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The Cub Scout program in the BSA (United States) runs from Kindergarten through 5th grade. Respectively, those programs are:Kindergarten - Lions1st Grade - Tigers2nd Grade - Wolves3rd Grade - Bears4th-5th Grade - WebelosFrom the Wolf program on up, the general expectation is that the Cub Scouts meet once a week, usually on a weeknight. A typical schedule would consist of Den meetings (with one’s same grade/same gender peers) each week, with the exception of the once-a-month Pack Meeting. For simplicity of schedule, it is typical (though not required) for the Pack meeting to be the same day and time as the weekly den meetings.Tigers can meet on a reduced every-other-week schedule. For the Lions program, they can easily meet only once a month and still have a complete program (some Lion dens don’t even attend every Pack meeting, only the “big” ones like Pinewood Derby, Blue & Gold Banquet, etc.). However, in some packs, Lions and Tigers still meet every week as well. This is, typically, due to many of the Lions having older siblings in other dens, so they’re attending Cub Scouts anyways.Additionally, many dens and packs have special events in addition, could be as often as once a month or only 2–3 per year. These events vary widely, but are often on a weekend, and can be anything from an afternoon to a weekend-long campout. The older dens typically have more of these events, as they’re starting to transition into what a typical Scouts BSA schedule would be like. Take our pack’s typical year for example:February - Webelos dens attended Klondike Derby (winter campout) as a Saturday day trip.April - Webelos attended Camp Willow Creek as a full-weekend campout.May - All-pack spring campoutJune - Cub Day Camp (all-day Saturday event for all grades younger than 4th)July - All-pack summer campout.August - Webelos Woods (full-weekend campout for Webelos dens)All-pack summer swim day.September - All-pack fall campout.November - Scouting for Food service projectVeterans Day and Holiday paradesDecember - Snowcapades day trip to Scout camp for all ages.Short version: Typically, once a week on weeknights, and an optional special event perhaps as often as once a month on a weekend.

The costs to participate in Cub Scouts are basically broken down into four categories:1) Annual Registration2) Pack fees (what it costs to run the pack for the year)3) Equipment Costs (uniform, book, in some packs camping gear)4) Event Fees (Cub Day Camp, Webelos Woods, other pack or district events).Annual Registration is set by the national organization, and as of today sits at $60 per year.Packs have their own "dues" structure. At a bare minimum, most packs charge the aforementioned $60 and pass it through to Nationals. Some local councils have an additional charge they add for their operating costs, and *most* packs add something to this as well for their own costs (decorating, snacks, all the various patches and pins they can earn, a pinewood derby car kit, etc.)A uniform will set you back around $100 if bought new. Surf the thrift stores, and you can find one for considerably less. The book (updates annually, except for 4th-5th grade where you stay in the same book) is about $12. You'll need one uniform at the start of the Tiger year (buy it big, it'll last you for the three years Tiger -> Bear), and another uniform as a 4th grader at the start of the Webelos program year.Events vary widely, and obviously only cost you if you participate in them.------------------------To help offset this cost, most Packs also do fundraising. Popcorn sales are the most common/typical choice, but far from the only one. Each pack balances fundraising versus annual dues in a different way.Since I can't give you a definite answer in general, the best I can do is to give you *my* pack as an example. From what I hear, we're on the low side of average, but not by much.Our annual dues is $100, covering both pack expenses and annual registration.We maintain a "cub closet" of used uniforms for former Cubs. IF we have anything in the closet at the time, we can usually get someone outfitted with as much of the uniform as we require for around $30. Cub families are on their own for getting the current book each year.We also do a Christmas wreath fundraiser each year that covers the rest of the pack expenses and, on a good fundraising year, can sometimes offset some of the event costs.We're a very active pack, so if you want to do *everything*, you would be looking at:Klondike Derby (February, $8)Spring Campout ($20 per person, parent required)Cub Day Camp ($30) or Webelos Woods ($95, parent optional and half that, $50).Summer Campout ($20 per person)Fall Campout ($20 per person)2-3 other district or other local events, at around $5 per cub.So to spend a year with a son or daughter actively participating in Cub Scouts in Pack 33 would cost you around $300 (and on the three campout weekends, the two of you would have to have eaten something anyways…most of the campout cost is the food).

