Come Join Cub Scouts!!

Middlebury Pack #536 is inviting your child (Girls and Boys!) to join Cub Scouting. In Cub Scouts, your child will have lots of fun, learn new things and make new friends! But Cub Scouts is much more than that; it is fun with a purpose. Parents, grandparents, guardians and responsible adults can join Cub Scouts as Adult Leaders, Committee Members, and Pack Helpers.

Scouting is a family oriented organization.
Scouting develops character, leadership, communication skills
and good citizenship.

If you would like to learn more about Scouting, please attend our information session:

When: Tuesday, January 9, 2018, 6 PM
Where: American Legion Post #27, Middlebury, VT
Who: Boys in Kindergarten through fifth grade & their parents/ guardians
Agenda: General Information, Answers to your Questions, Scout and Adult Leader Sign-ups

For more information, please feel free to contact below:
Al Thalen: 802-458-7211 c Albertthalen@yahoo.com
Mark Miller: 802-282-2249 c Mark.Miller@scouting.org

FUN, ADVENTURE, AND DOING OUR BEST!

Some Fun Scouting Facts:

Scouts are Leaders: More than two-thirds of Scouts say there have been real life situations were Scout experience has helped them be a better leader.

Scouts are Helpful: Over two-thirds of Scouts' parents and Scouts themselves say their willingness to help others has increased since their involvement in Scouting.

Scouts are Responsible: Over two-thirds of Scouts and their parents say their willingness to take on added responsibility has increased since their involvement in Scouting.

Scouts earn Better Grades: Statistically, Scouts earn more "A's" than their non-Scouting peers.

Scouts have Higher Levels of Education: 91% of men who were Scouts completed high school, compared with 87% of men who were never Scouts, and 35% versus 19% earned college degrees!

Scouts earn Higher Incomes: Men who were Scouts, five years or more, earned average household incomes of $80,000 compared to $61,000 by men who weren't.

Scouts are Respectful: 80% of Scouts say that Scouting has taught them to treat others with respect.

Scouts Do Their Best: 78% of Scouts say that Scouting has taught them to always give their best effort.

Scouts Live by the Principles of the Scout Oath and Law: 84% of Scouts say the values they learned in Scouting continue to be very important to them today.

Presidents John F. Kennedy, Gerald R. Ford, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama were Scouts as youth, and Jimmy Carter was a Scoutmaster. President Kennedy was the first Scout to become president; Gerald Ford was the first (and to date, only) Eagle Scout president.

11 of the 12 people to walk on the moon were scouts.

Neil Armstrong was an Eagle Scout

181 NASA astronauts were involved with Scouts
The rank of Eagle Scout has been earned by more than 2.25 million scouts since 1911