How can my son join Cub Scouts?

The Cub Scout program is open to all boys in first grade through fifth grade. If your son will be starting first through fifth grade this August, then he's eligible to join. Sixth graders and older would participate as a Boy Scout.

While its possible to join at any time, the best (and easiest) time to join is during Scouting's annual recruiting drive, which takes place in September. Area elementary schools will host a "School Night For Scouting" reception one evening during the first two weeks of September. The specific dates, locations, and additional information about School Night For Scouting should be sent home with your son from school during the first few weeks of the new year.

School Night For Scouting includes a presentation for the parents with information on how to join, Scouting's mission, and what paperwork is required. It also will include representatives from several area Packs, who usually have displays of the activities and events their Pack participates in each year. Parents and boys are encouraged to talk with the Packs represented and, if interested, select one to join. Most often, the selection is based on location, but it may also be selected on the chartering organization (for example a church or neighborhood) which the family already has a relationship with. The Pack representatives will have a registration form that can be completed that evening.

Cub Scouts who join a Pack are assigned to a den, usually a group of six to eight boys. Tiger Cubs (first-graders) generally meet once a month. Wolf Cub Scouts (second graders), Bear Cub Scouts (third graders), and Webelos Scouts (fourth and fifth graders) meet twice a month.

Once a month, all of the dens and family members gather for a Pack meeting under the direction of a Cubmaster and Pack committee. The committee includes parents of boys in the pack and members of the chartered organization.

Pack 002 meets at Kennesaw Elementary school for Pack meetings, and holds most of our events on the grounds at Legacy Park, our neighborhood and chartering organization.