Pack 61 Volunteer Duties

Volunteers

The Cub Scout Pack is run by volunteers. We are going to need to fill quite a few of these positions by next fall since the current volunteers will be retiring and leaving the pack in January. It is always easier to come up to speed when the current person is around to help! So volunteer soon!!

Here is a complete list of volunteer positions:

There are also volunteers to coordinate the various events and pack outings. Most notably:

  • Popcorn sales coordinator
  • Carnival coordinator
  • Pinewood derby coordinator
  • Blue & Gold Banquet coordinator (Open)
  • Summer camp coordinator

And of course the den leaders could be included here too!

Cubmaster

Pack 61 is led by the Cubmaster and pack committee. The pack committee makes plans for pack meetings and activities and takes care of the "business" items associated with running the pack program. Specific duties of the Cubmaster include:

  • Attending monthly committee meetings to help plan pack meetings and related activities
  • Demonstrate Pack Leadership
  • Leads pack meetings
    • Opening and closing of meeting
    • Presenting scout advancements
    • Planned monthly pack activity
    • Maintain control and order
    • Announcements
  • Podium & flags - store and bring to pack meetings
  • Miscellaneous other volunteering and scout activities

Assistant Cubmaster

The Assistant Cubmaster helps the Cubmaster perform the above tasks and serves as a backup in the event the Cubmaster is unavailable. They have also traditionally been the person to transport the scout podium to/from all the pack meetings.

Committee Chairperson

The committee chairperson is the primary administrative position for the Pack. Specific duties include:

  • Develop an agenda and chair monthly committee meeting to plan and coordinate Pack activities
  • Coordination of event volunteers
  • Conduct Fall planning meeting to develop a school year calendar of the Pack's events
  • Work with the committee to insure a full slate of den leaders and committee members
  • Work with the membership Chair to complete a Pack Roster
  • Complete the annual Pack Charter in compliance with District guidelines
  • Serve as primary contact with Whittier school administration and support staff regarding Pack needs.
  • Take care of the annual charter renewal

This involves roughly 6-8 hours per month with the heaviest time commitment being in the Fall and January/February.

Treasurer

Specific duties:

  • Gather in revenues and pay bills (usually reimbursements for expenses)
  • Maintain and produce statements of revenues and expenses
  • Attend monthly committee meetings to advise committee on financial status and budget questions.
  • Balance checkbook

This involves roughly 2-3 hours per month.

Membership Chairperson

Specific duties:

  • Coordinate fall membership drive (September through early October)
  • Publicize Cub Scouting and Pack 61 to 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade boys
  • Coordinate sign-up at Whittier Ice Cream Social and PTA volunteer sign-up night.
  • Follow through with den leaders on returning Cub Scouts
  • Assist Committee Chairperson completing pack roster

This involves roughly 8-10 hours from September through November.

Advancement Chairperson

Specific duties:

  • Obtain den advancement reports (via ScoutTrack.com).
  • Fill out advancement forms for Three Fires Council (ScoutTrack.com can generate these too)
  • Check off shopping list for Scout Shop. All badges, segments, sport pins are listed on a form already.
  • Shop for everything the week of the pack meeting.
  • Get reimbursement from Treasurer for what is spent.
  • Organize badges and label them for distribution.
  • Divide segments into bags for each den.
  • Get all these advancements to the Pack meeting and give to the Cubmaster.

Newsletter Editor/publisher

Specific duties:

  • Attend monthly committee meetings to gather news and events to publicize.
  • Produce and distribute newsletter via Whittier School Friday folders.

This involves roughly 2-3 hours per month.

Webmaster

This involves maintaining the pack website. Specific duties have been:

  • Posting the pack newsletter on the website.
  • Taking/gathering pictures of pack events to make into picture galleries for the website
  • Updating the general pack information as needed (typically in Sep/Oct when dens are formed)

This involves roughly 1-2 hours per month.

Public Relations

This person interfaces with the local media to submit articles on our pack activities to the various newspapers.

Specific duties involve:

  • Gathering information on pack events that might be newsworthy to the community.
  • Writing this information into a press release
  • Sending press releases to the local newspapers

This involves roughly 1 hour per newsworthy event (we had around 3 newsworthy events this past year).

Photographer

This person attends pack events to take great photos to use on the website. You must have a digital camera.

Specific duties involve:

  • Taking photographs with a digital camera
  • Organizing and sending photoes to webmaster

This involves roughly 1 hour per pack event.

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