Induction Ceremony

END OF YEAR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS

Equipment: Small Christmas tree, lights for tree with bulbs of white, yellow, blue, red, and green, Snowflake ornaments same number as needed for Bobcats to be inducted and awards.

Arrangement: Lights on tree with bulbs loose so they may be lit at proper time. Awards may be wrapped and placed under tree or hung as ornaments. Bobcat badges attached to snowflakes.

CUBMASTER: This ceremony, being the last pack ceremony of the year one of rededication as well as for the honoring of the Cubs and their parents who will advance tonight. So with the lighting of these candles we recognize not only those who are receiving awards this evening but also those who have received them throughout the years. With the beginning of the winter season we prepare ourselves not only for the holidays but for that first snowfall. For many people the holiday does not seem right until that first snowflake falls. As new Bobcats you are much like the first snowflakes of the holiday, for without you our pack could not begin its new season.

Will the following boys and their parents please come forward? (call names) Tonight you will become Cub Scouts and begin a long and wonderful experience that is shared by thousands around the world. Please, show me the Cub Scout sign. Now please repeat with me the Cub Scout Promise: I (name), promise to do my best, to do my duty to God and my country, to help other people, and to obey the Law of the Pack. Parents, will you please repeat after me the following: As a parent, I will do my best to help my son, live up to the Cub Scout Promise, and to obey the Law of the Pack. I will work with my son, on his achievements and projects. I will attend the pack meetings, and help as needed to help the pack go.

For the Bobcats who have joined us this year and those that joined us in the past as well as the ones that will be joining us in the coming. (light yellow bulbs) We now, in turn, honor every Wolf, Bear and Webelos, to include the past, (blue bulbs) present, (red) and future, (green). It is the unity and the fellowship we share with these Scouts that lights our top bulb (white) our Scouting spirit. This tree is lit not just because of the boys but all of you as leaders and parents. With the time and effort given by you, no matter how much or how little. We know that each and every one is giving all that they can, when they can for that is what keeps our light burning! In presenting tonight's awards we want to keep the spirit of the season. And as we are aware, Christmas is a time of giving and receiving. These boy's who are receiving awards tonight have given of themselves by the work that they have put into earning of these awards. Once again as parents and leaders your influence is brought forth (give awards here).

In closing, remember the spirit of Cub Scouting burns here as it does in the hearts of Cub Scouts everywhere. May it continue to burn brightly through the coming year of ____ as we go upward and forward in Pack ___.