Join Cub Scouts Pack 366 Oxford Michigan

Cub Scout Pack 366 serves boys 1st-5th grade in the Michigan communities of Oxford, Leonard, and Ortonville. Please use the email address located to top left of this page to join our pack. Please read on to discover what Cub Scouting is all about.

The Purposes of Cub Scouting

Since 1930, the Boy Scouts of America has helped younger boys through Cub Scouting. It is a year-round family program designed for boys who are in the first grade through fifth grade (or 7, 8, 9, and 10 years of age). Parents, leaders, and organizations work together to achieve the purposes of Cub Scouting. The 10 purposes of Cub Scouting are:

	1. Character Development	6. Respectful Relationships
	2. Spiritual Growth	7. Personal Achievement
	3. Good Citizenship	8. Friendly Service
	4. Sportsmanship and Fitness	9. Fun and Adventure
	5. Family Understanding	10. Preparation for Boy Scouts

Cub Scouts Belong to a Pack and a Den

Every Cub Scout is a member of a Cub Scout pack. A pack is a large group of boys. The pack is divided into smaller groups called dens. Each den has about six to eight boys. All of the Cub Scouts in a den are about the same age and live in the same area.

Cub Scouts Do Things and Go Places

Cub Scouting means "doing." You have lots to do as a Cub Scout—crafts, games, sports, songs, stories, and puzzles, to name a few things. Much of the fun happens right in the den and pack. The den usually meets 2 to 3 times a month, and the pack meets once a month. Cub Scouts go on field trips. They go camping and have other kinds of outdoor adventures. They take part in community events. Cub Scouts do all sorts of exciting stuff! Whatever it is that you enjoy, you'll have a chance to do it in Cub Scouting. Here is just a few of the events that our pack does Halloween Party, Christmas Parade Float, Fall Camping, Popcorn Party, Christmas Party, Winter Camping, annual Blue and Gold banquet, Pinewood Derby, Spring Family Camping, plus more. We continue to explore new and exciting place to go and explore.

Cub Scouts Earn Awards and Advancements

While you're having fun, you'll also be earning badges and awards. You'll work on projects with your parents or other adults in your family, and all of you will feel good about the things you accomplish. The most popular awards for Cub Scouts are the advancement awards. Boys do requirements to advance and earn their badges of rank:


	The Bobcat rank is for all boys who join Cub Scouting

	The Tiger Cub program is for first-grade (or age 7) boys and their adult partners. There are five Tiger Cub achievement areas. The Tiger Cub, working with his adult partner, completes 15 requirements within these areas to earn the Tiger Cub badge. These requirements consist of an exciting series of indoor and outdoor activities just right for a boy in the first grade

	The Wolf program is for boys who have completed first grade (or are age 8). To earn the Wolf badge, a boy must pass 12 achievements involving simple physical and mental skills.

	The Bear rank is for boys who have completed second grade (or are age 9). There are 24 Bear achievements in four categories. The Cub Scout must complete 12 of these to earn the Bear badge. These requirements are somewhat more difficult and challenging than those for Wolf rank.

	The Webelos program is for boys who have completed third grade (or are age 10). A boy may begin working on the Webelos badge as soon as he joins a Webelos den. This is the first step in his transition from the Webelos den to the Boy Scout troop. As he completes the requirements found in the Webelos Handbook, he will work on activity badges, attend meetings led by adults, and become familiar with the Boy Scout requirements—all leading to the Arrow of Light Award

The Cub Scout Academics and Sports program

Cub Scouts get to learn about favorite subjects such as art, math, science, and citizenship. Or they play individual and team sports such as archery, gymnastics, skating, or soccer. Cub scouts earn belts loops like those pictured above for their achievements. You don't need to be a star athlete to play Cub Scout Sports. You're a winner when you do your best.

Cub Scouts can earn many other awards and medals too, sometimes by themselves and sometimes as members of their pack. They can earn or help their pack earn Quality Unit awards, religious emblems, the Emergency Preparedness Award, the Outdoor Activity Award, or the World Conservation Award. When you earn an award in Cub Scouting, you learn new skills. You also get to use your new skills and your new knowledge in projects and demonstrations. You show what you know. People get to see what you've learned as a Cub Scout.

Your Pack Needs Volunteers

Both men and women serve as cub scout volunteer leaders. They serve in a variety of positions and help in numerous ways. Serving as unit leaders such as the pack committee chairperson, cubmaster, committee members, den leaders, or serving as a pack volunteer.

Our pack is always looking for volunteers. When your son joins our pack both you and him become a part of our pack. A strong pack, like our pack, needs volunteers to help it stay strong and grow.

Every parent needs to volunteer to help the pack go. It does not have to be much maybe 1 hour a month. Or if you really want the ultimate bonding experience with your son try volunteering for a leadership role such as a unit leader, a committee member, or a den leader.

You may not realize it now, but farther on down the road of life your son will remember all that you did for him and you will be rewarded for it. You should talk to your committee chairperson about volunteering they are in charge of all pack business.

Cub Scouting Ideals

Apart from the fun and excitement of Cub Scout activities, the Cub Scout Promise, the Law of the Pack, and the Cub Scout sign, handshake, motto, and salute all teach good citizenship and contribute to a boy's sense of belonging.

Cub Scout Promise

I, (name), promise to do my best

To do my duty to God and my country,

To help other people, and

To obey the Law of the Pack.

Cub Scout Motto

Do Your Best

Tiger Cub Motto

Search, Discover, Share

Law of the Pack

The Cub Scout follows Akela.

The Cub Scout helps the pack go.

The pack helps the Cub Scout grow.

The Cub Scout gives goodwill.

Colors of Cub Scouting

The Cub Scouting colors are blue and gold. They have special meaning, which will help boys see beyond the fun of Cub Scouting to its ultimate goals.

The blue stands for truth and spirituality, steadfast loyalty, and the sky above.
The gold stands for warm sunlight, good cheer, and happiness.