Scouting Overview

As a parent, you want your son to grow up to be a person of worth, a self reliant, dependable, and caring individual.  Scouting has these same goals in mind for him.  Since 1910 we’ve been weaving lifetime values into fun and educational activities designed to assist parents in strengthening character, developing good citizenship, and enhancing physical fitness in youth.

These values help your son make good decisions throughout his lifetime and give him confidence as he becomes an adult leader of tomorrow.

With all of the negative influences in today’s society, Scouting provides your son with a positive peer group and a program that is fun and adventurous and helps him to “be prepared” to shape his own future.

Cub Scout Motto: Do Your Best

Cub Scouting is a home and neighborhood-centered program designed to support family life for boys in first through fifth grades.  Each Cub Scout learns to respect his home, country, God, and other people.  The program helps boys this age to:

·         Learn new physical skills through sports, crafts, and games.

·         Learn how to get along with others through group activities.

·         Develop new mental skills such as writing and calculating.

·         Develop personal independence.

In a society where your son is often taught that winning is everything, Cub Scouting teaches him to “do his best” and be helpful to others as expressed in the Cub Scout Promise.

Scout Promise                                              Law of the Pack

I promise to do my best                                                The Cub Scout follows Akela

To do my duty to God and my country,                         The Cub Scout helps the pack go

To help other people, and                                             The pack helps the Cub Scout grow

To obey the Law of the Pack.                                       The Cub Scout gives goodwill

How Can You Help?

Scouting operates through volunteer leadership.  Volunteer unit leaders are an example of Scouting’s principle of service to others.  Naturally, parents are a primary source of leaders in the Scouting program.  You volunteer not only to serve Scouting, but also to serve your son and his friends, and to have the chance to be a positive influence on the youth in your community.

What Do You Receive In Return?

Being a leader is fun, challenging, and rewarding.  Leaders find that their experiences help them to become better parents.  The following are some of the many dividends that will enrich your life as you dedicate your time, talent, and enthusiasm to Scouting:

·         Fun and fellowship with other families, sharing your pride in the boys’ accomplishments.

·         The privilege of helping to enrich and strengthen families.

·         A chance to help boys learn good citizenship and to help shape them into men who will have strength of character and are sensitive to the needs of others.

·         The opportunity to help make a difference in the lives of boys as they grow strong in mind and body.

·         A code to live by which will set a worthwhile example for both boys and adults.

·         The satisfaction of being a member of a worldwide movement, and pride in being publicly identified as a part of this organization - wearing the Scouting uniform is a visible means of showing you believe in and stand up for the ideals and objectives of the Boy Scouts of America.

The Impact of Scouting

Boy Scout Alumni are:                                         For every 100 Youths involved in       Scouting:

71% of football captains                                      12 will have their first contact with a

65% of basketball captains                                  church.

85% of student council presidents                        5 will earn their religious emblem

88% of school newspaper editors                        1 will enter the clergy

77% of editors of school annuals                          1 will use Scout skills to save a life.

75% of business managers of school                    1 will use Scout skills to save his own

Publications                                                         2 will become Eagle Scouts

80% of junior class presidents                              8 will enter professions first learned

89% of senior class presidents                             through the Merit Badge system

65% of college graduates                                     17 will become Scouting volunteers

72% of Rhodes scholars                                      and pass their skills, inspiration,

75% of Military Academy graduates                    and leadership to countless youth.

65% of U.S. Congress                                         18 will develop hobbies that will

85% of Airline Pilots                                            give them lifelong interest.

85% of F.B.I. Agents                                          Only rarely will one ever appear in

                                                                           juvenile court.

26 of the  first 29 astronauts.                   

11 of the 12 who walked on the moon.

108 of 172 astronauts were boy scouts.

Over half of the 108 attained Star, Life, or Eagle rank.