Induction Ceremony

TWO DOORS AND A BRIDGE

PROPS: Two doors with a bridge between, candles, Bobcat, Wolf, Bear, Webelos and Arrow of Light Posters.

ARRANGEMENT: Be sure to instruct new Bobcats to respond "I have" when Cubmaster asks if they have learned the Bobcat requirements.

CUBMASTER: You see before you two doors. One representing Cub Scouting and the other one Boy Scouting. Both doors can be opened to adventure. Tonight, our boys will only open one of the doors (unless a boy is graduating) to begin a journey of fun and adventure.

CHAIRMAN: Will these boys and their parents please come forward when your names are called. (Calls names of Bobcats.)

CUBMASTER: Boys, you have expressed a desire to join our Pack and be a part of our adventure team. There were some requirements for you to learn when you registered to become a Cub Scout. Have you learned them?

BOYS: I have.

CUBMASTER: To show that you have learned these requirements, please repeat with me the Cub Scout Promise, the Law of the Pack, and the Cub Scout Motto. (Cubmaster and boys repeat all three at this time.) Parents, your sons have passed their requirements for the Bobcat Rank. It is with pleasure that we present you with their Bobcat Patch to place on their uniform. For it is you who will help your boy down the Cub Scout trail to fun and adventure. One last requirement for the Cub Scout to do is a good deed.

Between the two doors is a bridge. This bridge is one a boy must cross each year until he is eleven and can go through the Boy Scout door to adventure. There are some Cub Scouts here tonight who have passed their 12 achievements for Wolf and Bear. We have some Webelos who have been working on activity badges. Will these boys and their parents please come forward when their names are called.

(As boy's names are called for each rank, light a candle in front of that poster representing their rank.)

Congratulations to you all on the work you have been doing. One day soon, you will all be able to pass through the Boy Scout door to adventure.

(If you have an Arrow of Light and/or Graduation, do it now, but with a special ceremony.)