the World Organization of the Scout Movement to involve individual Scouts, as well as the national Scout organizations from all six worldwide regions, in peace-building activities. As a part of this program, Scouts from all over the world can earn international recognition in the form of “Mini Nobel Prizes” for significant community-service projects. This idea was conceived in the belief that through these acts of community service, Scouts across the world can contribute to world peace. It’s a marvelous notion, and I can’t say enough about the support of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (a great friend of Scouting) and King Carl Gustaf of Sweden (the Honorary Chairman of the World Scout Foundation) for launching this initiative in September. We know that Scouts all over the world already are active in peaceful endeavors. Through Messengers for Peace, the hope is that Scouts will take those existing community programs and expand their impact toward global peace. No matter whether Scouts are from Saudi Arabia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Mexico, or Des...

Basic Training for Cub Scout Leaders

Four courses are required for most Cub Scout leaders to wear the “Trained” emblem and are required by the BSA and the Denver Area Council does log in and check to make sure you are trained.  You will have to create an account and then log in for training. Youth Protection Training (YPT): Online @ www.MyScouting.org This course is mandatory abd should be completed as soon as possible.  Online, it guides you on the do’s and don’ts of working with youth.  At all times, the youths’ safety is the number one priority. At the same time, a leader needs to know the rules for keeping him/herself safe, too.  YPT is a required for all den leaders. Youth Protection Training maybe completed via www.MyScouting.org. Fast Start Training: Online @ www.MyScouting.org To be completed prior to first meeting with youth Fast Start Training provides an immediate comfort level for the new leader and enables the leader to say, “I can do this!” Fast Start training is to be taken immediately after a new leader registers and before he or she meets with any youth member.  Cub Scout Leader Fast Start training is a series of position-specific segments. Each segment gives information and planning on conducting the first meeting and even demonstrates a meeting you can use.  The Cub Scout segments include: Tiger Cub Den Leader Cub Scout Den Leader Webelos Den Leader Cubmaster Pack Committee Member ScoutParent Coordinator. This Is Scouting: Online at...

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