About Webelos
  

Webelos:  "We'll Be Loyal Scouts"

Although WEBELOS Scouts are still an integral part of Cub Scouting, with the same purposes, it is a transitional program. It is moving the boys from a family based program in which the parents approve work, to a unit leader led program where the WEBELOS den leader must approve advancement. It is a transition from the simpler Cub Scouting program and ideals to the more challenging program of Boy Scouting and the more complex ideals of the Scout Oath and Law. It is a transition from the home and neighborhood based Cub Scouting to the wider world of Boy Scout camping, hiking and the wilderness.
  

WEBELOS Den Leaders have two objectives:

• Provide every WEBELOS Scout the opportunity to earn his Arrow of Light.
• Lead and successfully coach the boys to the threshold of a positive Boy Scouting experience.

The mission of the WEBELOS program is to provide activities which are fun for boys and meet their needs, interests, desires and contribute to their growth. The goal of the WEBELOS den is to hold a boy in the Cub Scout pack and graduate him into a troop. That's why a quality program is of such importance.

The WEBELOS den does not operate with the recommended monthly themes. Instead, it uses a monthly activity badge focus. Part of each month's activity badge program should include something to do at the pack meeting. This could be a fitness demonstration or a display of projects. The point is that the WEBELOS den should remain an integral part of the pack, and should have a part in each pack meeting.

The suggested pattern for completion of the activity pins is as follows. Following this pattern enables a boy to receive his WEBELOS badge in February of his first year and the Arrow of Light in February of his second year.

• January - Fitness, Readyman
• February - Scholar, Engineer
• March - Handyman, Engineer
• April - Sportsman, Athlete
• May - Outdoorsman, Family Member
• June - Traveler, Artist
• July - Aquanaut, Geologist
• August - Naturalist, Forester
• September - Communicator, Scientist
• October - Showman, Scientist
• November - Craftsman, Citizen
• December - Craftsman, Citizen

Badges and Awards                                                                                  

Patches
A webelo earns patches for...

Activity Pins
A Webelos earns activity pins for each of 11 activities they are to complete.  The pins are for the following:

Weblos Activity Pins
Aquanaut	Artist	Citizen	Fitness	Outdoorsman
Readyman	Scholar	Showman	Sportsman	Communicator
Traveler

 
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