Summertime Pack Award
 
It's More Fun Outdoors! Encouraging Cub Scout packs to provide a 12-month program by continuing to meet for several weeks or months when school is out of session is the purpose of the National Summertime Pack Award (NSPA). By planning and conducting three pack activities—one each in June, July, and August—a Cub Scout unit can qualify for the National Summertime Pack Award certificate (BSA No. 33731A) and streamer (No. 17808). And the possibility of earning the award can be an incentive for larger attendance at summertime pack events.

Dens with an average attendance of at least half their members at the three summer pack events are eligible for a den participation ribbon (No. 17806). Individual boys who attend all three summertime pack activities can receive the National Summertime Pack Award pin (No. 00464).

If pack members attend a "year-round" school with several three- to four-week breaks during the year, the pack could earn the NSPA by conducting a special pack activity during three of those breaks.

A sample National Summertime Pack Award planning guide (No. 33748A), which includes an application and activities tracking sheet, can be found on page 34-33 in the Cub Scout Leader Book (No. 33221B). Two resources from the annual Boys' Life Program Planning Package can aid pack leadership in planning and carrying out an active summer program: the Cub Scout Leader Program Notebook (No. 26-001C) and the Pack Program Planning Chart (No. 26-004C).

Download the National Summertime Pack Award form here.
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