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.

There are 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 twice a month, and the pack meets once a month all year long. At den meetings and pack meetings, Cub Scouts work on requirements related to their rank advancement and participate in fun learning and physical activities.

Cub Scouts also participate in events like the blue and gold banquet, pinewood derby, pack out camp, summer camp, monthly hikes, scouting for food, and community service opportunities. Whatever it is that you enjoy, you'll have a chance to do it in Cub Scouting.

Scout uniforms are an important part of the Boy Scouts of America program. Each scout gets to be part of a group demonstrated by their uniform and each group has a personal sense of identity. The scout uniform is also a display case for a scout's individual accomplishments and recognition. We wear the uniform to associate ourselves with the principles to which we are committed - character development, citizenship training, and physical and mental fitness. The uniform is not intended to hide our individuality, but it is a way we give each other strength and support.

Information about the standard Cub Scout uniform can be found on Boy Scouts of America website. Pack 872 only requires cub scout to wear a shirt, pants with belt loops (these can be jeans and do not need to be official pants), neckerchief, neckerchief slide, and closed toe shows. Pack 872 will provide each Cub Scout with a neckerchief for their rank.

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.

The most popular awards for Cub Scouts are the advancement awards. Boys do requirements to advance and earn their badges of rank: Lion, Bobcat, Tiger Cub, Wolf, Bear, Webelos, and the Arrow of Light Award. The Arrow of Light is the highest award in Cub Scouting.

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.

Recognition is important to young boys. The Cub Scouting advancement plan provides fun for the boys, gives them a sense of personal achievement as they earn badges, and strengthens family understanding as adult family members work with boys on advancement projects.

Each boy works on an age-appropriate rank badge by fulfilling different requirements that consist of new and fun learning experiences. Each scout earns the Bobcat badge, which involves the basics of being a Cub Scout. The following are the grades of Cub Scouts and the rank they work towards:

Kindergarten - Lion rank

First grade - Tiger rank

Second grade - Wolf rank

Third grade - Bear rank

Fourth grade - Webelos

Fifth grade - work for the highest award in Cub Scouts, the Arrow of Light. This final year helps prepare the boys for a transition to Boy Scouts

A Cub Scout Pack is run under a charter organization. Pack 872’s charter organization is Grace Presbyterian Church. The charter organization provides a representative to be a liaison between the pack and the organization. This representative helps the pack select a Cub Master and a Committee Chair from parent volunteers. These three positions represent the Key 3 leaders of the pack and provide the overall planning and direction for the pack.

Every leadership position in the pack is run by parent volunteers. There are numerous volunteer positions needed to run a pack. These include Committee Members, Den Leaders, Assistant Leaders, Event Planners, Pack Trainers, Web Masters, Treasurer, Secretary, and many more. If you are interested in being a parent volunteer, please speak with existing pack leadership.

While all pack leadership is voluntary, the pack still requires revenue to pay for supplies, rent facility space, and provide for day to day expenses. The main source of revenue for Pack 872 is annual dues. There are opportunities to reduce dues by volunteering.

The second source of revenue if the popcorn fundraiser. This takes place in the early fall and is the only fundraiser the Pack participates in. The goal of the Pack is that all cub scouts sell at least one item of popcorn.