PACK 129 · CEDAR LAKE, IN
CHARTERED BYCedar Lake Eagles Lodge MEETS3rd Thursdays 6:30 PM
Dens & Ranks

Every age
has a badge.

Pack 129 has six ranks from kindergarten through fifth grade. Your son joins the den for his grade and stays with the same friends year after year. Every den works through the adventures for its rank, earning belt loops through Bear and pins in Webelos and Arrow of Light, all handed out at pack meetings. The whole pack hikes and camps together, with at least two overnight trips a year as the goal.

Lion den logo
Kindergarten

Lion

Lion is the first taste of scouting. Meetings are short and hands-on, and a parent stays for all of them, since Lions work alongside their adult partner rather than on their own. They earn their first belt loops from day one.

What a meeting looks like:

  • 30 to 45 minutes, high energy, low expectations
  • A quick opening with the Cub Scout sign
  • One activity from a Lion adventure: usually building, exploring, or getting outside
  • Something to take home most weeks
Twice a month Adult partner required Pack hikes & campouts
Tiger den logo
1st grade

Tiger

Tigers work through the Tiger adventures: outdoor skills, first aid basics, and time in the woods. An adult partner still comes to every meeting, but the scouts are doing more of the work themselves.

What a meeting looks like:

  • 45 minutes to an hour
  • Work toward one adventure at a time, belt loop at the end
  • Hands-on more often than sitting still
  • Pack hikes and campouts through the year
Twice a month Adult partner required Pack hikes & campouts
Wolf den logo
2nd grade

Wolf

Wolf is the first year a scout can come to den meetings without a parent staying the whole time. The Wolf adventures push further outdoors: knots, compass work, weather, and a good amount of running around.

What a meeting looks like:

  • Hour-long den meetings, outside when the weather allows
  • Skill work with knots, compass, and first aid
  • Wolf belt loops earned through the year
  • More doing things themselves, less watching a grown-up
Twice a month Parents welcome, not required Pack hikes & campouts
Bear den logo
3rd grade

Bear

Bears take on bigger projects and more tools. The Bear adventures cover building, cooking, and outdoor skills, and this is the year scouts start setting up their own gear on campouts instead of watching a parent do it.

What a meeting looks like:

  • Hour-long den meetings, often working on a build
  • Real tool use with a leader close by
  • Bear belt loops earned through the year
  • A hand in running parts of pack meetings
Twice a month Pack hikes & campouts Bigger builds & tools
Webelos den logo
4th grade

Webelos

Webelos is the bridge year, still Cub Scouting but with more expected of the scouts. The Webelos adventures stretch into real skills: outdoor cooking, engineering, citizenship, and fitness.

What a meeting looks like:

  • An hour or so, with more asked of the scouts than the year before
  • Webelos adventure pins earned through the year
  • More responsibility for their own gear and cooking on campouts
Twice a month Pack hikes & campouts Older-scout skills
Arrow of Light den logo
5th grade · Cub Scouting's highest rank

Arrow of Light

The last year of Cub Scouts and the highest rank in the program. Arrow of Light scouts earn the final set of adventure pins and finish the year by crossing over into Scouts BSA. Most of our scouts cross over into Troop 129, right here in Cedar Lake.

What a meeting looks like:

  • The last stretch of Cub Scout skills, aimed at what comes next
  • A mix of indoor skill-building and outdoor adventure
  • Arrow of Light adventure pins earned through the year
  • A proper crossover ceremony at year-end
Twice a month Pack hikes & campouts Scouts BSA prep

Not sure which den?

It's the one that matches your son's grade. Lions are kindergarten, Arrow of Light is 5th, and everyone else falls in between.

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