Join Scouting

Adventure, leadership, and lifelong friendships await

Why Join Scouting?

By registering your child in a Scouting program, they will have a lot of fun – while being challenged to develop leadership skills in an environment that stresses the importance of moral and ethical behavior.

If your son or daughter is in kindergarten through fifth grade (or 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 years of age), they will join a Cub Scout pack.

If your son or daughter is 10 years old in 5th grade but who had not completed AOL can register with a Troop after March 1, or is at least 11 and not yet 18 years old, they may join either a Scouts BSA troop.

If your son or daughter is at least 14 (and has completed the eighth grade) and not yet 21 years of age, they may join a Venturing crew or Sea Scout ship.

Be A Scout

To find a unit for your child, visit BeAScout.org. Once you have found the unit that best suits your child, simply complete, sign, and submit an application so they can become official members of the Boy Scouts of America.

Scouting Programs

By registering your child in a Scouting program, he or she will have a lot of fun – while being challenged to develop leadership skills in an environment that stresses the importance of moral and ethical behavior.

Cub Scouting

Youth grades K-5

Scouts BSA

Youth 11-17 years old

Sea Scouting

Co-ed 14-20 years old

Venturing

Co-ed 14-20 years old

Exploring

Co-ed 14-20 years old

Ready to Join Scouting?

To find a unit for your youth, follow the button below. Once you have found the unit that best suits your child, you will complete, sign and submit an application so they can become official members of the Boy Scouts of America.

Contact Information

Thank you for your interest in contacting the Boy Scouts of America. Lincoln Heritage Council helps chartered organizations in its geographic area effectively use the Scouting program and to expand the use of the program to other community groups.