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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.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- 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 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 other activities?
- The Cub Scout program is designed to compliment many other
extracurricular activities. Typical time commitment is two Den meetings
and one Pack meeting per month. Boys 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 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/sitecore/content/Home/CubScouts/Cub%20Scouts/ThingsToDo/camping.aspx
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- What other activities are available to Cub Scouts and their families?
- Pack 3136 is very active, providing a rich environment for boys 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
- Dodgers Game
- Memorial Day Observance
- Summer Day Camp
- Community Service Activities
- and more!
- How much is it going to cost?
- The annual Pack 3136 dues of $65 covers such items as the National registration fee, Boys' Life Magazine, pack trips, the
rocket and pinewood derby kits, and all patches and awards for the year
(through next August).
Other costs include uniforms and some activity fees including
those for the Day Camp. Youth members participate in two fund-raising activities (popcorn sales and car washes), which help to cover pack supplies,
equipment, and other activities.
- Where can I buy uniforms, pack number and council patches?
- The Scout Store is located at:
- Ventura County Council
- 509 Daily Drive
- Camarillo, CA 93010
- (805) 482-8938
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
- How can I save money on the cost of uniforms?
- Pack 3136 is instituting a uniform bank. As boys outgrow their uniforms, change ranks, graduate to Boy
Scouts, or drop out, their uniforms may be donated to the Pack. The
Pack will then offer these items to other Pack members. Common items that may be exchanged include caps,
shirts, neckerchiefs, neckerchief slides, and belts.
- How often are the meetings?
- Cub Scouts usually meet in their Dens once or twice each month,
and a Pack meeting is held for all Cub Scouts and their families once a
month. Beyond that, it depends on the Den and Pack: a Den may hold a
special activity, such as a service project or visit to a local museum
in place of one of the weekly meetings or in addition to the weekly
meetings. Likewise, the Pack may conduct a special event such as a
rocket launch, campout, or service activity as an additional event,
rather than a substitute for its monthly Pack meeting.
- How can I learn more?
- The best way to learn about what a Cub Scout really does is to
talk with a Cub Scout who is engaged in the program. Alternatively,
you
can learn more about the Cub Scout program by selecting "Contact Our
Pack" (above) and asking questions, or leave your phone number to
receive a call from a Leader.
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