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- What are the requirements to join Cub Scouts?
- Tiger Cubs (entering first grade or age 7)
- Cub Scouts (entering second or third grade, or age 8 or 9)
- Webelos Scouts (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 scouts through the core values and give them a sense of personal achievement. Through positive peer group interaction and parental guidance, scouts also learn honesty, bravery, and respect.
- How does participation in Cub Scouting affect participation other activities?
- The Cub Scout program is designed to compliment many other extracurricular activities. Scouts who participate in organized sports like soccer, baseball, basketball, swimming, gymnastics, etc, or academic-based extracurricular activities like music, art, science etc., can be recognized for these activities though Cub Scout belt loops and pins which are worn on their uniform.
- What are the responsibilities of a parent?
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- Provide help and support for the den and pack.
- Work with your scout on advancement projects and activities.
- Attend pack meetings with your scout and present their advancement awards to them at the pack meeting.
- Attend and assist with den outings.
- Attend Cub Scout Family campouts with your scout.
- 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 56 is active and provides a safe and fun learning environment for scouts and their families. Typical annual events include:
- Rocket Launch
- Fall Campout
- Scouting for Food
- Veteran’s Day Observance
- Caroling & Holiday Party
- Blue & Gold Banquet
- Pinewood Derby
- Spring Campout
- Memorial Day Observance
- Community Service Activities and more!
- How much is it going to cost?
- The annual Pack 56 dues of $35 covers such items as the National registration fee, Boys' Life Magazine, the neckerchief and handbook appropriate for your scout's rank, the rocket and pinewood derby kits, and all patches and awards for the year.
Other costs include uniforms and some activity fees. Youth members participate in one fund-raising activity (trash bags from recycled materials), which helps to cover Den supplies, equipment, and other activities. - Where can I buy uniforms, pack and den number patches?
- The closest Scout Shops are located at:
- Woburn Scout Shop
- 600 W Cummings Park, #1250, Woburn, MA 01801 - Ph: 781-937-4282
- Sayre Scout Shop
- 411 Unquity Road, Milton MA 02186 - Ph: 617-361-0315
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Alternatively, you can order everything online from the BSA retail store at ScoutStuff.Org | |
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