Program Planning for August 2025

Things to Remember This Month:

  • Welcome Back to School and “Back to the Pack”
  • Sign Up for Cub Haunted Weekend
  • Plan Your Unit Popcorn Kick Off and Show N Sell Merchandise Order

August Council Events

OA Summer Ordeal

August 8-10

Spend time sleeping under the stars and work on a number of service projects in the day followed by a ceremony inducting members into the Order of the Arrow.

REGISTER

NRA Rifle Instructor Training

Auguest 9-10

16-hour course teaches the knowledge, skills and attitude essential to organizing, promoting and teaching NRA’s Basic Rifle Shooting course.

PLANNING UNDERWAY

Northshore District Roundtable

August 14

Monthly program offered by Northshore District that gives leaders hands-on experience and provides a forum for leaders to offer and receive help from their fellow Scouters.

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Central, Southern, and Western District Roundtable

August 21

Monthly program offered by Central, Southern and Western District that gives leaders hands-on experience and provides a forum for leaders to offer and receive help from their fellow Scouters.

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Popcorn KickOff

TBD

Come have a blast with us at the Popcorn Kickoff! Maximize your time investment with two (2) or more attendees per unit for this exciting event!

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Popcorn - Show & Sell Orders Due

TBD

Due date for Show N Sell orders to be placed in the popcorn system, if your unit is planning sell at local stores.

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August Planning Items

Pack Sign Up Events

Back to School time is back to Cub Scouting time, and your pack and dens have many routes to recruit, from Registration, Meet the Teacher or Meet and Greet days where you can have one-on-one contacts with families, to one or more fun den and pack activities (swim? bike? cookout?) that you can invite friends and classmates to attend, to School Sign Up Nights supported by your District Executive. A fun calendar of outdoor activities is the number one reason families like Cub Scouting, so… Get Out And Cub Scout! Check out the "Signup Events Tips" leveraged from the Atlanta Area Council.

Pack Parent Orientation (Alongside a Fun Event)

After your big Sign-Up Event, be sure that your Pack parents know how your Pack and Dens will operate – have a Pack orientation for all families. A best practice is to have this alongside a super fun event for the Scouts – and with food – so that every family will want to attend and get on the right path. For ideas about how to put on a great Pack Orientation, see New Parent Orientation page.

Bobcat and “First Meeting” Plans

Here’s something you might do as part of that first orientation and fun event.  What if you had an easy way where parents could have fun with their kids and share the joy of leading their Scouts as they complete the Bobcat and earn their first badge? (Psst: your returning Scouts can use a refresher too.) These are great for “getting started” meetings and activities with your Den and can let parents feel the power of their leadership skills. See Bobcat Adventure Ideas for Den Activities and Parent Participation

Advancement Resources for Leaders and Parents

Cub Scouting is full of Handbook Advancement and Adventures – 96 in all. The link below will take you to resource pages for all of those Adventures, and give you – and the parents in your Den – helpful information to be great leaders of your Scouts. That page includes resources to lead the Bobcat rank too – the first rank badge awarded a new Cub Scout, except for Lions (who work on most of Bobcat in Lion Adventures). Check out the Cub Scout Advance leveraged from the Atlanta Area Council.

Stay in the Know!

Make sure your leaders and parents know how to obtain the latest information about District and Council programs by including the following on all unit district communications: