See this Photo Gallery on our Photo Website of our First Grade Tigers in action.  Great Pictures!  If your Den wants a gallery set up at https://pack631.smugmug.com/Pack631CubScoutEvents, just email webmaster@atlanta631.mypack.us!

Your Pack Trainer (who helped create the advancement program in your boys' handbooks) is conducting another Cub Scout Parent and Leader Orientation Saturday, September 2, 10 to 2:00, at Fairfield Baptist Church, located at 6133 Redan Road, Lithonia 30058.  If you want to attend, just email bert.bender@alston.com.  

Not a Leader, but have a Son: yes, this is for you … if you’re not a Den Leader, we’ll show how to help your Den and Pack do Cub Scouting so your son will be so proud of you and you have more fun … and if you are a Den Leader, congratulations and thanks (you’re a hero), and we’ll show how to do Den Adventures, and describe ways others can help you help kids.    

For current Leaders, yes, this is for you too … you may have experience as a Den or Pack leader, but this covers some of the changes that came down last winter, and puts a new focus on the more hands-on active way to deliver the program.  Fewer meetings, more fun, more activity, more adventure, more memories

From the Pack Trainer (Bert Bender, former Cubmaster) ... the FAQs about Pack and Den and Cub Scout operations have been updated (as found in the About Us & How to Join page, and on the left side of the Website) ... because with the new (in 2015) Cub Adventures and Handbooks are so much more hands on and emphasize outdoor activities and games and hiking and sports and camping and such ... it sounds like most of our Dens will not do "after school" meetings but "weekend" activities at destinations around town. 

So a new FAQ is posted in the Den and Pack Activity Meeting page ... asking "So where can we go for Den Adventures if we're not having a "meeting" in a Classroom?"

Answer:  Anywhere that is “Fun for Kids, Fun for Families, and Safe”.  Pack 631 lives all over the metro area, so go all over the Metro Area … for “half day” or longer Den Adventures, find a place that fits what you want to do … that helps Keep It Simple and Makes It Fun.  Maybe the Civil Rights Museum, or the College Football Museum … maybe a State Park or Nature Center with the help of Ranger … maybe a youth fitness event or a sporting event … or a parade … or the Center for Puppetry Arts … or a Path Foundation Bike Trail (many of which are more "cub sized" than the Silver Comet).  

You could even do a “tour of playground”: let families share “their favorite playground”, and host a Den Adventure there … you can still do the Handbook work around a table or sitting on the ground as you rest after play, and have Scout-like openings and closings.  For a long list of super fun places … and some groups that will help you provide program … see the “Activities and Events around Atlanta” attachment at the District “Activity Ideas” page here.  Enjoy the

To sign up a new Pack 631 Scout (if you were not currently registered in Pack 631 in the Spring of 2017 with a BSA registration number -- if you're not sure, click on your son's name in the Roster ... if there is no "BSA No.", then do these steps ... thanks to those who have so far):

• first, read the "Every Parent Leads" rules, 
• second, go to this "New Youth Registration" page and follow the steps there to (1) Register with the Boy Scouts of America (and pay Registration and "Boy's Life" Magazine for the rest of the calendar year), and (2) Sign Up with Pack 631 and pay for the rest of the Scouting costs that come with Pack 631 dues.  

To sign up a returning Pack 631 Scout (if you are currently registered in Pack 631 in the Spring of 2017 with a BSA registration number -- if you're not sure, click on your son's name in the Roster ... if there is a "BSA No.", then do this:   go to this "Returning Youth Registration" page and follow the steps there to Sign Up with Pack 631 for 2017-2018 and pay Pack 631 dues.

Adults are encouraged to Register as Leaders or Committee Members (cost included in your son's dues, and you get "Scouting Magazine"), and adults who will have a Den or Pack Leadership role need to Register.  To do that 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/:

• first, complete and sign the attached Adult Application if you are not currently registered in Pack 631, and email applications@atlanta631.mypack.us for instructions about where to send that (a completed, signed -- in two places -- original copy must be delivered . . . no, email does not work);
• second, 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 needs to be coupled with evidence of completion of "Youth Protection Training" by taking the course at https://my.scouting.org/ and printing the completion certificate).  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. 
• These are then filed with the Boy Scouts (who will run a background check for safety reasons).
• There is no "dues" cost to being a Leader; Leader fees are covered in the Pack Dues.

To take Youth Protection Training On Line, see our Adult Leader Training Page for how to access https://my.scouting.org/ and for more

Welcome ... for some on this eBlast, this is the first message you've received about Cub Scouts ... as the emails of parents from the Woodward Directory have now been loaded ... so for a "login" to the Pack Roster of families thinking about doing Scouts, or the Pack Calendar of possible fun things to do, just email the Webmaster ... feel free to poke around here to find out more about how Woodward's Cub Scout Pack 631 plays the game of Scouting!   For more, join us at the Welcome Back Party on September 10, and in the Primary School you can talk with other Cub Scout Families at PS Parent Night on September 7. 

Those who look at the Pack Calendar will see events that the Pack plans to do as a group (like the Welcome Back party on Sunday September 10, or Camping October 6-8, where a Pack Leader is already coordinating), along with events that are likely super cool to do (like the September 2 Dragon Con parade, or the Braves Game and Parade around the Field on September 17, where it would be easy for anyone to coordinate, just by confirming where and when to meet).  There are also events that don't have event registration, but maybe you, or your Den, would like to go ... and make it your Den Adventure, or just a super cool thing to do.  So, your Pack Leaders (thanks, Cubmaster Josh) wanted to highlight those ... and if you want to "get a group", contact Josh at cubmaster@atlanta631.mypack.us or contact your Den(s).