What is Cub Scouting? Cub Scouting is a year-round program uniquely designed to meet the needs of young boys and their parents. The program offers fun and challenging activities that promote character development and physical fitness. Service projects, ceremonies, games, and other activities guide boys through the core values and give them a sense of personal achievement. Through positive peer group interaction and parental guidance, boys also learn honesty, bravery, and respect. Family involvement is an essential part of Cub Scouting and parents are encouraged to play an active role in the program. Through interaction between parents, leaders, and friends, boys learn citizenship, compassion, and courage. This family and community-centered approach to learning means that Cub Scouting is truly time well spent.

 

What are the requirements to join Cub Scouts?

    Tiger Cubs: entering first grade or age 7

    Wolf Scouts: entering second grade or age 8
Bear Scouts: entering third grade or age 9

    Webelos/Arrow of Light: entering fourth or fifth grade, or age 10

What does Cub Scouting offer my son?

Cub Scouting offers fun and challenging activities that promote character development and physical fitness. Service projects, ceremonies, games, and other activities guide boys through the core values and give them a sense of personal achievement. Through positive peer group interaction and parental guidance, boys also learn honesty, bravery, and respect.

How does participation in Cub Scouting affect participation in other activities?

The Cub Scout program is designed to compliment many other extracurricular activities. Typical time commitment is 2-3 Den meetings and one Pack meeting per month. Most missed den activities can be made up at home. 

What are the responsibilities of a parent?

Provide help and support for the den and pack.

Work with your son on advancement projects and activities.

Attend pack meetings with your son and present his advancement awards to him at the pack meeting.

Attend and assist with den outings.

Attend Cub Scout Family campouts with your son.

Do Cub Scouts go camping?

Yes, but they ease into it. They may go camping with a parent, or even with the entire family. More on Cub Scout camping can be found at http://www.scouting.org/cubscouts/activities/outdoor/camping.y.html

What other activities are available to Cub Scouts and their families?

    Pack 227 is very active, providing a rich environment for boys and their families. Typical annual events include:

    Monthly Pack Meetings 

    Flag Ceremonies at PTA Meetings
Pinewood Derby 
    March in the Milford 4th of July Prade

    Bike Rodeo
Blue & Gold Banquet

    Family Camping

    Day Camp

    STEM/Nova activities

    Community Service Activities

    and more!

How much is it going to cost?

The annual Pack 227 dues of $75 covers such items as the National registration fee, Boys' Life Magazine, the neckerchief and handbook appropriate for your son's rank, the pinewood derby kits, and all patches and awards for the year. New Cub Scouts need to pay prorated dues upon registration, based on the month they register. Contact the Cubmaster with any questions. Other costs include uniforms and some activity fees including those for the Day Camp and Resident Camps and the optional activities. Youth members participate in one fund-raising activity (popcorn) a year which helps to cover equipment and other activities.

Where can I buy uniforms, pack and den number patches?

See the Scout Unifom Essentials pdf file below for a picture and description of the uniform.

The Scout Shop is located at the council office. More information about the store including hours and directions can be found on their Web site at the National Scout Shop.

Scout Shop

http://www.scoutstuff.org

If you can't make it to the store, and are comfortable specifying your son's shirt size (S/M/L), they will also take phone orders and ship via UPS. Alternatively, you can order everything online from the BSA retail store at ScoutStuff.Org.  We strongly suggest ordering big!

Do I need to attend the meetings with my scout or do I drop him off?

Scouting is a family activity rather than a drop-off activity. Tigers (first grade) must have an adult partner at every single scouting event they attend, whether at the den, pack, or council level. 

Older scouts may attend den meetings without an adult partner as long as the den is able to maintain 2-deep leadership. However, the pack runs from volunteer parents like you, and the scouting activities are great bonding opportunities with your son. 

All parents, siblings and family members are welcome and encouraged to attend the monthly Pack meetings. This is a special time for the scouts to be recognized for all their hard work.  At no time shall a scout be dropped off at a Pack meeting!

Council sponsored activities such as Day Camp, Klondike, Ice Fish-o-Ree, STEM/Nova activities, etc. are not intended to be drop off activities. Either attend with your son, or coordinate with the pack to make sure we provide 1 adult for every 4 boys our pack sends. Parents can take turns attending these activities, and often siblings are welcome to participate as well.