New Webelos & Arrow of Light Requirements

[sctmom]

This should be of interest to Scouters of Cubs AND Boys. The new Webelos handbook is out. There are changes to the requirements for the Webelos badge and the Arrow of Light.

 

Some (not all) Other changes:

Webelos Badge requires Fitness and Citizen Activity Badges.

Arrow of Light requires Outdoorsman badge. AOL also required doing

the Honesty Character Connection (a detailed discussion about promises and honesty).

 

NEW requirements for Outdoorsman badge:

Do 2 of these:

1. Present yourself to your Webelos den leader properly dressed, as

you would be for an overnight campout. Show the camping gear you will

use. Show the right way to pack and carry it.

2. With your family or Webelos den, help plan and take part in an

evening outdoor activity that includes a campfire.

3. With your parent or guardian take part in a Webelos den overnight

campout or a family campout. Sleep in a tent that you have helped

pitch.

4. With your parent or guardian, camp overnight with a Boy Scout

troop. Sleep in a tent you have helped pitch.

AND DO FIVE OF THESE:

5. During a Webelos den meeting, discuss how to follow the Leave No

Trace Frontcountry Guidelines during outdoor activities.

6. Participate in an outdoor conservation project with your Webelos

den or a Boy Scout troop.

7. Discuss with your Webelos den leader the rules of outdoor safety.

Using these rules, show how to build a safe fire and put it out.

8.With your accompanying adult on a campout or outdoor activity,

assist in preparing, cooking and cleanup for one of your den's meals.

Tell why it is important for each den member to share in meal

preparation and cleanup, and explain the importance of eating

together.

9. Discuss with your Webelos den leader the things that you need to

take on a hike. Go on one 3-mile hike with your Webelos den or a Boy

Scout troop.

10. Demonstrate how to whip and fuse the ends of a rope.

11. Demonstrate setting up a tent or dining fly using two half

hitches and a taut-line hitch. Show how to tie a square knot and

explain how it is used.

12. Visit a nearby Boy Scout camp with your Webelos Den.

 

 

 

[SMT376Richmond KY]

Sounds alot like the Tenderfoot requirements. Perhaps we should give AOL's that bridge over the Tenderfoot by default. This was a big complaint of my son. "Gee I did all this stuff for Webelos why can't it count for this."

Does this mean the second years who are just awaiting tenure will have to complete these new requirements since they finished most in their books last year. We have 3 in the Pack that will have tenure in November two of which have said they will come to our Troop in Feb at Blue and Gold.

[sctmom]

I disagree. These are to be done with an ADULT. Tenderfoot is not done with an adult, at least not in the troops I've seen and heard of.

 

[Fish]

SMT, it is my understanding that the new requirements are for new Webelos just entering the program. Your second-year boys who completed their stuff last year are "grandfathered in" under the old book and are not required to comply to the new requirements for Webelos. As for AOL, I guess it depends on when they start working on it. This year? I'd go with the new requirements. If they started working on it last year, I'd go with the old. At least that's the way we're proceeding here in our pack.

[FScouter]

The "official" word on the new handbooks:

"Boys who become Webelos Scouts after August 1, 2005, will be required to use the new Webelos Scout Handbook.

For a more complete statement about the new books:

http://www.scoutstuff.org/misc/news.html

 

 

[JCYoung]

I am a new Webelos leader and I noticed that there are some descrepancies between the Athlete Requirements in the Webelos Leader Guide and the Webelos hand book. Which one should I go by?

 

The Leaders book Req 2 says

While a Webelos Scout, earn the Cub Scout Sports pin for Physical Fitness.

 

and the Boys Handbook says nothing about earning the Cub Scout Sports pin? What to do????

[Twocubdad]

The leaders' book hasn't been updated and still includes the old requirements. If your boys are new Webelos Is and are using the new books, you should go by the requirement in their handbooks. If you're Scouts are returning Webelos IIs and using the old books, they can finish the year using the old requirements. You can still use the leaders' book to plan den meetings. The changes to the requirements aren't that big.