Webelos is a 20 month program for 4th and 5th grade boys to prepare to join a Boy Scout troop while learning outdoors skills and participating in 20 different activity badges. A well-run group of Webelos is a gradual change from being an 'adult-run' den to being a 'boy-run' patrol ready to fit right into an adventurous scouting troop. This migration requires the parents and den leaders to give the scouts more and more control, decision-making power, and responsibility as they progress in skills, abilities, and maturity. A good program also provides the scouts with many opportunities to grow in the
Webelos VirtuesWebelos Meaning:
We'll Be Loyal Scouts
Webelos Goal:
Prepare a Cub Scout to be a Boy Scout
Webelos Rank Requirements
Arrow of Light Requirements
Scout Oath:
On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country
and to obey the Scout Law, To help other people at all times,
To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.
Scout Law:
A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous,
kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent.
Cub Scout Motto
Do Your Best