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Arrow of Light Requirements

After you have completed all five of the above requirements and after a talk with your Webelos den leader, arrange to visit, with your parent or guardian, a meeting of a Boy Scout troop you think you might like to join. Have a conference with the Scoutmaster. Complete and turn in a "Join Boy Scouting" application to the Scoutmaster during the conference.

From www.USScouts.org:

The following is NOT part of the Official BSA Requirements.

It is our [usscouts.org] interpretation of the last requirement above.

The last sentence of Requirement 6 does NOT say "Join a Boy Scout Troop", it says "complete and turn in" an application.

Since:

the Arrow of Light can not be earned after a boy has transferred into a Boy Scout Troop,

the troop where the boy has his conference is not necessarily the one he ultimately may join, and

there may be an extended period between the time he has the conference and the time he actually joins a Boy Scout Troop, since he may want to stay in

the Pack to earn more Activity Badges or transition with the other members of his den, we recommend the following procedure be followed:

Do EXACTLY what the last sentence of requirement 6 says:

"Complete and turn in a "Join Boy Scouting" application to the Scoutmaster during the conference."

Then do the following:

Have the Scoutmaster sign the application during the conference, as proof that the conference took place.

At the end of the conference,

1. take the application back,

2. bring it to the next Webelos den meeting,

3. show it to the Webelos den leader, as proof that the requirement was done, and

4. ask the leader to initial requirement 6 in his book.

Once the boy has completed the other requirements, and received his Arrow of Light, and when he is ready to transfer to a Troop:

5. turn in the application to the troop of the family's choice,

6. pay any fees for transferring or joining, and

7. ask that the form be processed.

If it is a different troop, just use a new application form.