FOR PACK 13 FAMILIES

As Scouts, we take an oath to help other people at all times. We do that by welcoming every child and every family, 24/7. Cub Scouts is boys and girls, kindergarten through fifth grade.

Scouting is one of the least expensive youth activities around: national registration plus modest pack dues, and popcorn season and other fundraisers offset most of it. Cost never keeps a kid out; talk to us.

Navy shirt, neckerchief, and slide — jeans are fine. The uniform guide has the rank-by-rank list, and the pack keeps a hand-me-down bin.

We meet weekly, taking time off on school holidays. We meet every week because we know most families can’t, so attend campouts and outings as you can. Most families spend a few hours a month.

Cub Scouting is driven by the family: you set your own pace, and advancement often overlaps with things your kid already does. Miss a week and nothing is lost — jump back in. NFL and NBA stars, actors, and astronauts started right here. Give us a shot; we’ll help you fit Scouts into your life.

We meet weekly at Trinity UMC; the whole pack meets then splits into dens, every Sunday at 3pm — the camping and event schedule lives in BAND.

Anytime. Scouts jump in wherever the den is — there’s no catching up to do.

Yes — Cub Scout camping is family camping. Parents and siblings come along, and Lion and Tiger scouts always camp with their adult partner.

The outdoors is our classroom — it’s unpredictable, and, admittedly, it’s inexpensive. A weekend campout provides learning, leadership, and life experiences that can’t easily be found anywhere else. That doesn’t mean we drop your kids in the woods with a granola bar and pick them up on Sunday: Cub Scout camping is family camping, and we teach scouts and parents how to thrive out there. A Lion worried about bugs has often ended up, years later, at 12,000 feet at Philmont Scout Reservation.

Scouting has welcomed youth with numerous backgrounds, challenges, strengths, and questions since 1910 — and the Cub Scout motto is ‘Do your best,’ which means exactly that. Come to a meeting and let’s talk it through; most likely there’s a way to accomplish your scouting goals safely.

One of the points of the Scout Law is ‘reverent,’ but we are not a church program. We give kids a chance to explore the world and their place in it, and to understand how religion, ethics, morals, and personal faith fit into that. It’s not instructed — it’s facilitated. Everyone is welcome and no one is excluded.

Scouting has a very strong stance against bullying and other inappropriate behavior. Our membership standards welcome every child — every child, from every background, orientation, or belief. We stand with our kids and make sure they are safe, they are heard, and they are welcome.