Seen on Twitter, from the feed of Eric Mitchell (@PSPrincipalWA): "Ideas shared by parents during Parent University about some of our goals as a parent to teach our children. You can see why we say it takes a village. Proud to be a part of this village. I see so much of this being addressed in the course of our day." 

See the great list attached ... and how it lines up with what a child can experience and develop in a program that teaches to be "Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean, and Reverent".

Youth Protection Training of the Scouting program is found at https://my.scouting.org/, where you can set up a profile and take the course (in three main modules).  This is important stuff for parents know and understand.  Not just for Scouting, but in your life with your kids. 

Adults are encouraged to Register as Leaders or Committee Members (cost included in your Scout's dues, and you get "Scouting Magazine"), and adults who will have a Den or Pack Leadership role need to Register.  Being Cubmaster does not mean "do everything" - because Every Parent Helps, or Every Parent Needs to Help.  To register as a leader if you are not a currently registered Pack 631 leader who has maintained Youth Protection Training current (every two years), which you take at https://my.scouting.org/:  

1. Click this link.
2. It will ask whether you're registering for yourself (as an adult volunteer) or for your child, so for Adult Registration click "Start" under "Adult".   
3. That takes you to a series of pages for Basic and Background Information (the BSA runs background checks), so follow the prompts, enter the information, set up a "My.Scouting" account, and checkout and pay for your BSA Registration Fee through the remainder of this Calendar Year. 
4. If you do not have a current BSA registration number with current -- within two years -- "Youth Protection Training", as shown at https://my.scouting.org/, your Adult Application will prompt you to complete "Youth Protection Training" by taking the course at https://my.scouting.org/).  If you do it online now (or have done it before on the same my.scouting.org profile), you should sync up right away in the online Adult Application.  If you want to print the YPT Certificate, at the end of the Course it will ask you for your "Council", and ours is "Atlanta Area Council", then enter your name on the final page, and 631 as the unit number, and follow the instructions to Print the Certificate.

There is no "dues" cost to being a Leader; Leader fees are covered in the Pack Dues, so contact the webmaster for a reimbursement. To take Youth Protection Training On Line, see our Adult Leader Training Page for how to access https://my.scouting.org/.

From Den Leader Vincent Young:  Dear Pack 631 Families, I hope everyone is gearing up for an amazing holiday season!  We look forward to seeing all of you this Saturday at our Pack Holiday Service Project & Bowling Party.  

After the holidays, our next major event for Pack 631 is our upcoming 2020 Pinewood Derby. You Den leaders will be distributing Pinewood Derby Car Kits to your scouts over the next few weeks. Please keep up with the kits do not open them until you're ready to begging working on building the car (there are some small pieces that may get lost).

Attached to the Pinewood Derby Calendar entry, please find a document that provides general information about the 2020 Pinewood Derby. Specifically, this document will provide answers to the following questions:

1. What is the Pinewood Derby?
2. When and Where does the Pinewood Derby Take Place?
3. What Happens During the Pinewood Derby?
4. How Does My Family Design/Build a Pinewood Derby Car?
5. What are the Pinewood Derby Rules?

Over the next few weeks, you will receive additional information about this exciting event. Furthermore, your Den leader(s) will be available to answer any questions that you may have.

We hope you find this information useful!

Yours in Scouting, Vincent Young

Details are at https://atlanta631.mypack.us/node/3179 -- due to space limitations and cold, open only to 4th and 5th Grade Dens.  And sign up by this weekend, so that the Troop can plan for you.   Super cool good fun time ... photos from 2015 are here:  https://pack631.smugmug.com/CombinedPackTroopEvents/2015-Black-Rock-Webelos-Winter/ with a lot of Jeff Woodson and Vincent Young and Joe Hood.  2017 at https://pack631.smugmug.com/CombinedPackTroopEvents/2017-Black-Rock-Mountain-X/  Did we mention it's a super good fun time?  WIth a cabin with wood burning stove.  

Quick Reminder about upcoming Cub Scout Pack 631 and Events You Can Do! 

• Vincent Young is organizing the Pack to march in the Atlanta Veterans Day Parade November 9.
• Scouting is Service, and there will be a Pack Service Project on December 7 to give back to the community.  Followed by a party.
• Do we want a big trip in January or February?  
• Pinewood Derby time is then too, with a "garage day" on January 25 to build your cars, and racing on February 8.  Your Derby Commissioners are Edgar Mosley, Alex Nardone and Jeff Woodson!  
• At some point in here, next year's 5th Graders will move over to a Scouts BSA Troop, and do Troop activities.
• The Spring Campout will be April 3 to 5 ... location to be determined.
• Scout out Sweetwater Creek State Park on a hike April 18.  
• Soon it will be time for awards at the Pack Blue & Gold Banquet, May 1, coordinated by Monique Holloway.  Yes, the 5th Graders can "come back" for that.
• And then more summer activities ... 

Sign Ups are open ... here if you are currently registered in Pack 631 from last year, and here if you're new with us this year or still need to register with the BSA.