About Cub Scouts
What is the Cub Scout Program?
Cub Scouts is for boys and girls, kindergarten to 5th grade. It is a program where youth develop the foundations for leadership, citizenship, and personal fitness through fun activities involving parents and legal guardians. Ideally dens are organized by grade.
What Will we do in cub scouts?
Cub Scouting activities are designed for Scouting families to get in on the fun, and include exploring the outdoors, service projects, making friends, and developing a lifelong love of learning as Cub Scouts earn patches and awards related to their rank, which is based on their grade in school.
How often do we meet?
Our Pack meets nearly every Tuesday (with the exception of Lion Scouts-they meet biweekly) during the school year from 6:30pm-7:30pm. We participate in monthly hikes and other activites through out the entire calendar year. In the Summer, we hold various activites and events to keep the Scouts engaged in the program.
Who Runs the Cub Scout Program?
Parents and legal guardians of Cub Scouts work together to run the Cub Scout program. Cub Scouting offers excellent support for parents and legal guardians to deliver the program as a team through national online training and resources to local in-person coaching and mentoring.
Why join cub scouts?
Cub Scouting encourages family fun while providing youth with a safe space to make friends and challenge themselves through age-appropriate activities. It is a program where children and parents feel like they belong to an organization that consistently reinforces worthwhile values like honesty, good conduct, and respect for others. 
Additional Information about Cub Scouts
A great way to make new friends
Cub Scouts offers a wonderful opportunity for boys and girls to make friends with other boys and girls from the school and neighborhood. Here’s more information about the different ways Scouting can benefit your child socially.
A great way to grow into a healthy adult
Scouting provides the kind of positive childhood experiences that Johns Hopkins University found to be necessary for kids to grow into resilient, mentally healthy adults. Learn more on this page.
YES, girls can join cub scouts
All Boys and girls in Kindergarten through Grade 5 (and their families) can join Cub Scouts.
What is a pack? OR a Den?
A pack is the group of families in your community belonging to the same Cub Scout group. This is the group with which you’ll do most, if not all, of your Cub Scout activities. A pack organizes its members into dens, smaller groups by grade level. Another way to think about it: your child goes to an elementary school (pack) but is placed into a teacher’s class (den).
But I don't know anything about camping?
Cub Scouts don’t do any rigorous, outdoor survival-type camping and the camp out doesn’t last longer than a weekend. Other parents in your pack can help teach you the basics. The most important part of our outdoor program is that you’re outside with your child, enjoying a fun experience together.
What does Cub Scouts offer that isn't available in sports or other activities?
Research has shown that even a short amount of time in Cub Scouts can benefit children in ways not seen in sports or other programs. This 90-second video is a good summary:
What about uniforms?
The Cub Scout uniform displays all of your child’s accomplishments in Scouting. But maybe more importantly, it gives them a sense of belonging to a group. You can see all of the Cub Scout uniforms, by grade level, on this page of the Boy Scouts of America website. It is important to note that our Pack is a belt up unit, meaning we only require the official shirt, neckerchief, and belt. All of these items may be purchased locally from our Scout Shop, either in person or online (though we’d suggest going to the store so the staff can help you with getting the right fit). You can learn more about our Shop on this page.
How much does the program cost?
Let’s break this into two parts: the required insurance cost to join the Scouting America organization and the required cost to become a member of our Cub Scout Pack.
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Everyone who joins the Scouting America organization has to pay an annual national membership fee which covers the insurance premiums required. You’ll pay this fee every year on the date you joined to renew your membership. The current fee $119 per Scout and $99 per Scouter (registered adult leader). **This fee does not go towards the cost of the Pack Program; it goes directly to National. **
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Our Pack charges an additional fee called “pack dues” to help fund the year-round program. Our dues are $100 per Scout. All of this money stays with your pack (unlike the membership fee, which all goes to the National Scouting America office).
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There are two additional notes to keep in mind:
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A Scout can pay for their own membership fee and/or pack dues by participating in our annual fall popcorn sale fundraiser.
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Assistance is available to families who need help with fees or uniform costs. See our Committee Chair, Joseph Gailpeau for more information.