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Welcome Scouts, Scouters, and Scouting enthusiasts to the website for Cub Scout Pack 802. Located in Lantana, Texas,
we primarily serve the students of Adkins, Blanton, and E.P.Rayzor Elementary schools. Pack 802 is part of the
Frontier Trails District of the
Longhorn Council of the Boy Scouts of America and is charted by Lantana Community Church.
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By showcasing our Pack we hope this site will serve to promote and encourage involvement in Scouting for all
youth in grades kindergarten through 5th within our community and others around the world - including yours!
If you have any comments, questions, and/or concerns about our website or scouting in general please feel
free to contact us by clicking the "Contact Us" link located in the "About Us" section of this site.
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| Cub Scouting |
The Boy Scouts of America was founded in 1910. Twenty years later, in 1930, a sub-group of the
Boy Scouts, called the Cub Scouts, was formed to serve boys in the first through fifth grades
year round by providing them with age-appropriate activities designed to develop their personal
character. Beginning in the fall of 2018, the Cub Scouts will expand it's ability to serve
the children of the community through the addition of two new programs - Family Scouting and Lion
Cubs. Through the Family Scouting program, girls will gain the ability to become Cub Scouts and
the Lion Cub program will allow kindergarten aged children the opportunity to joins as well.
These programs may not be available in all Packs, but Lantana Cub Scout Pack 802 is happy to
announce that we will make both of these programs available to our community. Volunteers, mostly
parents, work together to administer and execute the Cub Scout program.
The ten purposes of Cub Scouting are:
Character Development
Spiritual Growth
Good Citizenship
Sportsmanship
Family Understanding
Respectful Relationships
Personal Achievement
Friendly Service
Fun and Adventure
Preparation for Boy Scouts
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Boys and girls who participate in the Scouting program will join a Cub Scout "Pack." The Pack is further broken down into
"Dens" which are made up of several Scouts of the same age group based upon their school grade level. Each Den has an adult
Den Leader and Assistant Den Leader who meet with the Scouts (typically once or twice per month) and guide them
through activities and adventures for which they will earn awards and advancement appropriate for the Den they are in.
The Dens and age groups are:
Lion Cubs (kindergarten)
Tiger Cubs (first grade)
Wolf Cub Scouts (second grade)
Bear Cub Scouts (third grade)
Webelos Scouts (fourth grade)
Arrow of Light Scouts (Fifth grade)
Once per month all of the Dens and families come together for a Pack meeting. This meeting is led by the Cubmaster
and is typically where Scouts will be presented any awards and rank advancement they have earned. The Pack Committee
supports the Cubmaster and Den Leaders by ensuring they are equipped with the resources they need to provide the best
possible program to the children of the community. This committee is made up of parents of the Scouts and members of
the charter organization.
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| Cub Scouting and Your Family |
The Cub Scout program helps to meet your child's growth needs. As a child develops, they have specific development
needs such as:
- To learn new physical skills: This can be done through games, sports, and crafts. As they develop their
coordination, children gain a sense of worthiness and acceptance by their peers.
- To learn to along side children of their same age: Children need to form friendships
and learn how to balance giving and receiving affection if they are to relate well with
their peers. They needs to belong to a group of children their own age. Being part of a
Cub Scout den helps fulfill these needs.
- To develop mental processes: Children develop mental processes by reading, writing,
and calculating. They need opportunities to use language to express ideas and influence
others. They must move from a preoccupation with self to understanding how and what others
think of them. Opportunities for observation and experimentation will help them learn
self-reliance. Den activities and meetings, along with the advancement program, help
children develop mentally.
- To develop a value system: Children are becoming less dependent on adults. Their friends
of the same age become important to them. In the Den, and the Pack, independence is exercised
while learning to get along with others.
- To develop personal independence: Children are becoming less dependent on adults. Their friends
of the same age become important to them. In the Den, and the Pack, independence is exercised
while learning to get along with others.
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Your child also needs to belong to a “group†of children their own age. This group is a key
component of the Cub Scout program. A den is like a neighborhood group of children in which
they will achieve status and recognition.
As you learn more about how Cub Scouting works and what goes on in a den and a pack, you will
see that the program helps your child in these five important developmental needs. The
uniqueness of Cub Scouting is that you, as their family, join the program with your child.
You will help them all along the way.
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"The spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and brought to light."
"Loyalty is a feature in a boy's character that inspires boundless hope."
"A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim."
"The sport in Scouting is to find the good in every boy and develop it."
"The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others."
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Baden Powell: February 22, 1857 - January 8, 1941
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