Join The Fun!

Imagine youself climbing to the top of Mt. Diablo, or better yet, climbing aboard the Historical USS Pampanito Submarine for an overnight adventure.  These are just a few of the experiences that you'll find yourself able to enjoy as a member of Pack 474.

Cub Scouting has its privilages, by making opportunities available that are not readily open to the public.  Learn and have fun with your child as you start your Cub Scouting adventure!

The History of Cub Scouting

The first official Cub Pack in America, No. 43 of Brooklyn, N.Y., poses for a picture with Chief Scout Executive West (1930, Scouting Magazine)

Since the first campout of the first Boy Scout troop, boys too young to join have always desired to camp out like Scouts. The British answer to this desire was Wolf Cubs (now called Cub Scouts), created by Baden-Powell in 1916, and patterned after Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book stories. The BSA called this desire simply the "younger boy problem." Opposition from Chief Scout Executive James West delayed the start of our younger boy program until 1930. At first called Cubbing, the BSA changed the name to Cub Scouting in 1945. The Cub Scouting Division still calls itself "the Younger Boy Program," for boys in Grades 1 through 5. 

To read more about the History of Cub Scouting, read the whole story of The Evolution of Cubbing- A 90 Year Chronicle at Virtual Cub Scout Leaders Handbook .

"Manpower Begins with Boypower"
By Norman Rockwell

Upcoming Events and Date

Maps and Compass

First Aid

Don't let your Scouting Adventure stop here. The fun has just begun!     BOY SCOUTS TROOP 482    http://www.inzones.com/index.htm

 

 

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