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Cub Scout Pack 49 Policy Milton, New Jersey September 2009 |
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Meetings Regular monthly meetings of the Pack will be held once a month on Monday’s in the APR of Cozy Lake School from 7:00 to 8:30 PM. Any exceptions will be announced. It is required that parents (or a parent) will accompany their son to the Pack Meeting. Parents are responsible for the conduct of their son at the meeting. Parents are expected to set an example for their sons during the meeting and refrain from socializing until after the meeting has concluded. Parents must accompany their children to the restrooms. No child can be left unattended in the hallway. Normally, Den Leaders attend the monthly planning meetings, which meet on a Monday before the Pack Meeting. If the Den Leader is unable to attend this meeting, a parent may be asked to fill in. Parents are welcome if they wish to become involved in the running of the Pack. No food is to be brought to Pack Meetings unless specified at the Monday Committee Meeting. Parents will be asked to fill out a short health history form for their den leader, so that he or she can be aware of situations that may arise when your son is under the leader's care. |
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Joining A Cub Scout application form must be completed in order to join Pack 49. Pack will make every effort to place a boy into a den upon receiving his application. To be eligible to join Cub Scouts, a boy must be seven years old or have completed the first grade. Boys who are six years old and in the first grade are eligible to join Tiger Cubs, a special program for six year olds and their parents. A boy can join at ANY RANK or during any month of the year. Any Scout that joins after November 1st will not be permitted to receive rank at the Blue and Gold. However, they may receive rank at May Pack Meeting. . Tiger Scouts joining after Dec. 1st will be eligible to earn rank at the May Pack Meeting. Any scout that joins after January 1st, can earn only belt loops after earning their Bobcat Badge. Any Webelos Scout who joins by June of his 4th grade year and successfully completes his Bobcat Badge and the required 7 Webelos activity badges will be eligible to receive his arrow of light. |
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Uniforms Scouts in Pack 49 are required to purchase only the official Cub Scout uniform shirt and neckerchief. Belt, cap, and official slacks are optional. Blue jeans should be worn in place of the regulation Scout pants and sneakers are acceptable footwear. In warm weather blue jean shorts or blue shorts are an acceptable part of the uniform. Scouts are expected to wear their uniform to all Den and Pack Meetings and on all trips and outings. In order to receive their awards at Pack Meetings, the Cub Scout must be wearing his uniform shirt (tucked in) and neckerchief with slide, either handmade or bought. Should the Scout forget his uniform, his awards will be held until the next Pack Meeting. The Pack 49 T-shirt is acceptable attire only for summer events, with the exception of the Jefferson Day Parade, for which they must wear their full uniform. |
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Attendance Cubs are expected to attend all Den and Pack Meetings. If a meeting must be missed, the Cub or his parent should contact the Den Leader in advance. If a Cub is frequently absent from meetings without an excuse, he may be asked to resign from the Pack. If a Scout is absent from a Pack Meeting, his awards will be held until the next Pack Meeting. |
Parental Participation
When a boy joins Cub Scouting, his parents obligate themselves to help with the following:
1. Help their son's progress in Cub Scout achievements and electives by working with him and signing his book when he completes activities. The parent should also notify the Den Leader when these items are completed.
2. Attend monthly Pack Meetings and take part in other Pack activities.
3. Drop off and pick up their sons promptly for Den Meetings when parents are not normally present, in order to avoid inconvenience to the leaders involved.
4. Pack 49 requires parents to volunteer to help with activities and serve on special committees, as well as take leadership positions in the Pack. Each family will choose or be assigned an activity that they will be responsible for during the year. This is mandatory for your son to belong to Pack 49.
5. Remember - Cub Scouting is a family activity.
Finances
Pack activities and the awards program are financed from the pack treasury; the funds in the treasury are raised by our fundraisers during the year. All Cub Scouts are expected to participate in these fundraisers, since this is the only source of expense money that the pack has.
Pack 49 has also established Individual Scout's Accounts. For our Popcorn and Candy Fundraisers a certain percentage of the profit will be applied into an account for the Scout's use to help pay for Pack activities, such as trips or special events, Cub Scout Summer Camp or for registration. The Cub Scout Committee has the final authority as to what the money can be used for. If a Scout's account falls below zero, parents must then pay-as-you-go just as before.
We will accept a personal check made payable to Pack 49 for any activities that are not covered by the scout's account. Please note that if a check is returned from the bank we will not only expect payment in full for the bounced check but also the amount to cover our bank fees for that transaction.
If a scout quits the Pack or moves up to Boy Scouts the money left in his account will be transferred into the general Pack Treasury Account. A Cub Scout who makes his Arrow of Light has until the following September to spend the money in his account. It can be used to purchase Boy Scout supplies. The money cannot be transferred to a sibling's account.
Our treasurer will provide a balance of how much is in your son's account to your Den Leader after every major fundraiser and after every major activity.
Discipline
It is not the job of any leader to put up with the conduct of any boy that is harmful to our main function of providing a Cub Scout program to all boys in our pack and dens. Parents are expected to accompany boys to pack meetings and are responsible for their boy's behavior. Den and pack leaders have the option of requesting a parent to take his or her son home for disruptive behavior. Behavior problems that cannot be reconciled by parent and the leaders working together will result in a request for resignation from the pack.
There is no consumption of alcoholic beverages permitted at ANY Cub Scout function.
Trips and Special Events
Numerous trips and events are offered throughout the calendar year. The parent and Scout can decide together what events they would like to do. As information becomes available and we offer the events for your consideration, sign-up sheets will be set up at a table in the back of the APR during the Pack Meeting. A Trips and Special Events Coordinator will be available should any questions arise. As always, details about trips are spelled out in the Forty-Niner (our Pack newsletter that explains all that is happening in Pack 49).
It is the parent's responsibility to sign up for trips and events, not the Den Leader's. Normally, the initial trip offering and sign-up does not require immediate payment.
However, we will specify a date when the money is due. (Signing up is a firm commitment to participate.) This sign up and commitment is important because some trips have a minimum number of people for us to go. Canceling at that last moment can throw the trip into jeopardy if we are close to our minimum number required. If you unable to go after you have purchased your tickets we may be able to re-sell your tickets to a Scout who missed the initial trip offering. Otherwise, trips are non-refundable.
Occasionally, we may ask if there is general interest in a trip before we go ahead and book it. (Expressing interest is not a firm commitment to participate.)