Arrow of Light: The Arrow of Light Award is the pinnacle of a Cub Scout’s career and is the only Cub Scout award or insignia that may be worn on the Boy Scout uniform. It is earned during the Webelos year of Scouts.
Awards: These will be presented at the pack meeting, when a den leader has approved the qualifications of the award. The pack will pay for any awards that are worn on the official cub scout uniform.
Assistant Cubmaster: The assistant leader of the pack. Helps Cubmaster plan the pack meeting. Conducts the pack meeting in the absence of the Cubmaster.
Attendance: All Cub Scouts and their parents are encouraged to support their den and pack through active participation. Attendance shall consist of required den meetings and required pack meetings. Den leaders and assistant den leaders should be held to the same attendance rules.
Belt Loops: Belt Loops are awarded to Cub Scouts for Completing requirements listed in the Academic and Sports program book. Belt loops are generally done as elelctives to Cub Scout Rank Advancement.
Blue and Gold: Each February the pack will hold a birthday party for scouting. This is one of the highlighted events in a pack year. Scouts that have completed rank requirements will receive their rank.
Boys’ Life magazine: The magazine for all boys, published by the Boy Scouts of America.
BSA: Boy Scouts of America.
Chain of Command: The order in which to contact leadership.
Charter: The chartering organization is an organization such as a church, civic club, private school, business or community organization that sponsors and owns a Cub Scout Pack, Boy Scout Troop, or Venture Crew. Pack 128 is chartered by the Santa Cruz Catholic Church. Although Santa Cruz Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic Church, Cub Scouts of all faiths are welcome to participate in Pack 128, as well as the Boy Scouts of America in general.
Code of Conduct: The behavioral expectations of scouts, siblings and parents.
Committee Chair: Helps develop the pack program plan. Plans the agenda for the pack committee meeting. Presents the charter to the charter organization.
Class A Uniform: Rank-specific neckerchief, slide, hat, socks and belt, official cub scout blue shirt with all appropriate patches and blue shorts and/or pants with belt loops. Webelos have the choice of wearing the official cub scout blue uniform as previously mentioned or the Webelos uniform which consists of olive pants/shorts and tan shirt with belt, neckerchief, slide and hat.
Class B Uniform: Official Pack (blue) t-shirt with denim shorts/jeans. If weather is cold, the scout may wear a navy blue long-sleeved shirt under the pack shirt.
Cubmaster: The leader of the pack. Plans the yearly pack program.
Den: A group of age-specific boys that meet together to achieve their rank of Tiger, Wolf, Bear or Webelos I.
Den Leader: The leader of an age-specific group of boys.
District: Every Cub Scout pack belongs to a district. Pack 128 belongs to the Sacred Springs District. The district provides a larger community of all the local Boy Scout Troops and Cub Scout Packs. Sacred Springs provides training courses for adult volunteers. Leaders can share experiences and best practices at the District Roundtables held monthly.
Dues: Dues is a flat fee per scout that will be paid to the pack to help defer the cost of awards. Dues must paid in full by each scout by June 1st before scouts receive further awards. For new scouts, the dues will include a pack shirt.
Fundraising: In order to raise money, the pack conducts the fall popcorn sale.
Optional Event: A fun event that is not counted towards attendance requirements.
Pack: All of the dens and patrols as a whole. We are Pack 128.
Pack Committee: The committee comprised of parents and leaders who make decisions on behalf of the pack.
Pack Meeting:The meeting where Cub Scout Dens (Tiger, Wolf, Bear, Webelos) meet together for a special event (Pinewood Derby, Blue and Gold Banquet) or to present awards. Pack meetings are usually scheduled monthly.
Pinewood Derby: Each scout will build their own car. Precut cars are acceptable. Please remember adults may help, but at least 90% of the work should be done by the scout. The cars will be raced on a pinewood derby track.
Quality Unit Award: Each year during your rechartering exercises, the BSA will ask your Cub Scout Pack leadership team to make some specific commitments regarding the quality of their Pack's program for the following charter year. These commitments are in ten (10) specific operational areas of Pack Program delivery. Then, during the rechartering exercises of following year you are asked to report on your performance against the commitments that were made the year previous. The Cub Scout Pack National Quality Unit Award is granted to Cub Scout Packs that achieve (a minimum) of six of those operational quality commitments out of the total of ten. Completion of four (4) specific committments are manditory, plus at least two (2) additional commitments.
Rank: Bobcat, Tiger, Wolf, Bear, Webelos I and Webelos II.
Recharter: Each year in January, the Scouting unit must re-registrer. Includes membership renewal for each member, as well as the chartering organization for the unit.
Red Vest: This is a felt vest purchased from the scout shop or hand-made. Fun patches and any patch not worn on the official cub scout uniform, may be worn on this vest.
Required Event: An event required by the attendance policy, i.e., den meetings and pack meetings.
Secretary: Presents written minutes of the previous meeting . Takes minutes at all meetings. Sends out mailings as requested by the Committee Chair or Cubmaster.
Special Event Patch: Patches earned by attending a special scout event, i.e., circus, Field of Dreams, Rampage, etc.
Trained: To be considered "Trained", a leader must complete all of the required courses for his or her specific position. All leaders must complete Youth Protection training.
Treasurer: Reports monthly on the fiscal health of the pack in a report describing income and expenses at the committee meeting. Deposits monies into checking and/or savings accounts. Reconciles bank statement. Gives receipts for the pack records.
Uniforms: See Class A uniform. See Class B uniform.
Webelos: Means "We'll be loyal Scouts". It is not a plural term. if you leave off the s (webelo) then you would just have "We'll be loyal" This is the Cub Scout program for 4th and 5th grade boys.
Wood Badge: The advanced leadership training course for adult leaders. This is the top training course in Scouting. The course is held every 18-24 months and involves two full weekends of training.
World Scout Crest: An international award earned by participating in a meaningful international Scouting experience. May be obtained through the local council.
Youth Protection: The training course of the Boy Scouts of America that covers policies on child abuse and how adults interact with youth.