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Join one of our Scouting Programs:

Tiger

First-grade boys join a Tiger den, where each boy works with an adult partner on the requirements to earn his Tiger badge.

Wolf

Second-grade boys graduate into a Wolf den. They go to den meetings on their own, but their families still help them work on the requirements for the Wolf badge.

The handbook tells about the Tiger program; gives information about dens, leaders, uniforms, and advancement. The handbook guides Tigers through the six required adventures and 13 elective adventures that make up the Tiger program, and it helps them track their progress through the requirements for earning the Tiger rank.

Wolf Scouts will complete six required adventures, and they will choose one of the 13 elective adventures in the handbook. Together with their den, they can take a hike, do a community project, grow a garden, dig for dinosaurs, start a collection, or try solving secret codes.

Bear

Boys in the third grade are members of a Bear den. They work independently as well as with their families to complete the requirements for the Bear badge.

Bear Scouts will complete six required adventures, and they will choose one of the 13 elective adventures in the handbook. Together with their den, they can learn about knife safety and camping skills, host a carnival for younger Scouts, build a robot, see how crimes are solved, or take a fishing trip.

Webelos

Boys in the fourth and fifth grades become Webelos Scouts. Webelos Scouts do more advanced activities to get ready to graduate into Boy Scouting.

Webelos Scouts have the chance to help learn about first aid, build fires and cook their own meals, develop physical fitness skills, and take on leadership roles for a hike. As they work on the Arrow of Light rank, Scouts can learn about citizenship, connect with Scouts around the world, go on a campout they helped plan, and try geocaching. Elective adventures can include anything from making movies to working with tools to trying a new sport or using a telescope to study the night sky.

Where you begin in Cub Scouting depends on your age at the time you join. If you join when you're in first grade, you will begin as a Tiger Cub. If you do not join until the third grade, you'll begin as a Bear Cub Scout. You won't have to go back and earn the Tiger Cub and Wolf badges. Cub Scouts complete adventures as they work toward achieving each rank. The adventures are different for each rank, allowing Cub Scouts to learn new age-appropriate skills and explore new topics each year.

If you would like additional information or would like to join Pack 227, please contact us.

We'll be happy to answer your questions and help your son begin his journey in scouting!