From exploring the great outdoors and gathering around the campfire to volunteering and earning badges, Cub Scouts is all about adventure, leadership, learning, family, and fun! Request your free Adventure Kit to learn more!
Serving Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito Counties
Cub Scouts: Ages 5 - 10
Cub Scouting is fun for the whole family. In Scouting, boys and girls start with doing their best. It's fun, hands-on learning and achievement that puts kids in the middle of the action and prepares them for today - and for life.
Scouts BSA: Ages 11-17
Scouts BSA is the traditional Scouting experience for youth. Service, community engagement, and leadership development become increasingly important parts of the program as youth lead their own activities and work their way toward earning Scouting's highest rank, Eagle Scout.
Venturing, Exploring, Sea Scouts: Ages 14-20
All programs are youth-led and youth-inspired. You'll acquire life skills and gain experiences that will prove to be valuable regardless of where your future takes you, all while having a blast: leadership, event-planning, organization, communication, responsibility - the list goes on! Sea Scout units-called ships, they provide limitless opportunities and exciting challenges that you won't find anywhere else. All Programs are a place to grow and learn, find adventure, and build long-lasting friendships.
Researchers at Tuft University found that "After three years, Scouts reported significant increases in cheerfulness, helpfulness, kindness, obedience, trustworthiness, and hopeful future expectation" while non-Scouts showed "no significant increases and, in some cases, there was an observed decrease."
The Silicon Valley Monterey Bay Council covers all of Santa Clara, San Benito, Monterey and Santa Cruz counties. Most units meet at local schools or churches, and many hold an in-person Sign-Up Night during the Fall registration season.
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