Some Cub Scout Leaders feel since our birthday is called “Boy Scout Week,” that the celebration includes only Boy Scouts. This simply isn’t true; it’s the birthday of our Movement and those of us in Cub Scouting are very much a part of the Scout Movement. So—here are a few advance tips which will help you look ahead to February and make some plans. More detailed tips will appear in January Scouting.
ADVENTURE—THAT’S CUB SCOUTING
As you know, each Boy Scout Week has its theme or big idea, and in 1949 it will be “Adventure—That’s Scouting.” Of course, to you that means “Adventure—That’s Cub Scouting,” so you’ll be wanting to emphasize the adventure part of our program.
As usual, Blue and Gold will be our program theme for February. This has become a tradition in Cub Scouting. It’s an annual party occasion with Boy Scout Week as its theme. Perhaps your Blue and Gold party will be in the form of a potluck where everyone brings his own food, or perhaps you’ll do it banquet style. However you do it, it will be the basis for a month of preparation on the part of both Cub Scout Leaders and Cub Scouts.
THE UNIFORM
Encourage parents to look ahead to Boy Scout Week and attempt to have their boys in complete Cub Scout uniform by February. Cub Scouts will want to wear their uniforms to school and to church. They will want their uniforms in spick and span condition.
SCOUT SUNDAY
Plan ahead so that your Pack will fit into some scheme for attending church on the Sunday of Boy Scout Week. If your Pack is sponsored by a church, perhaps all boys who belong to that church will sit in a body with their parents on that particular Sunday. Perhaps you could even work out some plan whereby Cub Scouts will participate in the church service or prepare an exhibit for the entrance hall of the church.
YOUR SPONSORING INSTITUTION
Perhaps your Pack is sponsored by a P.T.A. or a civic club which has regular monthly meetings. If so, why not start working on a plan where your Pack might have some part in the February meeting of the organization. It is not necessary for the Cub Scouts themselves to attend the meeting, but an exhibit or a display and perhaps several representatives of the Pack would help to put the spotlight on Boy Scout Week.