Orland Park Cub Scout Pack 383 Hosts Bobcat Ceremony

Bobcat Rank Earned Before All Others

ORLAND PARK, IL – The newest members of Orland Park Cub Scout Pack 383 participated in the first of many ceremonies of their scouting careers.

The Bobcat Ceremony is held for new pack members regardless of age, marking the completion of the Bobcat requirements of scouting.

“These new Cub Scouts have learned and can say the Cub Scout motto, the Cub Scout Promise and the Law of the Pack,” explained Pack 383 Cubmaster Mike Carroll.

“For the last few months, these scouts have been demonstrating that they know and understand the importance of being honest and trustworthy,” he said.

During the ceremony, the newest members of Pack 383 recited the promise and pledge, followed by their parents affixing their Bobcat pins and patches upside down on their uniform shirts.

“The pins are put on upside down until the boys perform good deeds,” said Pack 383 Committee Co-Chair Tammy Muth. “They know that they have to help someone before they can be turned right side up,” she added.

Part of the Boy Scouts of America, the family-oriented Cub Scout Program was created more than 80 years ago. Cub Scouts is open to boys in first through fifth grades or 7 to 10 years old.

Cub Scouts has 10 purposes related to the overall mission of the Boy Scouts of America – character development, spiritual growth, good citizenship, sportsmanship and fitness, family understanding, respectful relationships, personal achievement, friendly service, fun and adventure and preparation for Boy Scouts.

“The Bobcat Ceremony recognizes the scouts learning the basics as they begin their scouting careers,” said Pack Co-Committee Chair Gerry Klotz, scoutmaster for Orland Park Boy Scout Troop 383.

“These newest members of the pack will learn a lot as they move through the Cub Scout Program and the Boy Scouts in Troop 383 are excited to work with them as den chiefs, sharing what they can look forward to when they move onto Boy Scouts in fifth grade,” Klotz said.

The national award winning Orland Park Cub Scout Pack 383 serves boys from throughout the region in first through fifth grades. For more information about the pack, contact Klotz at gerryklotz@comcast.net.