Cub Scout Pack 601
Cub Scouting is a fun way to spend time with your child and the whole family. The fun has a purpose: That is, to help reinforce the positive values you want your child to develop—character, leadership, personal fitness, and citizenship. These values are presented in a fun and engaging method along with experiencing the outdoors, learning about personal safety, and discovering your family traditions.
In Cub Scouting, you and your family join in on the program with your child, and you will help them along the way. Cub Scouts have a different handbook at each grade level, with Adventures that are age-appropriate for their developmental level. As your child advances through these books by working on Adventures, they will earn badges and other recognition that they wear on their uniform. As your child grows in Cub Scouting, your role will change with them, from hands-on involvement to guiding and coaching. Your child’s success in Cub Scouting depends on you!
Other than the advancement through Adventures, our pack has some recurring fun events:
- Trunk-Or-Treat in October
- Hiking Club in which cubs can earn wooden beads to show that they've hiked 5, 10, 20, 30, or 40 miles
- Close-to-town warmup camping trip in October, to make sure everyone new to camping (or camping with kids!) has a chance to onboard gently
- World Kindness Day celebration in November
- Winter Holiday Party in December
- Blue and Gold celebration of Scouts founder Lord Baden-Powell's birthday in February
- Pinewood Derby - help your cub build a gravity-powered wooden car from a block of pine wood and race it!
- Earth Day activities in April
- Rank-Up Celebration to acknowledge all the hard work the Cub Scouts did all year and to recognize them as cubs of the next rank
To see upcoming events and connect with our leadership, join our GroupMe information group via the app or text messages.