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Theme:
Personal Fitness
Adventures
Snapshot of Pack Meeting
Personal fitness is one of the four aims of Scouting America. This Pack Meeting is filled with activity and is focused on building healthy habits around physical fitness, personal care, nutrition, and proper rest.
Keep parents engaged in the activities and aware of requirements, as many of these habits are formed at home.
Safety Moment
Prior to any activity, use the Scouting America SAFE Checklist to ensure the safety of all those involved.
All participants in official Scouting America activities should become familiar with the Guide to Safe Scouting and applicable program literature or manuals.
Be aware of state or local government regulations that supersede Scouting America practices, policies, and guidelines.
To assist in the safe delivery of the program, you may find specific safety items that are related to requirements for the Adventure.
Before starting this Adventure complete the following:
- Review the Food Allergies safety moment.
- Review each Cub Scouts Scouting America Annual Health and Medical Record for any food allergies or restrictions.
- Ask if any member of the den, youth, or adult, has any religious, or cultural dietary concerns.
- There is someone in the den, youth, or adults, who carries an EpiPen due to severe allergies make sure that at least one other adult knows how to administer the EpiPen. To learn more, review this Safety Moment on anaphylaxis.
- Review the Keep Your Food Safe guide to properly keep, store, and prepare food.
Before the meeting:
This Personal Fitness Pack Meeting has several requirements that are done at home. It is best to communicate details of at-home activities in a written form with direct links to the online resource. Referred to often, as this will help ensure everyone is well informed and prepared.
- 30 days before the meeting, confirm access to the meeting location.
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At the Pack committee or parents’ meeting before the Pack Meeting, make assignments using the Pack Meeting planner.
- Purchase supplies, including Adventure loops and pins.
- 7 days before the meeting, send out a meeting reminder
- 3 days before the meeting, send out a second meeting reminder.
- The morning of the meeting, send out a third meeting reminder.
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On the day of the meeting, set up the meeting location.
- Have copies of the Get to Know You Bingo for each Cub Scout and Parent
- Set Up Den Meeting Breakouts.
- Set Up Activity Stations.
At Home Requirements
If they have not already done so have everyone complete their Scouting America Annual Health and Medical Record form and bring it to the Pack Meeting. This does not require a doctor’s visit. Parents should make leaders aware of any conditions that they or their child may have that could limit participation, any allergies, or any other condition that leaders should be aware of.
The following requirements are completed at home before the pack meeting.
Lion Rank
Tiger Rank
Wolf Rank
Activities and Requirements
Running with the Pack
Requirement 6
Bear Rank
Activities and Requirements
Bear Strong
Requirement 5
Webelos Rank
Activities and Requirements
Stronger, Faster, Higher
Requirement 1
Requirement 5
Arrow of Light Rank
Activities and Requirements
Requirement 1
Requirement 2
Requirement 4
ARROW OF LIGHT – As Arrow of Light Scouts prepare to join a Troop it is common in Scouts BSA Advancement for a Scout to have to track progress and record over time. Requirement 2 for Personal Fitness requires Scouts to track for 2 weeks. Provide Scouts and parents enough at least two weeks with a reminder of this at-home requirement, before the pack meeting.
Gathering Activity
Near the entrance to the meeting location, station a greeter to welcome people as they arrive and provide everyone with a name tag. Group Lions, Tigers, and Wolves together and Bear, Webelos, and Arrow of Light together for two separate activities.
LIONS, TIGERS, AND WOLVES – Play Duck, Duck, Goose, allowing individuals to join in between rounds.
BEAR, WEBELOS, AND ARROW OF LIGHT – Play Sleeping Steve, allowing individuals to join in between rounds.
Opening Ceremony and Remarks
Opening Remarks
Tonight’s pack meeting is all about Personal Fitness. Fitness isn’t just about our bodies; it’s also about healthy minds and hearts. Let’s take steps together to be the best, healthiest Cub Scouts we can be!
Give directions on den breakouts/den meetings.
Den Break Outs
Dens may meet individually or they may be combined to complete similar or the same requirements. Parents or legal guardians should discuss with their Cub Scout any activities they should not participate in or conditions that should be shared with adult leadership for safety reasons.
Lion Rank
Tiger Rank
Wolf Rank
Bear Rank
Webelos Rank
Arrow of Light Rank
Activities and Requirements
Personal Fitness
Requirement 2
Requirement 4
Activity Stations
Set up 3 activity stations, each station is led by an adult who has been given the resources ahead of time to prepare for the activity or activities. Cub Scouts rotate to each station either by den or mulit-rank dens. Each station has an activity for each Cub Scout rank.
Station 1
Circuit Exercise Station
Activities and Requirements
Lion Den - Req 3 partial
Tiger Den - Req. 3 partial
Wolf Den - Req. 4
Bear Den - Req. 3
Webelos Den - Req. 3
AOL Den - Req. 3 partial
Station 2
Yoga Station
Activities and Requirements
Lion Den - Req. 3 partial
Tiger Den - Req. 3 partial
Wolf Den - Req. 5
Bear Den - Req. 4
Webelos Den - Req. 4 partial
AOL Den - Req. 3 partial
Station 3
Hand Washing & Trail Mix Station
Activities and Requirements
Lion Den - Req. 2
Tiger Den - Req. 2
Wolf Den - No Requirement
Bear Den - No Requirement
Webelos Den - No Requirement
AOL Den - No Requirement
Lion Den - Req. 1
Tiger Den - Req. 1
Wolf Den - Req. 1
Bear Den - Req. 1
Webelos Den
AOL Den
Station 4
Steal the Bacon Station
Activities and Requirements
Lion Den - Req. 3 partial
Tiger Den - Req. 3 partial
Wolf Den - Req. 3 partical
Bear Den - Req. 2 partial
Webelos Den - Req. 2 partial
AOL Den - Req. 3 partial
Fun and Games
No additional games needed for this meeting.
Presentations and Ceremonies
Use the presentation Personal Fitness Ceremony.
Cubmaster Minute and Closing Ceremony
Cubmasters Minute
Cub Scouts, tonight we talked about fitness. Being fit isn’t about being perfect; it’s about taking small steps every day to be the best version of ourselves. Maybe that’s playing a sport, choosing a fruit instead of a cookie, or simply taking a walk outside. When we take care of our bodies, we feel better, think more clearly, and have more energy for Scouting adventures and life. Fitness is a gift we give to ourselves, and it helps us be strong and ready to help others. Let’s keep growing strong together!
Good job tonight, Scouts. And remember, have fun and do your best!
