Vision Statement

The Boy Scouts of America is the nation's foremost youth program of character development and values-based leadership training. In the future Scouting will continue to

• Offer young people responsible fun and adventure;
• Instill in young people lifetime values and develop in them ethical character as expressed in the Scout Oath and Law;
• Train young people in citizenship, service, and leadership;
• Serve America's communities and families with its quality, values-based program.

Cub Scouts

A family- and home-centered program for boys in the first through fifth grade (or 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 years old). Cub Scouting's emphasis is on quality programs at the local level, where the most boys and families are involved.

Tiger Cubs is school-year program for first-grade (or 6-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 once or twice a month all the teams meet for Tiger Cub group activities.

Fourth- and fifth-grade (or 10-year-old) boys, called Webelos, participate in more advanced activities that begin to prepare them to become Boy Scouts.

Boy Scouts

Boy Scouts get away from it all! They camp, hike, and fish in the great outdoors. They get together in troops, and try out new experiences. Boy Scouting is available to boys who are 11 through 17 years old, or who have earned the Arrow of Light Award, and/or have completed the fifth grade.

Venturing

Venturing offers a program that is a fun-filled challenge and adventure for young men and women who are 14 (and have, at minimum, completed the eighth grade) through 20 years of age. Learn more about high adventure, sports, arts and hobbies, youth ministries, and Sea Scouting crews.

Interested in joining Scouting?

Want to become a part of the Boy Scouts of America, then start by downloading either the BSA Youth or Adult Scouting Volunteer Application. Fill it out & return it to:

Ouachita Area Council

102 Chippewa Ct

Hot Springs, AR 71901