Saturday, March 14, six Cub Scouts from Den 7 and Pack 15 were awarded the highest rank in Cub Scouting, “The Arrow of Light,” at a blue-and-gold banquet at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Southbury. The arrow of light is made up of an arrow that points the way to a rising sun. It symbolizes the constant and new challenges these boys will face in scouting and life itself.
Cub Scouts Cooper Gilroy, Michael Shaker and Aidan Butler hold their Arrow of Light plaques at their crossing-over ceremony March 14. (Melanie Butler photos)
The seven rays in the emblem represent the seven virtues a young man learns on his path to earning the arrow of light: wisdom, courage, self-control, justice, faith, hope and love. The six boys who were recognized and crossed over to Boy Scouts are Aidan Butler, Cooper Gilroy and Michael Shaker, all moving over to Troop 5 as Boy Scouts, and Spencer Bigman, Ian Coughlin and Ethan Harrington, all moving over to Troop 444 as Boy Scouts.
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