Taughannock District
Baden-Powell Council, BSA
Cub Scouts

















 

Cub Scouting is for boys in the first through fifth grades, or 7 to 10 years of age. Boys who are older than 10, or who have completed the fifth grade, can no longer join Cub Scouting, but they may be eligible to join the Boy Scouting or Venturing program.
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. 
Cub Scouting members join a Cub Scout pack and are assigned to a den, usually a neighborhood group of six to eight boys. Dens of Tiger Cubs (first-graders), Wolf Cub Scouts (second-graders), Bear Cub Scouts (third-graders), and Webelos Scouts (fourth- and fifth-graders) usually meet weekly to do crafts and projects and work on their advancement through Cub ranks and Academics and Sports belt loops and pins. 

For information on Cub Advancement, see our Advancement page. 

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. At Pack meetings, Cubs receive the advancement awards they've earned since the last meeting, and take part in ceremonies, activities and games. 

  The Pinewood Derby is a favorite activity for Cub Scouts


Cubs build and race their own Pinewood Derby cars


Cubs can also build and race boats in the Raingutter Regatta
Cub Scouts can attend a variety of camps and weekend events, usually with an adult partner. There are several Cub Adventure Weekends each year, in which the Cubs take part in games and activities on a fun theme. Every summer there are Cub Day Camps at a number of locations around the District and Council, and also overnight Resident Camps at Camp Barton on Cayuga Lake and Camp Tuscarora in Deposit. 

See our District Scrapbook page to see pictures of the fun our Cubs had at Cub Weekends and Camps over the last few years. 

For more information on Cub Scouting, see:
www.joincubscouting.org

Cub Leaders - are you using the New Delivery Method yet? Check out our Training Page for details. 

There's a Cub Pack Near You!

Packs in Cortland County
 and contact information

Packs in Seneca County

  • Interlaken - Pack 21 - newly chartered in September 2009
    Contact pack for meeting time and location
    Kerri Jendrasiak 607-330-1383 chelisconfections@yahoo.com

Packs in Tompkins County

  • City of Ithaca

    • Pack 4 - Robin Stedinger, 257-8016
      robin@clarityconnect.com
      Pack meets once a month at 1st Congregational Church, Sat, 4-6 pm - dens meet weekly or bi-weekly at various locations

    • Pack 7 - Scott Mosher. 738-3652
      sdm341@yahoo.com
      Ithaca - pack and dens meet different times and locations - contact pack for information

    • Pack 55 - Ellis Hollow Community Center
      Pack meetings: Last Tuesday of each month
      - Dawn Thornton, 277-1051 Neiko1999@aol.com 

    • Pack 67 - LDS Church
      Lisa Just 277-1958

  • Dryden - Pack 24 - Jim Graney 347-4302
      jgraney@twcny.rr.com
    VFW, Rt 13, 7 pm, day varies  

  • Enfield - Pack 22- newly chartered in October 2009
    Contact pack for meeting time and location
    Anita Kuzniak 607-241-6418 anitakuzniak@gmail.com

  • Freeville - Pack 46 Tom Sorensen 898-4773
    sorensens@juno.com
    Methodist Church, Thu, 6:30 pm

  • Groton - Pack 10 - Gary Schmidt 351-7185 
    gschmid2@twcny.rr.com
    Groton Elementary, Tue, 6:30 pm  

  • Lansing – Pack 48 - Tom Overton 533-7898
    tro2@cornell.edu 
    All Saint’s Church, last Tue, 6:45 pm

  • Newfield - Pack 34
    Robert Doner 564-7604 rjdoner192@twcny.rr.com
    Masonic Temple, M,Tu,Th, 6 pm

  • Trumansburg - Pack 3 - John Stasierowski 387-7069
    jdstas@dishmail.net
    American Legion - contact pack for pack meeting time.

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