Taughannock District
Baden-Powell Council, BSA
Cub Scouts






















 

 

Cub Scouting is for boys and girls in kindergarten through fifth grades. 

Boys and girls who are older than 10, or who have completed the fifth grade, can no longer join Cub Scouting, but they are eligible to join the Scouts BSA program.  

Boys and girls aged 14 or older can join the Venturing, Sea Scout, or Exploring program.

Since 1930, the Boy Scouts of America has helped younger boys through Cub Scouting. Cub Scouts is a year-round family program designed for kindergarten through fifth grade youth. Parents, leaders, and organizations work together to achieve the purposes of Cub Scouting. 

Cub Scouts join a Cub Scout pack and are assigned to a den, usually a neighborhood group of six to eight Cubs. Dens of Lion Cubs (kindergarteners), Tiger Cubs (first-graders), Wolf Cubs (second-graders), Bear Cubs (third-graders), Webelos (fourth-graders) and Arrow of Light (fifth-graders) usually meet weekly to do crafts and projects and work on their advancement through Cub adventures.

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 Cubs 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


At the Rocket Derby, Cubs can launch model rockets


Cubs can also build and race boats in the Raingutter Regatta

 

Special Opportunities for Cub Scouts

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.

Cub Scout camps usually include many activities, such as archery, crafts, nature, sports and other things Cubs love to do!


Cub Camps involve the Cub Scouts in interesting themes, such as knights in armor or the Wild West - they're all different, and all fun!

The Camp Barton 2011 Resident Camp was set in Barton Flats during the 1848 California Gold Rush - see here for pictures.

Our 2012 Cub Camp was at Scotland's Castle Frontenac in the year 1212 for The Quest for the Barton Grail. See here for the story of the camp, with lots of pictures. 

In 2013, we went to Barton Hall in foggy 1913 London, where the Cubs solved mysteries with Barton Holmes, Sherlock's brother, in A Study in Azure. See here for the mystery, with pictures...

The 2014 Cub Resident Camp theme was Leatherstocking Tales, as Camp Barton became Fort Barton on the frontier. You can find the story here

In 2015 the Space Invaders came to Camp Barton. See here for the whole story!

For the 2016 Cub Resident Camp, Camp Barton became Cretaceous Camp, and dinosaurs roamed the gorge... 

In 2017 the Cubs graduated from the Barton School of Mystery and Magic

In 2018, we had a Rocky Mountain Rendezvous... 

For 2019, the Cubs will go on A Knight's Quest... 

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


Cub Scouts can attend day activities sponsored by the District or Council, where Cubs can earn many different Adventure belt loops.


The Fall Cub Adventure Weekend at Camp Barton usually has a Halloween theme - Boo at Barton

A note on girls in Cub Scouts

Girls, from kindergarten to fourth grade, can join Cub Scouts in a Pack which chooses to participate in Family Scouting. Each den within a pack which chooses to accept both boys and girls will be single-gender. Sponsors may also choose to keep their pack as a boys-only pack, and/or may choose to sponsor a new girls-only pack. Unless noted otherwise in the list of packs below, all of our District Packs have dens for girls.  

Also, girls between 11-17 years of age are eligible to join Scouts BSA - for more information, see that page. The older-youth BSA programs, Venturing and Exploring, have been co-ed for many years, and remain open to both boys and girls from 14-20. 

There's a Cub Pack Near You!

For a search facility with up-to-date map and information on units see BeAScout.org

Packs in Cortland County

Cincinnatus - Pack 86 Bryan Lamoree - bryan.lamoree.10@gmail.com  (609) 233-7694
Thursdays at the United Presbyterian Church 5695 Deer Path Lane, Cincinnatus at 6PM-7PM

Homer

  • Pack 85 - Quentin Giles (607) 745 - 1473
    Facebook Page
    qdgiles@yahoo.com   
    Homer American Legion, third Mon, 6:00 pm
    Note: Pack 85 is for boys only.  

  • Pack 1 - Brian Cornwell, Cubmaster 
    pack1cubscoutshomer@gmail.com
    607-624-4127
    Homer Congregational Church 
    Webelos Sunday 3:15 - Lion-Bear Thursday 6:30. 
    Pack nights 3rd Wednesday of the month at 6:30PM

Marathon - Pack 90 - Marti Bemis - mbemis0718@gmail.com  (607) 423-8595
Tuesdays at the First Presbyterian Church in Marathon at 6pm.

McGraw - Pack 91 - Facebook Page
Fay Sautter (607) 345-8680 Email: allisb48@gmail.com 
Cubmaster: Brad Billings 607-745-2571  
pack91cubmaster@yahoo.com

Methodist Church, Sun, 4:00 pm 

Scott - Pack 61 - Contact Stacy Hall at stacy.hall@scouting.org or (315) 481-9759 

If you are interested in starting a new Pack, Troop or Crew in your area, please contact the Taughannock District Executive or Cub Scout Associate at DE@TompkinsCortlandScouts.org

NOTES: 

  • Unless otherwise noted, all Cub Packs are "Family Packs" - membership is open to both boys and girls. 

  • Dens are formed by grade level - Lions (Kindergarten), Tigers (1st grade), Wolves (2nd grade), Bears (3rd grade), Webelos (4th grade) and Arrow of Light (5th grade). 

  • Dens, other than Arrow of Light, can be either single-gender or mixed boys and girls, at the option of the den. Arrow of Light dens are single-gender. 

Packs in Tompkins County

Ithaca

  • Pack 4 - Robin Stedinger, 257-8016
    robinstedinger@earthlink.net

    Pack meets once a month at First Congregational Church, Sat, 1:00-3:00PM - dens meet weekly or bi-weekly at various times and locations  

  • Pack 55 - Ellis Hollow Community Center
    Cubmaster Liam Murphy Pack55@TCScouts.org 
    Pack meetings: Second Sunday of each month. Den meetings weekly at various locations. 

Dryden - Pack 24
e-Mail Contact
leadership@drydenpack24.com 
Pack 24 Facebook Group
Pack Meetings will normally be at Asbury Church, 87 West Main Street, Dryden, NY, on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Den Meetings will normally be at Asbury Church or the American Legion, 2272 Dryden Rd., Dryden, NY, and very by day & time, depending on what the Den has decided.

Freeville - Pack 46 - currently not meeting 

Groton - Pack 10 - Facebook Page
Facebook messenger: @grotonnycubscoutspack10
Shana Snyder 607-591-9565 grotonnycubscoutspack10@gmail.com 
Groton Elementary School, Wednesdays

Lansing – Pack 48 -Facebook Group
Steve Patrician stevepatrician@gmail.com
315-278-7437 
All Saint’s Parish Center, Pack Meetings on the 3rd Mon of each month at 6:30pm

Newfield - Pack 34 - Facebook Page
Ben Lapierre - Cubmaster 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/newfieldcubscoutpack34 
E-mail: newfieldcubscoutpack34@gmail.com 
Pack meetings are at Masonic Temple, Dens meet at different locations, Mondays at 6:00PM

Trumansburg - Pack 3 
Steve Manley - Cubmaster smanley02@hotmail.com  (301) 580-3708 
 http://tburgcubs.ScoutLander.com
Post 770 American Legion - Last Wednesday of each month at 6:30PM.

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