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Scouting Programs
The purpose of the Boy Scouts of America, incorporated
on February 8,
1910, and chartered by Congress in 1916, is to promote an educational
program for boys and young adults to build character, to train in the
responsibilities of participating citizenship, and to develop personal
fitness.
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Tiger
Cubs
A school-year program for
first-grade (or 7-year-old)
boys and their adult partners that stresses
simplicity,
shared leadership, learning about the community, and
family
understanding. Each boy/adult team meets for
family activities, then twice a
month all the teams
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Cub
Scouting
A
family- and home-centered program for boys in the
second through fifth grade (or
8, 9, and 10 years old).
Fourth- and
fifth-grade (or 10-year-old) boys are called
Webelos Scouts (We'll BE Loyal Scouts) and participate
in more advanced activities that begin to prepare them
to
become Boy Scouts. Cub Scouting's emphasis is on
quality program at the local level, where the most boys
and families are involved.
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Boy
Scouting
A program for boys ages 11 through 17 designed to
achieve the aims of Scouting through a vigorous
outdoor program and peer group leadership with the
counsel of an adult Scoutmaster. Boys also may
become Boy Scouts if they have earned the Arrow
of Light Award or have completed the fifth grade.
Varsity
Scouting is an active, exciting program
for young men 14 through 17 built around five
program
fields of emphasis: advancement, high adventure,
personal development,
service, and special programs
and events. |
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Venturing
Designed for young men and women ages 14 (who
have
completed the eighth grade) through 20 to gain insight
into variety of programs that offer leadership training,
fitness, outdoor, service, high
adventure, and career
hands-on experiences. Venturing promotes the
conditions
necessary for the growth and development
of adolescent youth. |
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Learning
for Life
Learning for Life is a wholly owned
subsidiary of the
Boy Scouts of America. The mission of Learning for
Life
is to serve others by helping to instill values of
good character, participating citizenship, and personal
fitness on young people, and in other
ways to prepare
them to make ethical choices throughout their lives
so that they
can achieve their full potential. Learning
for Life can help schools
prepare students to handle
today's complex society. It's designed to build
confidence, motivation, and self reliance.
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The
Order of the Arrow
The national brotherhood of honor campers, recognizes
those Scout campers who best exemplify the Scout
Oath and Law in their daily lives, and it has local lodge,
section, and national meetings. |
How Can I Join? For more information on Scouting programs, call
Maui County Council at 808-244-3724
or stop by the Maui County Council Service Center
200 Liholiho Street, Wailuku, Maui, Hi
Service Center hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Mon - Friday)
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