If the Cub Scout has not previously earned the Bobcat Badge, it must be earned first.

Note that these activities are primarily done at home and signed off by the parent after the boy has completed each task. The book is then shown to the Den Leader who records the progress and also signs the boy's book.

THE WOLF ACHIEVEMENTS

1. FEATS OF SKILL - Do each of 'a' through 'e' and one of 'f' through 'k':
   1. Play catch with someone 10 steps away. Play until you can throw and catch.
   2. Walk a line back and forth. Do it sideways too. Then walk the edge of a board six steps each way.
   3. Do a front roll.
   4. Do a back roll.
   5. Do a falling forward roll.
   6. See how high you can jump.
   7. Do the elephant walk, frog leap, and crab walk.
   8. Swim as far as you can walk in 15 steps.
   9. Using a basketball or playground ball do a baseball pass, chest pass. or bounce pass.
   10. Do a frog stand.
   11. Run or jog for 10 minutes OR jog in place for 5 minutes.
       
2. YOUR FLAG - Do the following:
   1. Give the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. Tell what it means.
   2. Lead a flag ceremony in your den. See the Wolf Cub Handbook for some ideas.
   3. Tell how to respect and take care of the flag. Show three ways to display the flag.
   4. Learn about the flag of your state or territory and how to display your it. 
   5. With the help of another person, fold the flag.
      
3. KEEP YOUR BODY HEALTHY - Do the following:
   1. Show that you know and follow the seven rules of health.
   2. Tell four ways to stop the spread of a cold.
   3. Show what to do for a small cut on your finger.
      
4. KNOW YOUR HOME AND COMMUNITY - Do the following:
   1. Write down the phone numbers you need to have. Put them by your phone. (Police, Fire, Doctor, Mother at work, Father at work, Family friend.)
   2. Tell what to do if someone comes to the door and wants to come in.
   3. If someone calls on the phone.
   4. When I leave our home I will _____________.
   5. Talk with others in your home about helping. Agree on the home jobs you will do. Make a list of your jobs.
      
5. TOOLS FOR FIXING AND BUILDING - Do the following:
   1. Point out and name eight tools. Do this at home, or go to a hardware store with a grown-up. Tell what each tool does.
   2. Show how to use pliers.
   3. Use a screwdriver to drive a screw.
   4. Show how to use a hammer.
   5. Make a birdhouse, a pair of bookends, or something else useful.
      
6. START A COLLECTION - Do the following:
   1. Make a collection of anything you like. Start with 10 things. Put them together in a neat way.
   2. Show and explain your collection to another person.
      
7. YOUR LIVING WORLD - Do the following:
   1. Land, air, and water can get dirty. On a sheet of paper list the ways this can happen. 
   2. It takes a lot of energy to make glass, cans, and paper products. You can help save energy by collecting these things for use again. Write the name of the recycling center closest to you. Find out what items you can save and send to this center.
   3. With a grown-up, pick up litter in your neighborhood. Wear gloves to protest your hands from glass and other sharp objects. 
   4. With a grown-up, find three stories that tell how people are protecting our world. Read and discuss them together. 
   5. Besides recycling, there are other ways to conserve energy. List three ways you can save energy, and do them. 
    
8. COOKING AND EATING - Do the following:
   1. Study the Food Guide Pyramid. Name some foods from the Food Guide Pyramid from each food group. 
   2. Plan the meals that you and your family should have for one day. List things your family should have from the food groups in the Food Guide Pyramid. At each meal, you should have foods from at least three food groups. 
   3. Help fix at least one meal for your family. Help set the table, cook the food, and wash the dishes.
   4. Fix your own breakfast. Wash and put away the dishes.
   5. Help to plan, prepare, and cook an outdoor meal.
      
9. BE SAFE AT HOME AND ON THE STREET - Do the following:
   1. WITH A GROWN-UP, check your home for things that may help keep you safe.
   2. WITH A GROWN-UP, check for danger from fire.
   3. Practice good rules of street and road safety.
   4. Know the rules of bike safety.
      
