Parent Resources

Joining Cub Scouts opens a world of possibilities for Scouts and their families! We are here to do our best to make your adventure a positive one! Before we get started with the fun, we need a little paperwork from you:

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Your Scout will then want to get their uniform! We provide fundraising for anything your scout needs! 

For announcements, questions, and general conversations, you will need to email us at lyonscubscoutpack939@gmail.com.

We do our best to keep our calendar up to date! For all upcoming events please click below.

What to Expect

Meetings

Cub Scout Den Meetings are held on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 6-8 at the Lyons First United Methodist Church which is also home to Lyons BSA Troop 939.  Find out which of these times and days will be your den meetings.

During the meetings, the Scouts will be working on completing "Adventures". These Adventures are items that are to be completed in order to earn their awards.  We have multiple awards ceremonies per year to formally award the Scouts for all of their hard work! At the end of the Cub Scout year (which runs along with the school year), we have our big awards banquet. 

If you would like to follow along with the progress of your Cub Scout and their rank advancement, we keep all our records through Scoutbook.  This is a great resource that will tell what your Scout has completed and where they currently are in their rank progress! 

Overnight Campouts

Scouting is an outdoor-based program. Camping is permitted by Cub Scouts only in an age-appropriate context. Scouts must have an adult family member with them at all times when camping. For the campout, you will need to bring all the equipment you will need to enjoy the camp-out: tent, sleeping bags, lanterns, bug spray etc. The pack will provide the main meals with a cost range of $6-$10 per person.  That price will include the cooking and preparing the food as well.   We set up a full kitchen and would love some volunteers in that area as well.  If your still undecided about this outdoor stuff, that's ok, we understand.  You can borrow a few things from the Pack and enjoy our first camp out of the season at Black Creek Scout Reservation in Sylvania, Georgia.  This camp out is called Haunted Trail.  There is a not-so-haunted trail and an actual haunted trail, carnival, and our most loved shooting range. This shooting range teaches safety and how to use bows and arrows, BB guns, and slingshots! Be sure to get in line early because every scout wants to be there! If you can't make that camping trip, we will have several more throughout the year.

Field Trips and Outings

During the Cub Scout year, we attempt to have multiple "field trips". For example, we try to visit zoos, parks, wildlife centers, sporting events, and more! During these trips, a parent or guardian will accompany their Scout and join in on the fun! Each trip is planned several months in advance, and every attempt is made to be hassle free once you arrive at the center. These trips are always educational and fun!  

Uniforms

Scout uniforms are an important part of the BSA program and one of the methods of scouting. Each scout gets to be part of a group demonstrated by their uniform and each group has a personal sense of identity. The scout uniform is also a display case for a scout's individual accomplishments and recognitions. We wear the uniform to associate ourselves with the principles to which we are committed - character development, citizenship training, and physical and mental fitness. The uniform is not intended to hide our individuality, but it is a way we give each other strength and support.

The Scouting movement is built on positive values. As we wear the uniform in Scouting, we stand together and encourage each other to live by those principles. Scouts and adults alike should take pride in belonging to this program and wear the uniform correctly.

For Pack 939, the scout uniform (Class A) consists of a hat, neckerchief, neckerchief slide, shirt, and a belt.   Pants and official socks are optional. In reality, each unit may have different uniform expectations, with some expecting socks to hat while others expect just the shirt. Having all scouts consistently uniformed for meetings and outings makes for a much better adventure. It is also important to remember that the scout uniform is not a mandatory part of scouting, and a scout should not be prohibited from participating just because they do not have a uniform, or a complete uniform.  We also offer a Class B uniform which is a t-shirt with our Pack info on it.  They can be purchased for $15.  Just reach out and let us know what you need. 

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Youth Protection

True youth protection can be achieved only through the focused commitment of everyone in Scouting. It is the mission of Youth Protection volunteers and professionals to work within the Scouts BSA to maintain a culture of Youth Protection awareness and safety at the national, territory, area, council, district, and unit levels.

The Scouts BSA takes great pride in the quality of our adult leadership. Being a leader in the BSA is a privilege, not a right. The quality of the program and the safety of our youth members call for high-quality adult leaders. The adult application requests background information that should be checked by the unit committee or the chartered organization before accepting an applicant for unit leadership. While no current screening techniques exist that can identify every potential child abuser, we can reduce the risk of accepting a child abuser by learning all we can about an applicant for a leadership position—his or her experience with children, why he or she wants to be a Scout leader, and what discipline techniques he or she would use. The Scouts BSA has a multilayered adult leader selection process that includes criminal background checks administered by a nationally recognized third party and other screening efforts.

The BSA has also prepared a Parents Guide that is available by clicking here or you can find it in the front of each Scout handbook. To ensure that Scouts BSA is doing everything we can, this must be reviewed between the parent and the child before earning their very first rank of Bobcat.