Cub Scouts are kids in grades K through 5 (sorry, not for pre-K or TK). Youth who are older than 10, or who have completed the 5^th grade, can no longer join Cub Scouting. The kids are organized in Dens by grade level: Lions for Kinders, Tigers for 1^st Graders, Wolf Scouts for 2^nd, Bears for 3^rd, and Weblos Scouts for 4^th and 5^th Graders. Children may join at any time and join their appropriate grade level Den without having to complete the prior Cub levels.

Youth in the 6^th grade may join the Senior Scout Program and must complete the program by the time they reach age 18 (although there are other co-ed Scouting programs that continue past age 18 like Venturing and Sea Scouts).

Pack 20 registration fees run just under $100 per year. Troop 20 has a $360 yearly registration fee that goes to pay for the program and for outings and badges, etc. This fee is paid by December of each year to maintain registration in the Troop and in Scouting. Part of this fee goes to the National Boy Scouts of America and part of it stays with the local Pack or Troop to pay for supplies, awards, badges, etc. All of the adults at the Pack, Troop and District level are unpaid volunteers … parents of Scouts … just like you. Many of the adult volunteers are former Scouts who realize the value of the program and wish to give back to others. In addition there are costs for Summer Camp, usually about $500 per Scout which is optional, but Scouts are strongly encouraged to attend Summer Camp with the Troop.

Lions wear T-Shirts. Other Cub Scouts wear blue uniforms. Weblos Scouts and Senior Scouts have tan uniforms. Since the boys quickly outgrow their uniforms, please check with adult leaders for re-purposed uniforms from our “uniform box”. Uniforms are never required, but we usually can piece together a uniform for a Scout who cannot afford one.

Youth from any school, any faith, any sex may join. Our Troop/Pack history details a combined history of all the schools and churches in Mission Hills. Although Pack 20 and Troop 20 are sponsored by the MHUMC, there is no religious requirement or training. In 2018 girls were invited to join Cub Scouts. This does not mean the program is co-ed. Girls are in separate Cub Dens. At the Senior Scout level (middle school and high school) girls, starting in 2019, are in a parallel program (different/separate Scoutmaster) that will feature the same outdoor skills, leadership, and standards . . . and which will lead to the Eagle Scout rank. For a further discussion of Religion/Sex/Abuse issues click here.

Another request is having a parent willing to help the Pack or Troop. Parents are also strongly encouraged to become a registered adult of Scouting, becoming a voting member of the Troop or Pack Committee, and taking two short online training courses.