Cub Scouting is for boys in first through fifth grade. To learn about or join Cub Scouting, visit the About Pack 451 page. Information about our dens and their meeting days appears below. Boys do not have to go to any particular school or live in any particular area to join Cub Scouts with Pack 451. The choice of a Cub Scout Pack is usually a matter of where friends are joining and/or the convenience of the meeting location. If the location of Pack 451 is not convenient for you, check out other Cub Scout packs in Durham (see below).

Pack 451 hosts special Join Cub Scouting Nights twice a year, but a boy who is in the first through fifth grade can join Cub Scouting with Cub Scout Pack 451 anytime. Pack 451 presently has 80 boys in grades one through four, distributed as set forth below among eight dens. Pack 451 does not have a fifth-grade Webelos II den this year, but even at this date, we would sure like fifth-graders to join us!

A den is a group of boys in a particular grade, led by one or more adult den leader volunteers. The leaders and parents of the den decide when and where the den meets. If there is space in a den, or if a new den forms with a den leader, then Pack 451 will accept any eligible boy for membership. First-grade Tiger Cub dens are the beginning level of Cub Scouting, which means that they have to be formed brand new either at the end of the kindergarten school year or at the beginning of the first grade school year.

Our Location and Contact Information: Cub Scout Pack 451 of Durham, North Carolina is chartered by Westminster Presbyterian Church as part of its scouting outreach program. Directions to Westminster Presbyterian Church can be found here: Directions. Contact information, for pack and den leaders, appears on the Pack 451 Contact Page.

JOINING BOY SCOUTS (OLDER BOYS): Boy Scouting is for older boys, those who are at least 11 years old, or who have completed the 5th grade, or who have earned the Arrow of Light in Cub Scouting and are at least 10 years old. For more information on Boy Scouting, visit the Troop 451 Website.

JOINING GIRL SCOUTS: Cub Scouting and Boy Scouting are exclusively for boys. Girl Scouting serves girls from 5 through 17 years old.  For more information on Girl Scouting, visit the North Carolina Coastal Pines Girl Scout Council website.

Finding a Different Cub Scout Pack: If Cub Scouting sounds great, but the location of Pack 451 is not convenient for you, consider finding another Cub Scout pack in Durham. You can find other Durham area Cub Scout packs by visiting the Durham District Scouting Website. There you can find a Cub Scout pack either in a List of Durham Cub Scout Packs format, or by using the interactive mapping tool, where you enter your address and a map comes up with packs that are near the address.

MEETING TIMES: Cub Scout Pack 451 is led by Cubmaster Jim Smith. Pack 451 has a pack meeting of all of its dens and their families once a month, usually on the second Thursday of each month. Check out the Pack 451 Calendar page for information on upcoming pack meetings and pack events.  Our eight dens meet weekly as follows:

Den 1, a third-grade Bear Cub Den with seven Scouts, meets at the Westminster Scout Cabin on Sundays from 4 PM to 5 PM.

Den 2, a second-grade Wolf Cub Den with nine Scouts, meets at the Westminster Scout Cabin on Tuesdays from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM.

Den 3, a third-grade Bear Cub Den with ten Scouts, meets at the Westminster Scout Cabin on Mondays from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM.

Den 4, a fourth-grade Webelos I Den with twelve Scouts, meets at the Westminster Scout Cabin on Mondays from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM.

 
Den 5, a fourth-grade Webelos I Den with ten Scouts, meets at the Westminster Scout Cabin on irregular Sundays from 6 PM to 7:30 PM.

 
Den 6, a second-grade Wolf Cub Den with fifteen Scouts, meets at the Westminster Scout Cabin on Thursdays from 6 PM to 7 PM.

Den 7, a third-grade Bear Cub Den with seven Scouts, meets at the Westminster Scout Cabin on Sundays from 5 PM to 6 PM.

Den 8, a first-grade Tiger Cub Den with ten Scouts, meets at Westminster on Mondays from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM.

New dens that form decide on what days, places and times they will meet

To contact the Pack or its den leaders, check out the Pack 451 Contact Page.

PACK 451 NEWS

SCOUT SUNDAY, Sunday, February 14, 2010:  Cub Scout Pack 451 and Boy Scout Troop 451 are both chartered by Westminster Presbyterian Church. Once a year on the second Sunday of February (the birthday month of Scouting), the pack and troop celebrate Scouting with Westminster. This year will be extra-special, because 2010 is the Scouting Centennial - the 100th Anniversary of Scouting in America. This year, the Girl Scouts that meet at Westminster, Troops 1152 and 1279, will also be joining in the festivities.

We ask that each family consider attending one of the two Westminster worship services on Sunday morning, February 14, at either the early service (8:30 AM) or the regular service (11:00 AM). Scouts should attend in full uniform, with at least one family member. After each service, there will be a very special Scout Fair/Expo hosted by Troop 451 in the Fellowship Hall, along with refreshments. Rumor has it that the Girl Scouts will be distributing free Girl Scout cookies as part of the refreshments.

We also are looking for both Cub Scout and Boy Scout volunteers to usher for each service (either the 8:30 AM or the 11 AM service). This will involve the Scouts showing up in uniform about 20 minutes before the service, and receiving some brief training about what to do. They will they pass out bulletins and do the offering collection. Usually, six Scouts are needed for each service. The Girl Scouts have agreed to provide two of their Scouts for each of these services. If you have interest in this, please just let Chartered Organization Representative Chip Reinhardt know.

An important word about Scout Sunday. This is a strictly voluntary event. No Scout should feel compelled or required to come, especially if there are religious objections. No names will be taken or roll kept, no advancement will be earned or lost. Westminster charters our Cub Scout Pack and the Boy Scout Troop, and provides a lot of support in the way of meeting places. Once a year in February, the birthday month of Scouting, we like to show our appreciation to Westminster by participating in Scout Sunday. 

This year, six of our Pack 451 Cub Scouts, as well as a Cub Scout from Pack 486, will be receiving special recognition at this Scout Sunday for earning their God and Me Religious Emblem Award. These same Scouts have already received, from the Pack, their Youth Religious Award Square Knot.

PACK 451 CALENDAR PAGE: The Pack 451 Calendar page is always updated with the latest Pack 451 dates, events, and links. Check it out frequently.

SPECIAL 2010 ANNIVERSARY AWARDS: From now until the end of December, 2010, Cub Scouts can earn the very special 100th Anniversary Awards! See more information about this on our 2010 Awards Patch Page.

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