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PACK HONORS
Updated 01/21/09
Pack 214 has achieved several prestigious Boy Scouts of America National and honors in our very short life.
The NATIONAL QUALITY UNIT AWARD, the NATIONAL SUMMERTIME PACK AWARD, the GOOD TURN UNIT AWARD and the BEACON AWARD are granted to packs each year for their outstanding committment to a quality scouting program.
Results have shown that units attaining the above awards furnish a consistently better program, retain youth and adult members longer, and advance Scouts further along the trail towards Eagle.
PACK 214 has been awarded the following honors:
NATIONAL QUALITY UNIT AWARD2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
NATIONAL SUMMERTIME PACK AWARD
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
GOOD TURN UNIT
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
CHRISTOPHER CORRIVEAU of Den 8 RECEIVES THE BEACON AWARD!
Details below.
COMMUNITY THANK YOUs
Details below.
NATIONAL QUALITY UNIT AWARD
All members, both youth and adults, of a pack that earns this award may wear the Quality Unit emblem on their uniforms, and a streamer may be displayed on the pack flag.
To qualify for the National Quality Unit Award, a unit must achieve 6 of the following objectives. The 4 starred (*) items are required plus 2 additional items.
- * TRAINING
The Cubmaster, and at least 50 percent of den leaders and Webelos den leaders will complete Fast Start Training and basic training for their current position.
- * TWO-DEEP LEADERSHIP
Commit to have one or more registered, trained, and active assistant Cubmasters. One registered adult is assigned responsibility for Youth Protection training.
- PACK MEETINGS
Commit to hold a minimum of nine pack meetings a year, and the pack will earn the National Summertime Pack Award.
- TIGER CUBS
Commit to have one or more Tiger Cub dens in our pack.
- SERVICE PROJECTS
Commit to conduct a service project annually, preferably for the chartered organization or the community.
- ADVANCEMENT
Seventy percent or more of your Cub Scouts and Webelos Scouts will advance a rank, or you will have a 10 percent increase over a year ago.
- BOYS' LIFE MAGAZINE
Commit that fifty percent or more of your Tiger Cubs, Cub Scouts, and Webelos Scouts will subscribe to Boys' Life magazine or you will have a 10 percent increase over a year ago.
- MEMBERSHIP
Commit to renew your charter with an equal or greater number of youth registered over a year ago.
- * OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
Commit that Cub Scout pack will participate in one or more of the following experiences:
- Cub Scout day camp
- Resident camp
- Family camp
- Webelos den overnighter(s), and/or
- other activities conducted or approved by the local council.
- * ON-TIME CHARTER RENEWAL
Commit that your Pack will complete its charter renewal before its current charter expires.
NATIONAL SUMMERTIME PACK AWARD recognizes outstanding packs that conduct quality year-round programs for their youth.
To qualify for the National Summertime Pack Award, a pack plan 3 pack activities-one each in June, July and August.
Qualifying packs receive a streamer for their pack flag. Boys who participate in all three pack events are eligible to receive the National Summertime Pack Award pin, which they can wear on the right pocket flap of their uniform.
The purpose of the National Summertime Pack Award is to encourage packs to provide a year-round program by continuing to meet during the time periods when school is out of session for several weeks or months.
GOOD TURN UNIT award recognizes packs that participate in Scouting for Food.
Scouting for Food is the largest one-day food drive in the country. Each year, our scouts, leaders and parents collect approximately two million items that will serve 400 pantries within the Greater St. Louis Area Council. This food will meet a four-month demand for food in our area.
Qualifying packs receive a streamer for their pack flag.
BEACON AWARD is presented to Scout units who enhance the image of Scouting in the community, limited to one award per unit, per year.
"On June 12th 2008, an Iowan Boy Scout camp was ravaged by a tornado and several Boy Scouts lost their life. At the same time at another campsite a Cub Scout by the name of Christopher Corriveau was also threatened by a similar weather event at their campsite. Christopher, his mother, brother and others were rushed into a narrow cave-like opening where they stood, in their words, in "ice cold" water for 45 minutes until the all clear was given and they packed up their site and started heading for home.
While Christopher’s family was packing things away, they listened to the Boy Scout tragedy in Iowa. Christopher asked his mom if he could do something to help out the Boy Scouts and she gave him the nod yes!
Christopher put on his Cub Scout shirt, grabbed a canister and started collecting money to help out the Boy Scouts in Iowa. With each person he came in contact with he would explain his purpose and that weekend he collected $50.00.
By the time Christopher's family had returned to St. Louis, Christopher had collected over $248.00 from places they had stopped to eat or gas up on their return trip."
COMMUNITY THANK YOUs
As part of the Pack's October 2008 pack meeting, all were asked to bring in new and/or gently used books to donate to the Family Resource Center. Of course, we out did ourselves and Dr. Nash had to make 2 trips in order to deliver all the books to the Center. Click here to see the Family Resource Center Thank You Letter.
--- On Mon, 1/19/09, Janet Shaffer <janet@crisisnurserykids.com> wrote:
From: Janet Shaffer <janet@crisisnurserykids.com>
Subject: THANK YOU FROM THE SAINT LOUIS CRISIS NURSERY
To: lescarrs@yahoo.com
Cc: "Laura Coatney" <lcoatney@crisisnurserykids.com>
Date: Monday, January 19, 2009, 2:43 PM
Dear Anne and members of Cub Pack 214,
Thank you! Thank you so much for your 2008 donation of children’s items from our wishlist. Gifts such as yours allow us to provide a safe, warm and loving environment for children at-risk of abuse or neglect. More than 500 children each month are welcomed through the doors of the five Crisis Nurseries across the region.
"May happiness touch your life today
as warmly as you have touched the lives of others."
-Rebecca Forsythe
The Crisis Nursery directly focuses on the prevention of child abuse and neglect. Families reach out for help because of overwhelming parental stress, parental illness/death, lack of utilities/food/shelter, domestic violence or a drug/alcohol related crisis. We are able to be there 24/7 for disadvantaged families reaching out for help because of the generosity of people like you – THANK YOU!
Thank you, again, for caring about the children of the Crisis Nursery!
With Gratitude,
Laura D. Coatney, MSW
Development Director
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