Belt Loops and Pins
In addition to working on requirements to meet achievement objectives for their rank, scouts can work on earning Belt Loops and Pins. These can be earned anytime and worn throughout their Cub Scout career.
The Cub Scout Academics and Sports Program compliments the scouting program by providing opportunities for scouts to improve schoarship, develop sportsmanship, and explore new games while collecting Cub Scout belt loops and pins. The emphasis on the program is to try new things and to put forth a best effort, not of achieving proficiency or winning. This program is one method of addressing the third aim of scouting: the developement of physical and mental fitness. Fitness includes the body (well-tuned and healthy), the mind (able to think and solve problems), and the emotions (self-control, courage and self-respect).
Scouts of all ages and ranks can participate in the Cub Scout Academics and Sports program and earn a belt loop or pin for each activity. Activities can be earned individually, in the den or pack, even at school, on a school field trip or on a sports team. (Archery and BB gun shooting can only be earned through a certified instructor.)
Activities are divided into two categories: Academics and Sports. Each category has many skills and activities from which scouts may choose.
Academic loops are gold, sports loops are silver and BB Gun and Archery are brass.
Refer to ScoutTrack or your Scout Handbook for a complete listing of all the belt loops and pins and their requirements. As the scout completes the requirements for earning the belt loops and pins, his den leader or parent or guardian can sign off on this in ScoutTrack (prior to the Sunday before the next Pack Meeting) and he will be awarded the insignia at the following Pack Meeting.