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What is the Mission of Cub Scouts?
What is the Mission of Cub Scouts?
...to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.
What Do Scouts Do?
What Do Scouts Do?
Some of the best things about Cub Scouting are the activities the scouts (and sometimes you) get to do: 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?
Yes. Our Pack does not function without parent volunteers. In Lion (Kindergarten) and Tiger (1st grade) Dens parent partners are active participants at every meeting and event, parents at these levels can also take leadership roles in the Pack as Den Leaders or even Committee Chair. For older dens, parents help with den activities or pack activities to ensure all meetings and events run smoothly, or at the Leadership Level, becoming Cubmasters, Den Leaders, Committee Leader or Treasurer. Scouting operates through volunteer Leadership. Yup, all those leaders are volunteers!!
We don't expect a parent to leap right in but we do ask parents to help as they can. Volunteer positions vary from den to pack level positions but all need to be filled. We encourage you to go at your own pace and do you best. Always remember you get back what you put in to scouting.
How Old (or young) Can a child be to Join?
How Old (or young) Can a child be to Join?
Cub Scouting is for boys and girls in Kindergarten through fifth grades. Kids who are older than 10, or who have completed the fifth grade, can no longer join Cub Scouting, but are eligible to join a Scouts BSA Troop.
How do our Scouts Achieve Their Goals?
How do our Scouts Achieve Their Goals?
Activities are used to achieve the aims of Scouting—citizenship training, character development, and personal fitness. Many of the activities happen in the den (with the children in their grade) or with the entire pack (with all the grade levels). Our Scouts always have Go-and-See's and plenty of outdoor and indoor activities to help them achieve goals.
What Supplies and Equipment are Needed?
What Supplies and Equipment are Needed?
At minimum, each scout in Cub Scouting will need a uniform and a handbook. The handbook will lead you through your scout's level. Your Class A uniform should be worn for pack meetings and any volunteering. Our pack also provides a Class B uniform (a t-shirt) for den meetings and less formal gatherings. See Where to Purchase Items for more information.
How is Cub Scouting Structured?
How is Cub Scouting Structured?
DEN
Your Scout is a member of a Cub Scout Den. Their den will be their closest and most impactful group in Scouting outside their family. Made up of 6-8 scouts, dens usually meet once per week and are lead by a Den Leader. Den meetings involve games, crafts, songs, ceremonies, and lots of fun as scouts advance through their rank requirements and adventures.
PACK
All dens, Lions through Webelos II, come together to form a Pack. Your scout's den is part of Pack 301. A Pack meets once per month and is led by the Cubmaster. Pack meetings are designed to be fun and usually involve: games, songs, skits, ceremonies, and presentations of badges that children earned during the month. Pack meetings allow younger scouts to see where they can go in scouting and they allow older scouts to lead and provide service by helping younger scouts through meeting activities.
PACK COMMITTEE
The Pack Committee is led by the Pack Committee Chairperson and is made up of Den leaders, the Cubmaster, a District Representative and parents who take care of the overall running of the Pack. The committee plans Pack meetings and activities . The committee selects, trains and recognizes leaders, keeps the records, manages finances, finds meeting places, orders badges, and maintains the Pack’s equipment.
CHARTERING ORGANIZATION
The Pack is “owned” by a chartering organization; Pack 301's Chartering Organization is San Carlos Kiwanis. The chartering organization approves adult leaders, and operates the Pack according to the guidelines of Scouts BSA. The chartering organization selects a representative to serve as liaison between the Pack, the chartering organization and the district and council.
COUNCIL AND DISTRICT
A Council and District are Scouts BSA's leadership in the local area. Councils are large geographic areas that are then broken down into Districts. Each Pack is lead by its District Leader, who is part of the larger area Council. Pack 301 is part of the Pacific Skyline Council, that services San Mateo County and Northern Santa Clara County, in the Redwood District. Pacific Skyline owns three campgrounds, Camp Oljato, Cutter Camp and Boulder Creek, where they put on summer camps, family camps, weekend trainings, and much more. Our Council and District train all our volunteers and work to ensure the content and safety within our Scouting program.
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