What is Scouting?

Scouting is a game with a purpose.

                                                     -- Robert Baden-Powell, 1933

An Overview of Cub Scouting

Since 1910, Scouting America has helped younger boys and girls through Cub Scouting. It is a year-round family-oriented part of the Scouting America program designed for boys and girls who are in the first grade through fifth grade (or are 7, 8, 9, and 10 years old).  Parents, leaders, and organizations work together to achieve the 10 purposes of Cub Scouting:

1.  Character Development

2.  Spiritual Growth

3.  Good Citizenship

4.  Sportsmanship and Fitness

5.  Family Understanding

6.  Respectful Relationships

7.  Personal Achievement

8.  Friendly Service

9.  Fun and Adventure

10.  Preparation for Scouting America

Currently, Cub Scouting is the largest of the Scouting America's three membership divisions. (The others are Scouting and Venturing.)

As a parent, you want your Cub Scout to grow up to be self-reliant and dependable - a person of worth, a caring individual. Scouting has these same goals in mind for him. We help by weaving lifetime values into fun and educational activities designed to help families teach their boys how to make good decisions throughout their lives and give them confidence as they become the adult leaders of tomorrow.

In a society where your Cub Scout is often told that winning is everything, Cub Scouting teaches Cub Scouts to do their best and be helpful to others as expressed in the Cub Scout Motto, Scout Oath, and Scout Law.

Cub Scouting is fun! But it is fun with a purpose.