As a Cub Scout, you do your best and you help others. You learn the Cub Scout Promise and the Law of the Pack. You also learn what they mean.
The Cub Scout Promise
I promise to do my best
To do my duty to God and my country,
To help other people, and
To obey the Law of the Pack.
It's important not just to say the Promise, but to know what it means.
I promise
When
you say "I promise," it means you will do your best to keep your word.
It is very important to keep your promises and to stand by the things
you say. This shows people that they can trust you and rely on you.
To do my best
Giving
your best effort is right and honest. Always remember that your best is
not the same as someone else's best. Doing the best you can is more
important than trying to be better than someone else.
To do my duty to God
Doing
what is right and not doing things we know are wrong is one way to do
our duty to God. Another way is to practice our religion at home and at
our place of worship. We should respect other people's religious beliefs
even if they are different from our own.
And my country
Duty
to country starts with being a good citizen. This means caring about
the people in your community and helping people. Good citizenship also
means obeying the law. It means standing up for the rights of all
Americans. Good citizens also take care of America's land, water, and
natural places.
To help other people
Helping
other people means doing things to help those around you—your family,
friends, classmates, neighbors, and others in your community—without
having to be told.
And to obey the Law of the Pack
Besides
obeying the Law of the Pack (below), you should obey the laws in your
community and state, the rules in your school, the rules at home, and
the code of conduct in your den.
The Law of the Pack
The Cub Scout follows Akela.
The Cub Scout helps the pack go.
The pack helps the Cub Scout grow.
The Cub Scout gives goodwill.
Just as the parts of the Cub Scout Promise have a meaning, each part of the Law of the Pack has a meaning.
The Cub Scout follows Akela
Akela
means "good leader." To a Cub Scout, Akela may be a parent, a teacher, a
religious leader, a Cub Scout leader, or another guide. A Cub Scout
should choose a good leader to follow.
The Cub Scout helps the pack go
Your
pack needs you to be a good member. A good member goes to all meetings,
follows the leaders, and pitches in to make the pack better. Being a
good member of the pack means doing your share, and sometimes a little
more, to help the pack.
The pack helps the Cub Scout grow
With
the leaders and Cub Scouts all working together, the pack helps you
grow into a better person. You will learn new things and new skills.
You'll learn the right way to do the right things. And along the way,
you will help others.
The Cub Scout gives goodwill
Doing
good things for others doesn't just make them happy. It also gives them
the desire (or the "will") to do good things for others in turn. In
this way, the good things you do for others make ripples that pass the
goodwill from person to person. The spirit of helpfulness and good cheer
spreads from you to others in your neighborhood.