Welcome to Scouting

This makes a great first meeting of the year to welcome new scouts to your pack. It does involve a lot more sitting and talking than your typical meeting, but it's a great way for new scouts to learn the ropes and more experienced scouts to review the basics.

• Opening Ceremony
• Name Game & Welcome New Scouts
• Read the Old Wolf's Story
• Teach the Timberwolf Law
• Teach the Timberwolf Promise
• Teach the Timberwolf Motto
• Demonstrate the Timberwolf Sign and Salute
• Teach the Grand Howl
• Steam Off Game
  • Wolves and Rabbits (similar to Sharks and Minnows), or substitute another high energy game
• Learn about the History of Scouting
  • The three B-Ps
  • The worldwide scouting movement
• Review the Motto/Law/Promise
• Practice the Grand Howl
• Team Building Game
  • Extreme Rock Paper Scissors
  • Flip the Tarp
• Tenderpad Tests
• Investitures
• Closing Ceremony

• Timberwolf Handbooks

• Explain what it means to enter the Pack as a Timberwolf.
• Recite from memory the Timberwolf Law, and explain its meaning in your own words.
• Recite from memory the Timberwolf Promise, and explain its meaning in your own words.
• Demonstrate the Timberwolf Salute.
• Take part in a Pack and Six activity.
• Show that you know how to do the Grand Howl.
• Recite from memory the Timberwolf Motto, and explain its meaning in your own words.
• Talk with your Pack about the Baden-Powell Family, or the history of scouting.