Cub Scouts (Scouts Canada)
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| Age range | 8 to 10 | ||
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Cub Scouts is the Cub Scout section of Scouts Canada for children aged from 8 to 10. Originally the "Wolf Cubs," the program offers badges to youth members as a mark of achievement in an interest area. The badges are grouped into six activity areas as described in The Cub Book (Scouts Canada, 2005). While youth experience fun and excitement presented by the program, each activity area focuses on a specific purpose and goal, intended to be relevant to modern children while meeting developmental needs. Originally the requirement entry was age 7 until 2001. Each activity area offers a variety of badges that youth may earn and sew onto their uniform sash:
The six activity areas are outlined in separate sections below.
The movement has significantly changed since the 1950s and 1960s when it was extremely large in numbers. The original oath is now long-abandoned. Written by Scouting's founder Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, it was "I promise to do my best, to do my duty to God and the Queen, to keep the law of the Wolf Cub Pack, and do a good turn every day."
Recently, the full uniform consists of a grey Cub Scout shirt, khaki shorts or pants, and a neckerchief indicating the youth's group membership. The old uniform was a sandstone Cub Scout shirt which required jeans or black long pants.
The activity badges described here are generally worn on the uniform shirt sleeve, with additional badges being held on campfire blankets or display books.
A diagram of the uniform, including placement of awards and crests, is provided on the Scouts Canada Website.
There is active interest in collecting Canadian Scouting memorabilia, even after youth have completed their years in the program. In addition to merit badges and awards that are worn on the uniform, youth often collect souvenir patches that may be displayed off the uniform; for example, they are often sewn onto campfire blankets or ponchos. Uniform badges will frequently find their way onto these items as well, as youth progress through the program, and are popular conversation pieces at Jamborees and campfires.
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