Scouting is Family Oriented
- Activities are intended for the whole family.
- You work with your son on his various award requirements.
- Many skills he will learn are family oriented.
Your Son is a member of a Cub Scout Den
- The den usually meets once a week.
- The den is led by a den leader (usually a parent of a boy in the den).
- The den leader is usually assisted by an assistant den leader, and a denner (a Cub Scout elected by den members).
- Den meetings have games, crafts, songs, ceremonies, and lots of fun.
Your Son is a member of a Cub Scout Pack
- A Pack is made up of several dens.
- The pack meets once a month – all Cub Scout families attend.
- The monthly pack meeting is led by the Cubmaster.
- The pack meeting is the climax of the month’s den meetings and activities.
- Pack meetings have games, skits, stunts, songs, ceremonies and presentation of badges that the boys earned that month.
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The Pack is run by the Pack Committee of volunteer parents
- The pack committee is made up of den leaders and assistants, Webelos leaders and assistants, and the Cubmaster and assistants. Most of these leaders are parents of boys in the pack.
- The committee meets once a month.
- The committee plans den and pack meetings around the monthly theme.
- The committee selects leaders, performs record keeping, manages pack finances, orders badges, maintains pack equipment, helps train leaders, and recognizes leaders.
The Pack is owned by a Chartering Organization
- Chartered organizations include: schools, parent associations, religious organizations, service clubs, and other groups interested in youth.
- The chartered organization approves leaders, provides a meeting place, and operates packs within the guidelines and policies of the chartered organization and the Boy Scouts of America.
- The chartered organization selects a chartered organization representative who serves as a liaison between the pack and organization.
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