10. FAMILY FUN - Do the following:
    1. Make a game like one of these. Play it with your family. (Eagle Golf, Beanbag Archery.)
    2. Plan a walk. Go to a park or wooded area, visit a zoo or museum with your family.
    3. Read a book or Boys' Life magazine with your family. Take turns reading aloud.
    4. Decide with Akela. what you will watch on television or listen to on the radio.
    5. Attend a concert, a play, or other live program with your family.
       
11. DUTY TO GOD - Do the following:
    1. Talk with your folks about what they believe is their duty to God.
    2. Give some ideas on how you can practice or demonstrate your religious beliefs. 
    3. Find out how you can help your church, synagogue, or religious fellowship.
     
12. MAKING CHOICES - Do ANY FOUR of these nine requirements:
    1. There is an older boy who hangs around Jason's school. He tries to give pills to the children. What would you do if you were Jason?
    2. Mel is home alone. The phone rings. When Mel answers, a stranger asks if Mel's mother is home. She is not. Mel is alone. What would you do if you were Mel?
    3. Justin is new to your school. He has braces on his legs and walks with a limp. Some of the kids at school tease him. They want you to tease him too. What would you do?
    4. Juan is on a walk with his little sister. A car stops and a man asks them to come over to the car. What would you do if you were Juan?
    5. Matthew's grandmother gives him money to buy an ice- cream cone. On the way to the store, a bigger boy asks for money and threatens to hit Matthew if he does not give him some money. If you were Matthew what would you do?
    6. Chris and his little brother are home alone in the afternoon. A woman knocks on the door and says she wants to read the meter. She is not wearing a uniform. What would you do if you were Chris? 
    7. Sam is home alone. He looks out the window and sees a man trying to break into a neighbor's back door. What would you do if you were Sam?
    8. Mr. Palmer is blind. He has a guide dog. One day as he is crossing the street, some kids whistle to call the dog. They want you and your friends to call the dog too. What would you do? 
    9. Some kids who go to Bob's school want him to steal candy and gum from a store, which they can share later. Bob knows this is wrong, but he wants to be popular with these kids. What would you do if you were Bob?

When a boy has completed forty-nine of these sixty-two achievements through all twelve parts of the Wolf trail, he has earned the right to wear the Wolf badge.

After earning his Wolf badge, a boy can begin working on his Wolf electives to earn his gold and silver Arrow Points.

Wolf Cub Scout Parent Responsibilities:

1. Read the How to Protect Your Children from Child Abuse pamphlet at the beginning of his Wolf Book.   Share the appropriate information with your child.  You will leave this program with information you never thought you needed to know.
   
2. Read the Story of Akela and Mowgli to your son.  It explains the analogies that are used for the structure of Cub Scout packs.  It also shares that you are the primary Akela in your son’s life.  That means that you will be the one to sign off on most of the requirements for him.   Once your Cub Scout has done his best, you can approve the completion of the requirement and the den leader will record his progress in the den records.
   
3. Help your son learn the requirements for his Bobcat rank, the 1^st rank every new Cub Scout will earn, regardless of which year they start scouting.  This should be a fairly easy process.  Help them learn the information, recite the Cub Scout promise, and show the handshake and sign.  Remember that learning the promise and law of the pack does not necessarily mean it must be perfectly recited.  You be the judge that they know it.  Quiz them but don’t stress them out over it.  Once earned and recorded by the den leader, the rank will be ordered and then presented at the next pack meeting.
   
4. Help your son to complete the 12 achievements required to earn his Wolf rank.  Our pack will present the rank advancements at the first possible pack meeting.   Most dens like to have all the boys awarded their rank at the same time.  If your son is not ready, he may have to wait until a future pack meeting to have his rank presented while everyone else gets his award.  Start working on these achievements as soon as you can.
   
