Kenneth at 21:56, 14 July 2015

2015-07-14T21:56:22Z

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== How to Protect your Children from Child-Abuse ==

Reviewing the Boy Scout handbook, "How to Protect your Children from Child-Abuse" is REQUIRED EACH YEAR of cub scouting. Below is a link to that handbook.

http://www.scouting.org/filestore/ypt/pdf/46-015.pdf

== New Program 2015 ==

What is changing:
* Switch to Scout Oath and Scout Law, retiring of Cub Scout Promise and Law of the Pack
* Tiger Cubs becomes simply “Tiger” with new image
* Arrow of Light will no longer require earning Webelos
* Activities will be more active, more aligned with Aims/Mission
* Advancement will be simplified
* Academics & Sports program will be discontinued (as of May 2015)
* Current immediate/elective recognition devices will be replaced
* One Den Leader Guide per rank

What’s not changing:
* Cub Scouting’s family focus
* Ranks or approach
* Age (or gender) of ranks
* Den/pack meeting structures
* Outdoor program
* Delivery model
* Current Cub Scout motto, sign, salute and handshake
* Fun, though there will be even more than before

References:
* Better activities, simplified advancement coming to Cub Scouting in 2015 - Bryan on Scouting - http://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2014/01/01/better-activities-simplified-advancement-coming-to-cub-scouting-in-2015/
* Program Updates - 2014 and Beyond - http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/programupdates.aspx
* New Cub Adventure Program - http://scoutingmagazine.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/new_cub_adventure_program_mg.pdf
* Program Change Overview—Cub Scouts (2015) and Boy Scouts (2016) - http://www.scouting.org/filestore/program_update/pdf/2015_Program_Change_Overview_Cub_Scouts_Boy_Scouts.pdf

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Kenneth at 21:56, 14 July 2015