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Arrow of Light Badge

Arrow of Light Badge Requirements

Requirements were REVISED effective September 1, 2018.

To see the changes which were made, Click here.

For the previous requirements, Click here.

  1. Be active in your Webelos den for at least six months since completing the fourth grade or for at least six months since becoming 10 years old.
  2. Complete each of the four required Adventures.
  3. In addition to the four required adventures listed above, complete at least one elective Adventure of your den's or family's choosing, for a total of at least five adventures.
  4. With your parent, guardian, or other caring adult complete the exercises in the pamphlet How to Protect Your Children From Child Abuse: A Parent's Guide.
  5. Earn the Cyber Chip award for your age. (The Cyber Chip portion of this requirement may be waived by your parent or guardian if you do not have access to the internet.)

Arrow of Light Cub Scouts may also complete either the Protect Yourself Rules or the Yo-Yo Preview Adventure for requirement 3, or The Cyber Chip requirement (5) may be replaced with earning the Protect Yourself Rules Adventure. If Cub Scouts use the Protect Yourself Rules Adventure in place of the Cyber Chip requirement, the adventure can not be used as an elective for rank.

Checklist for use with these requirements: PDF Format DOCX Format
ZIP file of workbooks for use with all of the Webelos and Arrow of Light Adventures:  PDF Format DOCX Format

Source: Cub Scout Webelos Handbook (#34754 - SKU 646430)

Page updated on: December 21, 2020

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