5. What are Gold and Silver Arrow Points?  The portion of the Wolf book beyond the Achievements Section presents the Wolf Electives.  For the first 10 elective requirements (the individual letter arrowheads) your son completes in any of the elective categories (he does not have to complete every arrowhead in each category), he will get the Gold Arrow point to place on his uniform shirt.*  After the Gold Arrow point is earned once, Silver arrow points are earned for each additional 10 elective requirements completed (again, not every arrowhead must be completed in an elective category for it to count).
   Note:  Although your son may begin working on his electives at the same time that he is working on the Wolf rank achievement requirements, arrow points are not awarded until the Wolf rank is achieved & presented (this is Cub Scout policy). 
   
   What about those arrowheads that are extra inside the first 12 achievements?  Can they count toward gold or silver arrow points?  Yes, they can so don’t forget to count them.
   
6. Cub Scout Sports and Academics program?  What is this?  The sports and academic program was developed in order to recognize the value of sportsman-ship and academic achievement in a boy’s life.  There are 3 awards that can be earned.  The beltloop is awarded for learning the rules and participating in a sport, or learning the basics and completing a single academic activity within an academic category.  The sports or academic pin is awarded for going beyond the basics for the beltloop by completing a minimum number of additional requirements as listed in the 2002 version of the Sports and Academics program guidebook.   The letter C is no longer awarded but is an optional item that the parents might purchase for the scout to wear his pins on.  It would be sewn onto the red brag vest.    

There are many sports (non-contact sports only) and several academic categories.  Multiple beltloops and pins can be awarded.

Your son has played every sport since he was 4 years old, can you order the awards for him now.  Actually Cub Scout policy is that the awards are earned as a Cub Scout, not for sports or academics activities participated in before joining Cub Scouts.  Your son will have lots of time to earn these awards, consider spreading them out so that he has more opportunities to be presented awards at the pack meetings.  For instance, he may be playing soccer on a team and has enough hours over the season to earn both the beltloop and pin.  Consider having him earn the beltloop for the fall season and the pin for the spring season.  Also, remember that our pack pays for all these awards and they do add up (approximately $1.30 per beltloop or pin, $2-$3 per patch, and $2 per rank advancement).

7. What is the World Conservation Award?  This is a special award that is earned only once as a Cub Scout by completing the requirements listed in the back of his current book.   The award is the patch with the panda bear on it and is sewn on his right uniform pocket.  Note:  This award is easiest earned as a Wolf Cub Scout. 
   
8. What are the red vests? These are worn to brag about all the additional 
   activities that a Cub Scout has taken part in.  They are where you will sew all the activity patches that he will get during his Cub Scout years.  Examples are, the Scouting for Food patch, Scout  Show Patch, Pinewood Derby patch, Day Camp and Family Camping patches, etc.
   
   If you wish, you may purchase a red vest from the scout shop for approximately $12. Some previous Den’s have made there own.
   
9. What are my responsibilities to my son’s pack?  In addition to helping in your son’s den as a co-leader or being in charge of specific den activities, you are as a family expected to volunteer to be on a committee for at least one pack activity every year.  There are many, many areas to choose from and unless you really know a lot about a specific area and want to be the committee chairperson, simply volunteering to help is all that is expected the first year your son is a scout.  So check out the volunteer poster and sign up at our first Pack meeting in September.
   
   Note:  If you are already serving as a den leader, co-leader, or in another pack leader committee function, you are exempt from this requirement.   Remember, if no one volunteers, then we won’t have the activity.
   

Do I have to attend the monthly pack meetings?            
Why wouldn’t you want to attend this meeting to witness your son’s special moment where he is in the spotlight receiving recognition for all the hard work he has done all month in his den meetings? Brothers and sisters are also invited and encouraged to attend these meetings. Siblings are also included in many of the pack activities such as pinewood derby and hikes too. Some pack meetings will have special entertainment scheduled as well.