Cub Scouts Requirements:
Your son can be a Cub Scout if he is in the first through fifth grade, or is 7 through 10 years old. Visit www.joincubscouting.org to learn all about the Cub Scouting program and how you can join in the fun.
How to Sign Up:
- Contact Council Service Center at (714) 546-4990.
- Our District Executive will provide to you a contact name of the leaders of the units in your area to contact and sign up.
- Complete the application and sign your name indicating approval (you can pick up an application at council office or download the application in English or Spanish
- Give the completed application and fees to the Cubmaster of the unit you are joining.
- Secure a copy of the cub Scout Handbook and complete the joining requirements as listed.
Uniform:
Tiger Cubs and adult partners wear an orange T-shirt with the Tiger Cub emblem located on the upper left front. Tiger Cub T-shirts and adult can be purchased from your local council service scout shop.
The Scout Law:
A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent.
Scout Oath or Promise:
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
Cub Scouts program has an emphasis on building caring, nurturing relationships between boys and their parents, adult leaders, and friends. Cub Scouts program helps boys develop habits and attitudes of good citizenship, improve understanding of family, show how to be helpful and do one's best, positively influence character development and encourage spiritual growth and much more.
The Purpose of Cub Scouting:
In 1930 the Boy Scouts of America launched a home-and neighborhood-centered program for boys 9 to 11 years of age. A key element of the program is an emphasis on caring, nurturing relationship between boys and their parents, adult leaders, and friends. Currently, Cub Scouting is the largest of the BSA's three membership divisions. (The others are Boy Scouting and Venturing.)
Cub Scouting has nine purposes:
- To influence the development of character and encourage spiritual growth
- To develop habits and attitudes of good citizenship
- To encourage good sportsmanship and pride in growing strong in mind and body
- To improve understanding within the family
- To strengthen the ability to get along with other boys and respect other people
- To foster a sense of personal achievement by developing new interests and skills
- To show how to be helpful and do one's best
- To provide fun and exciting new things to do
- To prepare boys to become Boy Scouts
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Membership:
Cub Scouting has program components for boys in the first through fifth grades (or ages seven, eight, nine, or ten). Members join a Cub Scout pack and are assigned to a den, usually a neighborhood group of six to eight boys. First-grade boys (Tiger Cubs) meet twice a month, while Wolf Cub Scouts (second graders), Bear Cub Scouts (third graders) and Webelos Scouts (fourth and fifth graders) meet weekly.
Once a month, all of the dens and family members gather for a pack meeting under the direction of a Cubmaster and pack committee. The committee includes parents of boys in the pack and members of the chartered organization.
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Volunteer Leadership:
Thousands of volunteer leaders, both men and women, are involved in the Cub Scout program. They serve in a variety of positions, as everything from unit leaders to pack committee chairmen, committee members, den leader coaches, and chartered organization representatives.
Like other phases of the Scouting program, Cub Scouting is made available to groups having similar interests and goals, including professional organizations, governmental bodies, and religious, educational, civic, fraternal, business, labor, and citizens groups. These "sponsors" are called chartered organizations. Each organization appoints one of its members as a chartered responsible for providing leadership, the meeting place, and support materials for pack activities.
If you would like to be a volunteer with the Orange County Council, Inc., Boy Scouts of America, please contact the council office at (714) 546-4990.
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Who Pays For It?:
Groups responsible for supporting Cub Scouting are the boys and their parents, the pack, the chartered organization, and the community. The boy is encouraged to pay his own way by contributing dues each week. Packs also obtain income by working on approved money-earning projects. The community, including parents, support Cub Scouting through the United Way, Friends of Scouting enrollment, bequests, and special contributions to the BSA local council. This financial support provides leadership training, outdoor programs, council service centers and other facilities, and professional service for units.
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Tiger Cubs BSA:
Tiger Cubs BSA is a simple and fun program for first-grade boys and their families. The Tiger Cub program introduces boys and their adult partners to the excitement of Cub Scouting as they "Search, Discover, and Share" together.
The Tiger Cub program is conducted on two levels. First, the Tiger Cub and his adult partner meet in the home to conduct activities for the whole family. Second, the Tiger Cub and his adult partner meet twice a month with other Tiger Cubs and adult partners in the den, using the planned "big idea" (or theme) for their activity during one of the meetings. Each den meeting is hosted by a Tiger Cub-adult partner team.
Tiger Cubs BSA follows a school-year cycle. Boys remain in the Tiger Cub program until they complete first grade. At the time, they graduate into a Cub Scout den and are eligible to participate in Cub Scout summer activities, including Cub Scout day camp.
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Activities and Sports:
Cub Scouting means "doing". Everything in Cub Scouting is designed to have the boys doing things. Activities are used to achieve the aims of Scouting-citizenship training, character development, and personal fitness.
Many of the activities happen right in the den and pack. The most important are the weekly den meetings and the monthly pack meetings.
Fun and fitness are combined in the Cub Scout Sports program. This program provides the opportunity for every Cub Scout to learn the basic skills of a sport and experience sports competition while learning good sportsmanship and personal fitness habits.
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Camping:
Age-appropriate camping programs are packed with theme-oriented action that brings Cub Scouts and Webelos Scouts into the world of imagination. Day camping comes to the boy in neighborhoods across the country; resident camping is at least a three-day experience in which Cub Scouts and Webelos Scouts camp within a developed theme of adventure and excitement. "Cub Scout Worlds" are used by many councils to carry the world of imagination into reality with actual theme structures of castles, forts, ships, etc. Cub Scout pack members enjoy camping in local council camps and council-approved national, state, county, or city parks. Camping programs combine fun and excitement with doing one's best, getting along with others, and developing an appreciation for ecology and the world of the outdoors.
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Safe Havens:
Cub Scouts are organized into small units called Dens - neighborhood-based groups of same-age boys. Dens are supervised by volunteer den leaders of men and women who help the boys pursue age-appropriate activities. The den is where many young boys first learn about the requirements of leadership and the give-and-take associated with teamwork.
Once a month several dens meet for a pack meeting - a highlight for the Cub Scout's entire family. Parents see their boys interact with their friends, meet other parents from surrounding areas, and share in their son's successes and achievements.
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It's Neighborhood Based:
If you attend a mosque, temple, or church, or participate in the Lions Club, Kiwanis Club, or Moose Lodge, chances are you already know someone who participates in Cub Scouting.
Cub Scouting maintains long-standing relationships will thousands of different groups that espouse the same ideals as the BSA. The BSA calls these groups chartered organizations. They include most religious groups, community and fraternal organizations, and public and private schools.
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