In Cub Scouting, boys, families, leaders, and chartered organizations work together to achieve the 10 purposes of Cub Scouting:
Character
Development
Spiritual Growth
Good Citizenship
Sportmanship and Fitness
Family Understanding
Respectful Relationships
Personal Achievement
Friendly Service
Fun and Adventure
Preparation for Boy Scouts
Since 1930, the Boy Scouts of America has helped younger boys through Cub Scouting. It is a year-round family program designed for boys who are in the first grade through fifth grade (or 7, 8, 9, and 10 years of age). Parents, leaders, and organizations work together to achieve the purposes of Cub Scouting. Currently, Cub Scouting is the largest of the BSA's three membership divisions  (the others are Boy Scouting and Venturing).
Character development should extend into every aspect of a boy's life. Character development should also extend into every aspect of Cub Scouting. Cub Scout leaders should strive to use Cub Scouting's 12 core values throughout all elements of the program-service projects, ceremonies, games, skits, songs, crafts, and all the other activities enjoyed at den and pack meetings
Family involvement is essential to Cub Scouting's success. When we talk about "family" in Cub Scouting, we're sensitive to the realities of present-day families. Many Cub Scouts do not come from traditional two-parent homes. Some boys live with a single parent or with other relatives or guardians. Cub Scouting considers a boy's family to be the people with whom he lives.
Cub Scouting's 12 Core Values
Citizenship: Contributing service and showing responsibility to local, state, and national communities.
 
Compassion: Being kind and considerate, and showing concern for the well-being of others.
 
Cooperation: Being helpful and working together with others toward a common goal
 
Courage: Being brave and doing what is right regardless of our fears, the difficulties, or the consequences.
 
Faith: Having inner strength and confidence based on our trust in God.
 
Health and Fitness: Being personally committed to keeping our minds and bodies clean and fit.
Honesty: Telling the truth and being worthy of trust.
 
Perseverance: Sticking with something and not giving up, even if it is difficult.
 
Positive Attitude: Being cheerful and setting our minds to look for and find the best in all situations.
 
Resourcefulness: Using human and other resources to their fullest.
 
Respect: Showing regard for the worth of something or someone.
 
Responsibility: Fulfilling our duty to God, country, other people, and ourselves.
Boys in first through fifth grades can join Cub Scouting and participate in group activities designed to promote the ideals listed to the left. If you would like more information on joining our Pack, contact any Staff Member.
Cub Scouts and Webelos Scouts have a plan of advancement for each boy that emphasizes learning by doing. Each boy works on requirements based on his school grade or age.
Our ranks run with the school calendar year.  When your son enters first grade, he becomes a Tiger; when he enters second grade, he becomes a Wolf Cub; and so on...  In July and August, we plan various activities designed to keep the scouting spirit alive while thoughts turn to Summer fun.  Any summer activities count toward the scouts September rank.  Keep an eye on our "Schedule of Events"




A Tiger Cub is a boy who has completed Kindergarten (or is 7 years old).  Tigers have Family, Den, and "Go See It" requirements (five per category).  A bead is awarded for each requirement as it is completed.  The beads are worn on a Totem.  Upon completion of the fifteen requirements, the Tiger Cub will be awarded the Tiger Badge, after which he can continue to work on electives, which are recognized by a yellow bead for every ten electives completed.
During his Tiger Cub year, or when he becomes a Cub Scout, each scout's parents teach him his Bobcat Badge requirements: learning the Cub Scout Promise, Law of the Pack, handshake, salute, sign, and motto.
If a Cub Scout has completed the first grade (or is 8 years old) he may begin working on his Wolf Badge achievements. There are twelve: Feats of Skill, Your Flag, Keep Your Body Healthy, Know Your Home and Community, Tools for Fixing and Building, Start a Collection, Your Living World, Cooking and Eating, Be Safe at Home and on the Street, Family Fun, Duty to God, and Making Choices. Upon completion of the achievements, he is awarded the Wolf badge, and may continue to work on Wolf electives in twenty-two different areas. When a boy completes ten projects he receives a Gold Arrow Point. For each additional ten projects he receives a Silver Arrow Point
When a Cub Scout has completed the second grade (or is 9 years old) he begins working on his Bear achievements. There are twenty-four achievements in four different groups: God, Country, Family, and Self. To achieve the Bear rank, the Cub Scout must earn his choice of twelve: one from the first group, three from the second group, and four from each of the third and fourth groups. After achieving the Bear badge, a boy may concentrate on twenty-four Bear elective areas until he becomes a Webelos Scout. Gold and Silver Arrow Points are also awarded for these projects.
After completing the third grade, a Cub Scout graduates with ceremony into a Webelos den. This is a special den for boys in the fourth or fifth grade (or who are 10 years old).
The Webelos Scout program is more challenging to the older boy - in fact, he's now called a Webelos Scout and wears a different uniform signifying his new status. Meetings are usually held in the early evening or on Saturday. His leader is a man or woman assisted by other den parents. The den chief is olderand more experienced than those serving Cub Scouts.
Also, the Webelos Scout's advancement is approved by his Webelos den leader rather than his parent. He begins work immediately on the Webelos badge. In addition, he can earn twenty Webelos activity badges: Aquanaut, Artist, Athlete, Citizen, Communicator, Craftsman, Engineer, Family Member, Fitness, Forester, Geologist, Handyman, Naturalist, Outdoorsman, Readyman, Scholar, Scientist, Showman, Sportsman, and Traveler. As a fifth grader (or at age 10) he may earn Cub Scouting's highest award - the Arrow of Light Award. After receiving this award, he is eligible to become a Boy Scout, or he may join a troop at age 11 (or when he completes the fifth grade).