As a parent, you want your son to grow up to be a self-reliant, dependable, and caring individual. Scouting has these same goals in mind for him. Since 1910, we have been weaving lifetime values into fun and educational activities designed to assist parents in strengthening character, good citizenship, and physical fitness in youth.

In society where your son is often taught that winning is everything, Cub Scouting teaches him to “do his best”

and be helpful to others as expressed in the Cub Scout Promise. Cub Scouting is a home- and neighborhood-centered program designed to support family life for boys in first through fifth grades. Each Cub Scout learns to respect his home, country, God, and other people.

The program also helps boys this age to: • Learn new physical skills through sports, crafts, and games. • Learn how to get along with others through group activities. • Develop new mental skills such as writing and calculating. • Develop personal independence.   Scouting teaches family values…. We know that boys do not join Scouting just to get their character built.  Boys join because it is fun.

Scouting is fun with a purpose!

THE CUB SCOUT PACK -- First through Fifth Grade   Your boy is a member of a pack that: Is made up of one or more dens. Meets once a month — all Tiger Cub and Cub Scout families are expected to participate. Has meetings led by the Cubmaster. Is the climax of the month’s den meeting and activities. Has games, skits, stunts, songs, and ceremonies at meetings, and presentation of badges that boys earned that month.

TIGER CUB PROGRAM -- First Grade -- BSA Motto -- Search, Discover, Share

Tiger Cubs, BSA, is a one-year program for first-grade boys. Each boy participates with a parent (or another adult family member) in family-oriented activities. These include activities from family camping to preparing for emergencies.

The time you and your son spend in Tiger Cubs is meant to be fun, a chance to get to know one another better and an opportunity to do things with your family as well as other members of the Tiger Cub den whom you see at monthly meetings.

Each boy/adult team is a member of a Tiger Cub den that:

• Has three to eight boy/adult partner teams.
• Meets at least twice each month in a den meeting.
• Has one outing a month, called a Go See It.
• Attends the monthly pack meetings.

CUB SCOUT PROGRAM -- Second through Fifth Grade — BSA Motto -- Do Your Best

A Cub Scout den provides your son with a group of boys his own age in which he can earn status and recognition.

In the den, he will also gain a sense of personal achievement for the new skills he learns.

Your boy is a member of a den that:

• Has four to eight boys.
• Meets once a week, regularly scheduled at the leader’s convenience.
• Is led by a den leader (usually a parent).
• Has an assistant den leader, and often a den chief (an older Boy Scout), and a denner (a Cub Scout elected by den members) to assist the den leader.
• Has games, crafts, stunts, songs, and ceremonies at meetings, and periodic field trips.

Cub Scout Promise

I, _______________, promise to do my best

To do my duty to God and my country,

To help other people, and

To obey the Law of the Pack.