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A positive attitude is often indicated by a Smile.  Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of Boy Scouts, wrote in his book Scouting for Boys the following: SMILE: Want of laughter mans want of health. Laugh as much as you can – it does you good. So whenever you can get a good laugh, laugh on. And [...]

(from the October 14, 2011 Pack 731 Pow Wow) This month we focus on responsibility. Responsibility means helping others and taking care of ourselves.  Responsibility means we behave safely. It means we try to follow the right paths in life.  Responsibility is a key characteristic of being a good scout.  You have a duty to [...]

I’ve often talked about how Scouting builds the future leaders of this great nation.  Listed below are a few statistics that I found that I thought you might find interesting.  I’ll be adding to this list of facts as I find them. ~Cubmaster Brian Of the 321 pilots and scientists selected as astronauts since 1959, [...]

What a great turn out we had on Saturday from Pack 731 to participate in the 81st Annual Convention Parade of the Anne Arundel County Volunteer Firefighters Association!  Everyone looked sharp in their Class A uniforms – including several new Tiger Cubs.  Our “… 731 Can’t Be Beat” was heard all morning long and was [...]

Pack 731 is getting off to a running start at the beginning of the 2010-2011 Scouting year.  Participating in the Anne Arundel County Volunteer Firefighters Association parade on 9/11 is certainly going to be a memorable event. The Annual Pack Picnic will be on the 19 of September (4pm @ CES) – check with your [...]

It’s the last week of Summer vacation and everyone is squeezing in one more day at the pool, trip to the beach, meet the teacher day and back to school shopping.  Don’t forget it is also Back to Scouts time of the year!  Dens should be getting into the full swing of things very soon now.  [...]

Well the raingutter regatta was a blast.  Congratulations to all who participated.  All of the boys did an excellent job of “Doing Your Best” !  We hope to get some pictures posted soon. I hope everyone has had a good summer – as we begin to look forward to the start of the school and [...]

Saturday morning looks to be another exciting event for Pack 731 this summer.  We have about 40 boys signed up for the Raingutter Regatta.  I am looking forward to seeing all of the unique boat designs and lots of good sailing. See you at the Arundel Volunteer Fire Department on Davidsonville Road, just like last year. [...]

The transcript  below is from Robert Gates’ speech at the National Jamboree this week (28July10).  I thought I would share with each of you because I found it inspiring to learn how Scouting shaped his life and how he was influenced by his Scout leaders.  As Delivered by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Fort [...]

This section of the website was built to publish messages from the Cubmaster that don’t qualify as Pack 731 “News” but are important to share. You can look forward to frequent updates from the Cubmaster concerning upcoming and past events as well as updates on Cub Scout events in which Pack 731 may not be [...]