Boy Scout - Joining Requirements
- 1. Meet age requirements: Be a boy who has completed the fifth grade and be at least 10 years old, or be 11 years old, or have earned the Arrow of Light Award and be at least 10 years old, and be under 18 years old.
- 2. Submit a completed Boy Scout Application and health history signed by your parent or guardian.
- 3. Find a Scout troop near your home.
- 4. Repeat the Pledge of Allegiance.
- 5. Demonstrate the Scout sign, salute, and handclasp.
- 6. Demonstrate tying the square knot (joining knot).
- 7. Understand and agree to live by the Scout Oath or promise, Law, motto, and slogan, and the Outdoor Code.
- 8. Describe the Scout badge.
- 9. Complete the Pamphlet Exercises. With your parent or guardian, complete the exercises in the pamphlet "How to Protect Your Children from Child Abuse: A Parent's Guide".
- 10. Participate in a Scoutmaster conference. Turn in your Boy Scout application and health history form signed by your parent or guardian, then participate in a Scoutmaster conference.
You can send an e-mail to our scoutmaster to see if you can visit one of our meetings to see if you like our troop, and find out what to do to join our troop.
Don't meet the age requirements for boy scouts? Visit here for more information on cubscouts(age 7-11.5 or Grade 1-5) or here for information on venture crews.
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