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Building Leaders for Tomorrow
Building Leaders for Tomorrow
Since 1910, Scouting has helped mold future leaders by combining educational activities and lifelong values with fun.
Scouting helps meet six essential needs of young people:
Scouting helps meet six essential needs of young people:
Mentoring: Scouting provides youth with good role models who can have a powerful impact on their lives. We have a process that screens, selects, and trains the leaders who can provide the attention all young people need to succeed in life.
Lifelong Learning: Scouting provides structured settings where kids can learn new skills and develop habits of continual learning that will help them succeed. Scouting offers a proven program of discovering, sharing, and applying knowledge and skills that last a lifetime.
Faith Traditions: One of the key tenets of Scouting is "duty to God." While Scouting does not define religious belief for its members, it does encourages each young person to begin a spiritual journey through the practice of his or her faith tradition.
Serving Others: Scouting is deeply rooted in the concept of doing for others. "Do a Good Turn Daily" is a core Scouting precept. Scouting encourages young people to recognize the needs of others and take action accordingly.
Healthy Living: Young people need to be well. To get the most from life, one must be both mentally and physically fit. A commitment to physical wellness has been reflected in Scouting's outdoor programs such as hiking, camping, swimming, climbing, and conservation. First aid, lifesaving, and safety programs are synonymous with Scouting. Our programs today include strong drug abuse awareness and prevention programs emphasizing the value of healthy living habits.
Building Character: Few will argue with the importance of teaching values and responsibility to our children - not only right from wrong, but specific, affirmative values such as fairness, courage, honor, and respect for others. Beginning with the Scout Oath and Scout Law, the Boy Scouts of America program is infused with character-building activities that allow youth to apply abstract principles to daily living situations.
The Scout Motto
The Scout Motto
What is the first thing a Cub Scout Learns?
What is the first thing a Cub Scout Learns?
Common Questions
Common Questions
What makes Scouting great?
What makes Scouting great?
Cub Scouting is fun for the whole family. In Scouting, boys and girls start with their best right now selves and grow into their very best future selves. It’s fun, hands-on learning and achievement that puts kids in the middle of the action and prepares them for today – and for life.
What is the Mission of Boy Scouts?
What is the Mission of Boy Scouts?
...to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath, Scout Law, and Scout Motto.
What Do Scouts Do?
What Do Scouts Do?
Some of the best things about Cub Scouting are the activities: camping, hiking, racing model cars, going on field trips, or doing projects that help our community and the people who live here. Cub Scouting means "doing." All our activities are designed to have the Scouts doing something and by "doing" they learn some very valuable life lessons.
Do the Parents Have a Role?
Do the Parents Have a Role?
Cub Scouting is a family program. Parents or a responsible adult accompany their scouts to most events and use this time to create lasting memories. Our pack has a good balance of moms, dads and siblings participating as their schedules allow. All camping for the pack is family camping and siblings are welcome and encouraged.
Parents are encouraged to use their talents to help the pack in whatever way they are comfortable. Parents who want to become more involved can become den leaders, assistant den leaders, committee members or volunteer to help set up or clean up events. Parents can arrange for tours of their places of work, or help scouts learn about a hobby of theirs (such as wildlife watching). There are lots of big and small ways to become involved.
What are the age requirements?
What are the age requirements?
Cub Scouting is for boys and girls in Kindergarten through fifth grade, or 5 to 10 years of age. Youth who are older than 10, or who have completed the fifth grade, can no longer join Cub Scouts, but they are eligible to join a Scouts BSA Troop.
Does the Scouting Program affect participation in other activities?
Does the Scouting Program affect participation in other activities?
The Cub Scout program is designed to compliment many other extracurricular activities. Typical time commitment is two Den meetings and one Pack meeting per month. Scouts who participate in organized sports like soccer, baseball, basketball, swimming, gymnastics, etc, or academic-based extracurricular activities like music, art, science etc., can be recognized for these activities though Cub Scout belt loops and pins which are worn on their uniform.
Do Cub Scouts go camping?
Do Cub Scouts go camping?
Yes, but they ease into it. Our pack has several overnight family camp outs during the scouting year. We typically have one in the fall and another one or two in the spring. Our Fall campout is on the shores of Lake Lavon at Brockdale park, so be sure to bring your fishing poles. Campouts are a lot of fun for the whole family and are a great way to get to know the other scouting parents and their families. Want even more camping? Additional camping opportunities are always available through our District and Council.
Is Scouting Inclusive?
Is Scouting Inclusive?
Absolutely. Scouting is for all boys and girls ages 5 through 10 (grades K-5th) regardless of their background, beliefs, or abilities. We believe every child deserves a chance to experience scouting, even those affected by a visible or invisible disability.
A Parent's Call to Action
A Parent's Call to Action
The following is a little long. But it speaks to the heart of scouting and why you, as a parent, should consider it for your child...
The following is a little long. But it speaks to the heart of scouting and why you, as a parent, should consider it for your child...
"There is a battle of significant consequence taking place in the lives of [youth] in America today. In simple terms, it is the battle between doing what is right or wrong. A recent study conducted by Louis Harris & Associates indicates that the proportion of [youth] choosing to do what is wrong is alarmingly high. Even basic values such as not cheating on schoolwork and not stealing seem to be unstable.
Clearly, the results of this study indicate that our nation's youth are struggling with ethical and moral decisions, and that these difficulties can only increase with age. Therefore, the need for reinforcing and rewarding strong moral standards and providing positive role models at a young age is more important than ever before.
Cub Scouting creates a climate of cooperative and collaborative relationships between adults and children--a laboratory for adults and children to get to know one another. It provides opportunites for children to acquire the capacity for accomplishment. The program affirms to the child that the world really is an interesting place.
Cub Scouting is fun! But it is fun with a purpose. Woven though all the fun is an inspired program that really works. Tried and proven methods are used that transfer traditional values, build character, and develop leadership skills -- all in the context of fun and family togetherness."
Final Thoughts
Final Thoughts
As a final thought, please check out the brief video below.
On behalf of our Pack - and our leaders - we wish you and your family the very best. We also hope you will become the next scouting family in our Pack.
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