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About Pack 279
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We desperately need a few dads to step up and become Assistant Cub Masters; taking the training to be able to lead the Pack as Cub Master once I step down following the Blue & Gold Banquet. Being a Cub Master/Assistant Cub Master is not difficult "if" the Pack has appropriately filled the recommended leadership positions we now have in place with the exception of always having at least one Assistant Cub Master trained and one beginning training. Cub Master and Assistant Cub Masters need only attend or complete the basic required trainings of Risk Zone/Youth Protection online plus the "1" day morning/afternoon session of New Leader Essentials training and then Cub Scout Leader training. (Anyone can fill these requirements spending 1 evening and six hours on a Saturday.) The Cub Masters/Assistant Cub Masters basic roles are:
Yet for some reasons to many Cub Masters and Assistants refuse to ask for help. They don't allow what Scouting has found to be essential - recruiting - asking for help by as many parents as possible. Cub Masters/Assistant Cub Masters "do not" have to do all the planning for Pack Meetings. Den Leaders, Committee Chairs, Charter Organization Reps and most importantly "other parents" can and should have a role in deciding what the Pack will do at Pack meetings. Cub Masters/Assistant Cub Masters "do not" have to be experts at camping or hiking or fund raising or have ever been Cub Scouts. Cub Scouting has a 77 year history with information available on how to do just about anything. Much more than most folks realize. Cub Masters/Assistant Cub Masters "do" have to be 100% committed to working with the parents/guardians of the Pack to give their children the best scouting experience they can. What I do not want to see happen is the Pack suffer again under a poorly prepared Cub Master as I was last year. Anyone who is willing to make the commitment to take the training and mature enough to ask for help from everyone in the Pack can become a very fine Cub Master without killing themselves or taking too much valuable time from their family. If I knew a year ago what I know today, every child in Pack 279 would have enjoyed a better organized, more educational, and probably more fun Scouting experience. Take the time to learn to do things the way Scouting has found to be best over its long and storied history. You will be joining the ranks of legend at least in the memories of every young man who fondly remembers his Cub Master from Scouting. |
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