About Cub Scouts

Cub Scouts is a program for boys and girls in kindergarten through 5th grade, where youth build foundations for leadership, citizenship, and personal fitness through fun activities involving parents or legal guardians. Organized by grade level, Cub Scouting encourages family fun while providing youth with a safe space to make friends and challenge themselves through age-appropriate activities. It fosters a sense of belonging for children and parents alike, reinforcing values like honesty, good conduct, and respect for others. Families participate in activities like exploring the outdoors, building projects, making friends, and fostering a lifelong love of learning. Scouts earn adventure loops and pins related to their grade as they engage in these exciting experiences.

For more information: https://www.scouting.org/programs/cub-scouts/

The foundations of Scouting can be found in the Scout Oath & Law: 

Scout Oath

On my honor, I will do my best to do my duty to God and my Country and to obey the Scout Law; to help other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight. 

Scout Law

A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind,  obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent 

The Cub Scout Motto is "do your best" and while there are many elements to a scouting uniform, we want to remind families that you are doing your best with whatever uniform elements you can obtain. 

Basic Uniform and Supplies: 

Uniform Shirt: BSA uniform blue shirts are for Tigers through Webelos and tan shirts can be worn by Webelos and AOLs. Lions official uniform is a Lion t-shirt. These are available through the Scout Shop.  When just starting out in the Pack, the only patches needed for a uniform are the Council patch, unit numbers (red and white 9 and 7 for Pack 97). 

Uniform Pants: BSA uniform pants are available at the Scout Shop, however any dark blue pants (Lions - Webelos) and dark green pants (Webelos and AOLs) can be used at the Cub Scout level. 

Neckerchief: Each den has their own neckerchief available at the Scout Shop. 

Woggle: Woggles are the piece that keep the neckerchief in place. Scouts can have many different woggles. To start, the basic den woggles are appropriate and available at the Scout Shop. A tip to keep the woggles in place is to use a hair tie under the woggle, wrapped around the neckerchief ends. This keeps the Woggle from sliding. 

Belt: BSA uniform belts are available at the Scout Shop and are the right size to hold adventure belt loops the scouts have earned. 

Hat (optional): The Scout Shop has hats for each den available.

Socks (optional): The Scout Shop has Cub Scout uniform socks - these are not required and are completely optional. 

Scout Handbook: There are Scout Handbooks for each den that layout all the required and elective adventures and are full of all sort of information about being a Cub Scout. Having a handbook as a requirement is up to individual den leaders. Even if handbooks are optional for a den, they are recommended and are available at the Scout Shop. 

6 Essentials: At the start of the scouting year, cubs are encouraged to create a "6 Essentials" pack. This includes the following supplies: flashlight, water bottle, hat/sun protection, whistle, first aid kit, and a trail snack. Pocketknives are not permitted unless the scout has earned their whitling chip. 6 Essential packs need to be packed into a scout appropriately sized bag/backpack so they will be capable of carrying it on their own. 

A Cub Scout Pack is organized by grade and these grade groups are called Dens. 

• Lions - 5 years old and/or Kindergarteners

• Tigers - 6 years old and/or First Graders

• Wolves - 7 years old and/or Second Graders

• Bears - 8 years old and/or Third Graders

• Webelos - 9 years old and/or Fourth Graders

• Arrow of Light (AOLs) - 10 years old and/or Fifth Graders

Dens meet regularly to work on adventures specific for their den. Each den has a den leader and sometimes an assistant den leader. Parents are encourage to stay with their scouts and help out in the dens as well. Lion and Tiger parents are required to stay with their scouts at every meeting. 

While den meetings are for individual dens, there are also monthly pack meetings. These are events where the entire pack is together and not necessarily divided into dens. 

Cubs start their scouting adventure working on specific requirements designed specifically for their age group. Each den has a set of required adventures and a set of elective adventures. To earn their den rank, they must complete the required adventures plus two elective adventures. Attending den meetings will meet a lot of these requirements, however, there are elements of some adventures that must be done at home and/or with family. 

Advancement through these adventures is recorded by the den leader. Lions through Bears earn belt loops for each completed adventure and Webelos and AOLs earn pins. 

See all the den ranks and adventure requirements: https://www.scouting.org/programs/cub-scouts/adventures/