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 JOINING CUB SCOUTS: Cub Scouting is for boys currently in Kindergarten through 4th grade (rising 1st grade through rising 5th grade). 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 (in our case, Westminster Presbyterian Church). If the location of Pack 451 is not convenient for you, consider joining up with neighboring Pack 486 or Pack 424. You can also check out other Cub Scout packs in Durham (see below).
Pack 451 will be hosting three Join Cub Scouting Information Nights this year where parents and their sons can come to learn all about Cub Scouting with Pack 451. The first night is our Spring Join Scouting Night, Tuesday, May 13, 2008, starting at 7 PM in the Scout Cabin at Westminster Presbyterian Church (directions). The May 13 join-up event is designed for boys in Kindergarten through 4th grade (rising 1st grade through 5th grade) to join up now to participate in summertime Cub Scout events (such as the very popular Durham Mawat District Day Camp) as well as get a jump start on the fall, when our program really cranks up. The Fall Join Scouting Nights will take place on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 and Thursday, August 28, 2008, and more details will be posted on those events soon.
Although we have these three special Join Cub Scouting Information Nights in the spring and the fall, a boy who is in the 1st through 5th grade can join Cub Scouting with Cub Scout Pack 451 at any time during the year. At the present time, Pack 451 has 40 boys in grades one through four (our 5th graders just crossed over into Boy Scouts), participating in four dens (a den is a group of boys in a particular grade, led by an one or more adult den leader volunteers). First-grade dens (Tiger Cubs) are the beginning level of Cub Scouting, which means that Tiger Cub dens have to be formed brand new either from kindergarten-age boys in the springtime as they rise into 1st grade, or at the beginning of the 1st grade school year. Details about Cub Scout Pack 451 and how to join us can be found on our About Pack 451 Page.
JOINING BOY SCOUTS: Boy Scouting is for older boys, those who have completed the 5th grade through high school. For more information on Boy Scouting, visit the Troop 451 Website.
JOINING GIRL SCOUTS: Cub Scouting and Boy Scouting are exclusively for boys. However, for our May 13 Join Scouting event, we have “joined forces” with Girl Scouting to present Scouting opportunities for both boys and girls. Girl Scouting has membership levels for girls from 5 through 17 years old. A Girl Scout representative will be present at our May 13 meeting for families with girls interested in Girl Scouting. You can also 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.
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. Pack 451 maintains a close relationship with Boy Scout Troop 451 (the program for boys ages 11 through 17), also chartered by Westminster.
Cub Scout Pack 451 is led by Cubmaster John Chase. Pack 451 has a pack meeting of all of its dens 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. The five current dens meet weekly as follows:
Den 1, a first-grade Tiger Den (graduating to Wolf at May pack meeting), meets on irregular Sundays from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM
Den 2, a fifth-grade Webelos Den, just crossed over into Boy Scouting at our April pack meeting
Den 3, a fourth-grade Webelos Den (graduating to Webelos II, 5th grade, at our May pack meeting), meets on Thursdays from 7 to 8 PM
Den 4, a second-grade Wolf Cub Den (graduating to Bear at May pack meeting), meets on Mondays from 6:30 to 7:30 PM
Den 5, a second-grade Wolf Cub Den (graduating to Bear at May pack meeting), meets on Sundays from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM
New dens that form will decide on what days and at what times they will meet
To contact the Pack, check out the Pack 451 Contact Page.
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Cub Scout Pack 451
