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Cub Scout Pack 473
(Bloomington, Minnesota)
 
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The Bear Badge is earned by boys who have completed 2nd grade, or who are 9 years old. 
As with all Cub Scout ranks, he must first earn the Bobcat Badge to be eligible to work for this award.

ACHIEVEMENTS

To earn the Bear Badge, the Scout must complete 12 out of a possible 24 Bear Trail Achievements.
The achievements are grouped in 4 major areas: GOD, COUNTRY, FAMILY, and SELF. 
Within each group, a required number of achievements must be completed, as indicated below. 
Click here for a detailed list of requirements for these achievements.


GOD (Do ONE)
1. Ways We Worship
2. Emblems of Faith

COUNTRY (Do THREE)
3. What Makes America Special?
4. Tall Tales
5. Sharing Your World With Wildlife
6. Take Care of Your Planet
7. Law Enforcement is a Big Job

FAMILY (Do FOUR)
8. The Past is Exciting and Important
9. What's Cooking?
10. Family Fun
11. Be ready!
12. Family Outdoor Adventure
13. Saving Well, Spending Well

SELF (Do FOUR)
14. Ride Right
15. Games, Games, Games!
16. Building Muscles
17. Information Please
18. Jot it Down
19. Shavings and Chips
20. Sawdust and Nails
21. Build a Model
22. Tying it All Up
23. Sports, Sports, Sports
24. Be a Leader

 


When the Scout completes any three achievements, his den leader will present him with the Progress Toward Ranks Totem.  This is an incentive towards continued achievement.  One red bead is given for each three achievements earned. After he gets his fourth red bead, he will receive his Bear Badge at a pack meeting. The totem is worn on the button of the right shirt pocket.  Cub Scouts may continue to wear this emblem after ranks are earned until they become Webelos Scouts.

ELECTIVES

The Scout can also earn Arrow Point Electives. 
He may work on his “Arrow Point Trail” at any time, however, he will not receive the actual Arrow Points until after he has earned the Bear Badge. 
The Scout can go back and complete individual requirements from the achievements section and use them as electives for arrow points,
as long as they do not count any requirements from achievements that they used to earn the Bear Badge.
 Unused parts of achievements that were used for the Bear badge may NOT be counted toward Arrow Points.
Achievement requirements and elective requirements can be freely mixed to count toward earning arrow points. 

For the first 10 arrow point activities completed, the Scout earns a Gold Arrow Point.  For each 10 arrow point activities completed after, he earns a Silver Arrow Point.  

Click here for a detailed list of requirements for the electives below.

  1. Space
  2. Weather
  3. Radio
  4. Electricity
  5. Boats
  6. Aircraft
  7. Things That Go
  8. Cub Scout Band
  9. Art
  10. Masks
  11. Photography
  12. Nature Crafts
  13. Magic
  14. Landscaping
  15. Water and Soil Conservation
  16. Farm Animals
  17. Repairs
  18. Backyard Gym
  19. Swimming
  20. Sports
  21. Sales
  22. Collecting Things
  23. Maps
  24. American Indian Life
  25. Let’s Go Camping

 

 

 

SPECIAL BADGES


A commonly completed achievement for the Bear rank is Achievement Number 19 (Shavings and Chips).  In this achievement the Bear Cub Scout learns the proper handling and usage of a pocketknife. With his Den Leader's and parent's consent, a Bear Scout may earn his Whittling Chip card. The Whittling Chip card allows a Cub Scout to carry and use a pocketknife at Scouting events. A Cub Scout must carry a signed whittling chip card at all times that he has a pocketknife at a Scouting event.

BEAR CUB UNIFORM

 

 

This is the uniform guide for the official Bear Cub dress uniform, or "Class A" uniform, to be worn at Pack meetings and special events.

The "Class B" uniform is the teal Pack 473 tee-shirt and shorts, to be worn at den meetings and casual events.

Bear Cub Cap - Optional

 

Cub Scout long or Short-Sleeve Shirt- Most wear short sleeve

 

Bear Cub Neckerchief--Paid with Pack Dues

 

Bear Cub Neckerchief Slide--Paid with Pack Dues