What Is Cub Scouting?
If you are a boy in first grade through fifth grade—or you're 7 to 10
years old—then Cub Scouting is for you. It's for your family, too. This
is the first and the biggest of the three Scouting programs (Cub Scouting, Boy
Scouting, and Venturing) from the Boy Scouts of America.
Cub Scouts Belong to Pack and Den
Every Cub Scout is a member of a Cub Scout pack. A pack is a large
group of boys.
The pack is divided into smaller groups called dens. Each den has
about six to eight boys. All of the Cub Scouts in a den are about the same
age and live in the same neighborhood.
The Cub Scout pack belongs to a church, a school, or some other group of
people in your community or neighborhood. This group makes sure your pack
has good adult leaders, a place to meet, and exciting things to do. The group
gets help from the Boy Scouts of America, which is part of Scouting around
the world.
Cub Scouts Do Things and Go Places
Cub Scouting means "doing." You have lots to do as a Cub Scout—crafts,
games, sports, songs, stories, and puzzles, to name a few things. Much of the
fun happens right in the den and pack. The den usually meets every week, and
the pack meets once a month all year long. At den meetings and pack meetings,
Cub Scouts do different things for fun and learning.
Cub Scouts also go to events like the annual blue and gold banquet, field
contests, and derbies such as the pinewood derby. They go on field trips. They
go camping and have other kinds of outdoor adventures. They take part in
community events. Cub Scouts do all sorts of exciting stuff! Whatever it is
that you enjoy, you'll have a chance to do it in Cub Scouting.
Cub Scouts Earn Awards
While you're having fun, you'll also be earning badges and awards. You'll
work on projects with your parents or other adults in your family, and all of
you will feel good about the things you accomplish. When you have earned a
badge, you and an adult member of your family take part in a ceremony. The
badge is given to the adult, and he or she then gives it to you in front of
the whole pack. This is a way of saying "thank you" to your family for their
help in earning your award.
The most popular awards for Cub Scouts are the advancement awards. Boys do
requirements to advance and earn their badges of rank: Tiger Cub, Bobcat, Wolf,
Bear, Webelos, and the Arrow of Light Award. The Arrow of Light is the highest
award in Cub Scouting. Webelos Scouts also earn activity badges.
The Cub Scout Academics and Sports program is popular, too. Cub Scouts get to learn
about favorite subjects such as art, math, science, and citizenship. Or they
play individual and team sports such as archery, gymnastics, skating, or soccer.
You don't need to be a star athlete to play Cub Scout Sports. You're a winner
when you do your best.
Cub Scouts can earn many other awards and medals too, sometimes by themselves
and sometimes as members of their pack. They can earn or help their pack earn
Quality Unit awards, religious emblems, the Emergency Preparedness Award, the Outdoor
Activity Award, or the World Conservation Award.
When you earn an award in Cub Scouting, you learn new skills. You also get
to use your new skills and your new knowledge in projects and demonstrations.
You show what you know. People get to see what you've learned as a Cub
Scout.
Cub Scouting Has a Purpose
There is a reason for everything boys do in Cub Scouting. Apart from the fun
and excitement, the aim of Cub Scouting is to help boys grow into good citizens
who are strong in character and personally fit. This is why we say that Cub
Scouting is fun with a purpose.
What Is Cub Scouting?
What do Cub Scouts do? How old are they? What awards can they earn? Look here for quick answers.
Cub Scout Values
As a Cub Scout, you do your best and you help others. You
learn the Cub Scout Promise and the Law of the Pack. You also learn what
they mean.
Cub Scouting Around the World
You meet and have fun in your neighborhood den and Cub Scout pack.
Millions of other boys are also in Cub Scouting across the nation and
around the...