What is the difference from Boy Scouts and Girl Scout?Jay Kruemcke gave an excellent answer about Boy Scouts but I want to expand a bit about Girl Scouts.I will preface this by saying that I have 3 sons and 1 daughter and was involved with BSA in many roles from den leader and pack committee chairman to advancement chairman, troop committee chairman and asst. scoutmaster in my sons’ troops and trained leaders for about 8 years, being awarded the Silver Beaver for my work with BSA. I also led a Venture Crew for 2 years. Then, when my sons grew up, I went back to working with Webelos Scouts for 5 years, but eventually stopped volunteering for BSA about 7 years ago. Not that I didn’t like the program, I just decided to do other things with my time.My real love is volunteering with Girl Scouts. I am a lifetime member and have been active as a leader, Service Unit Manager, international trainer (yes, I’ve trained in 13 other countries as well as 5 different US states), for over 29 years. I’ve been awarded the Thanks Badge for my volunteer work in Girl Scouts.Girl Scout MissionGirl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.Girl Scout PromiseOn my honor, I will try:To serve God and my country,To help people at all times,And to live by the Girl Scout Law.Girl Scout LawI will do my best to behonest and fair,friendly and helpful,considerate and caring,courageous and strong, andresponsible for what I say and do,and torespect myself and others,respect authority,use resources wisely,make the world a better place, andbe a sister to every Girl Scout.Girl Scouts teaches skills in 4 areas that make up the “Girl Scout Leadership Experience”:· Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM)· Outdoors· Life Skills· EntrepreneurshipGirl Scouts believes it’s important to learn by doing, so there’s not a lot of lecture nor reading involved (although there are books and online resources available).Girl Scouts divides its program into 6 age levels:Daisy (Kindergarten - 1st grade)Brownie (2nd-3rd grade)Junior (4th-5th grade)Cadette (6th, 7th, 8th grade)Senior (9th-10th grade)Ambassador (11th-12th grade)The program itself it designed around Girl Scout Journeys, multi-step programs that are laid out for leaders much like lesson plans are for teachers, and is generally carried out in weekly meetings with the girls. The journeys are in 3 areas: It’s Your World—Change It! which encourages girls to make the world a better place and make new friends along the way; “It’s Your Planet, Love It!” about environment topics; and It’s Your Story, Tell It! which helps girls explore themselves, developing good values, finding their own hopes, dreams, and interests.Along the way, each journey has the girls work as a group and helps them:· Learn some basic facts about a subject· Identify a problem they want to do something about· Come up with a creative solution that will make a difference· Create a team plan to make that solution a reality· Put their plan into action· Share what they learned and did with othersIn addition to the Journeys, there are badges the girls can earn that are specific to their age level in Girl Scouts on a variety of subjects. Some are about traditional subjects such as first aid, hiking, camping, pets, art, home skills, etc. but others are about topics that are different: Business Ettiquette, Digital Photographer, Geocacher, Cross Training, Locavore, Textile Design, Financing My Future, Website Designer, and many others.From an early age, girls start choosing what to do in Girl Scouts and gradually learn to plan all of their own activities and meetings. By the time they are in high school, they really use leaders mostly for advice and for transportation.Most girls participate in Girl Scout in troops, made up of about 15 girls (at the Daisy level) to 30 or more girls (at Senior and Ambassador level). Most troops have 2-3 leaders, but have a variety of parents and other adults who come in occasionally and help them with their expertise in various areas. So, a leader is not expected to be an expert in car repair, genealogy and wood working, but she can help the girls find those experts to come help them out when they want to explore a topic.I say “most girls” because councils (the local GS professionals who help the leaders and girls) also generally run programs that are short term and/or designed to help girls and families in need, using the same “journeys and badges” model.As girls get older, in addition to Girl Scout camp, there are travel opportunities called Girl Scout Destinations open to girls 11 and older. These are programs, generally set up by councils in various parts of the country and internationally that last 10 days to 3 weeks and which girls apply for. Some are run by companies but have Girl Scout adults as chaperones. Individual girls go on these trips and are met by adult Girl Scout leaders and the girls are well chaperoned the whole trip. Some must be funded by the girl herself, some are funded by the councils or by grants, many have scholarships that can be applied for. The Destinations vary from year to year. Some available for 2018 include: dogsledding in Minnesota in the winter, scuba & sea turtle adventure in Panama, horseback riding in Mongolia, Tall Ship Sail School on Lake Erie, Space Academy in Alabama, Camp Fury – a high adventure immersion experience in the life of elite women of the fire and police services.Girl Scouts also teaches advocacy. Girls are encouraged to work towards what they want to happen and make changes in the world. While they don’t encourage any one area of advocacy, they encourage becoming involved in general and help the girls learn how to make contacts and speak with governmental representatives.Some of the differences I see in the 2 programs are:· Boy Scouts need a sponsoring organization/church/business to charter a troop or pack, Girl Scouts don’t have sponsoring organizations. They do appreciate donations, though.· Boy Scouts has had the same tried and true method of earning of ranks and badges for many years. They tweak it and their uniforms slightly from time to time, add new badges and retire old ones, but generally have a very similar program to that of many years ago. Not exactly the same, but very similar. Girl Scouts is constantly changing their program to fit the times. In 2002 they introduced a whole new program for girls 11–17 and called the whole age group “Studio 2B”. They mixed all the girls together and focused on activities rather than any sort of badge work. Then they decided that wasn’t working and by 2008 the program was gone and they returned to 2–3 year age groups with separate names. They have a whole research arm of the organization (the Girl Scout Research Institute) to investigate trends, girls and what they want, leaders and what they need to run a good program, etc. They change their uniforms every few years, even changing the colors of uniforms. This is not necessarily a good thing, but it’s the way Girl Scouts operates.· Boy Scouts use a patrol (den for younger boys) form of government. Girl Scouts choose their own form of government and can change from year to year and even during the year or choose a particular type of government for a particular project or event. Sometimes they use patrols, but sometime they use a town meeting or circle type of government, sometimes an executive board, or sometimes they invent their own way of governing.· Boy Scouts tends to have multiple age levels within the same pack/troop. Girl Scouts tends to have just 2 grade levels together in a troop. (Although in some areas age levels ARE mixed together; it’s allowed, it’s just not commonly done.)· Boy Scouts focuses on developing skills and becoming competent at them. Their badges focus on learning particular subjects well. Girl Scouts focuses on relationships between the girls, learning to communicate well with others and uses the badges to help the girls explore a variety of interests. The Girl Scout badges don’t focus on any level of proficiency.· Boy Scouts earn ranks and badges. Girl Scouts earn badges, complete journeys and earn some special awards.· Boy Scouts have national jamborees where specially set up troops attend about every 4 years nationally, and internationally every 4 years on a different schedule. Girl Scouts have Girl Scout Destinations for individual girls every year.· Boy Scouts now allows girls in its program at all age levels. Girl Scouts remains a program only for girls.