Joining Requirements for Youth Members

Must be under the age of 8, have completed kindergarten or be in the first grade, or be age 7. 

Must have completed first grade but not completed third grade, or be age 8 or 9. 

Must have completed third grade but not completed fifth grade, or be age 10 but not yet 11 1/2. 

Troop membership is open to boys as follows: A boy can be a Boy Scout if he has completed the fifth grade or is 11 years old, or if he has earned the Arrow of Light Award, and is at least 10 years old, but younger than 18 years old. 

Team membership is open to young men as follows: a Varsity Scout must be at least 14 years of age or have completed the eighth grade, but has not reached age 18. 

Venturing membership is open to young men and women as follows: A Venturer or Sea Scout must be at least 14 years of age and have completed the eighth grade, or must be 15 years of age regardless of grade. They must not have reached 21 years of age at the time of registration. 

Cub Scouts  

Grades 1 - 5

        Cub Scouting means "doing." Everything in Cub Scouting is designed to have the boys doing things. Activities are used to achieve the aims of Scouting—citizenship training, character development, and personal fitness. Many of the activities happen right in the den and pack. The most important are the weekly den meetings and the monthly pack meetings. 

       Apart from the fun and excitement of Cub Scout activities, the Cub Scout Promise, the Law of the Pack, and the Cub Scout sign, handshake, motto, and salute all teach good citizenship and contribute to a boy's sense of belonging. 

        For the young Cub Scouts in Eagle Bay District, these young leaders enjoy such programs as our famous Day Camp at White Star Park, District and Pack Pinewood Derby Races, Bike Rodeos and Fishing Derbies, pack overnighters, family campouts and day trips. Programming rangers from individual Den activities and all the way up to District and Council events, activities and events for everyone in the Erie Shores Council is posted on their website. Please check our site often for updates on local Cub Scout programming in Ottawa and Sandusky County. 

Unit Activities and Events – Year Round 

Cub Family Campouts - October 

Webelos Woods - Summer 

Day Camp / Resident Camp - Summer 

Fishing Derbies and Bike Rodeos – Summer 

Council Activities and Events - Year Round 

Pinewood Derby Races – Late Winter / Early Spring 

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Boy Scouts 

Grades 6 till the age of 18 

      Boy Scouting, one of the traditional membership divisions of the BSA, is available to boys who have earned the Arrow of Light Award and are at least 10 years old or have completed the fifth grade and are at least 10, or who are 11, but not yet 18 years old. The program achieves the BSA's objectives of developing character, citizenship, and personal fitness.

       Programming for these older youth is more advancement and can be seen more on an individual effort for rank advancement, leadership development, outdoor activities and education, merit badges, high adventure opportunities and much more.  Youth are organized into patrols and given specific job assignments making them more effective leaders in their unit or Troop.” Activities and events range from winter survival overnights, winter camping, week-long summer camps, high adventure bases, both local those owned by the National Boy Scouts of America.

       Just like above in the Cub Scout section, Boy Scout activities and events are found from the unit level through the district or council up to National High Adventure bases. Information is not only here on the Eagle Bay District website but on the Erie Shores Council website or on the National Boy Scouts of America website.

Unit Activities and Events – Year Round 

Spring Camporee’s – May 

Fall Camporee’s – September / October 

Resident Camp - Summer 

Council Activities and Events - Year Round 

National High Adventure Bases – Year Round

National and World Boy Scout Jamboree’s - Summer

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Law Enforcement Exploring 

Co-Ed, Age 14-20

      Exploring is a worksite-based program. It is part of Learning for Life's career education program for young men and women who are 14 (and have completed the eighth grade) through 20 years old. 

       Exploring purpose is to provide experiences that help young people mature and to prepare them to become responsible and caring adults. Explorers are ready to investigate the meaning of interdependence in their personal relationships and communities. 

       Exploring is based on a unique and dynamic relationship between youth and the organizations in their communities. Local community organizations initiate a specific Explorer post by matching their people and program resources to the interests of young people in the community. The result is a program of activities that helps youth pursue their special interests, grow, and develop. 

        Eagle Bay District offers two Police Explorer Posts through the Ottawa and Sandusky County Sheriff’s Department. These posts take highly trained adult advisors and work with youth to meet their demands for law enforcement career exploration tied with hands out real life experiences but in a safe, controlled environment. These opportunities exist nowhere else in Ottawa and Sandusky County, the benefits to having youth engaged in career exploring and planning now will help them in their future prospects for employment and further education and development.

For Everyone 

Like most events and activities, they are age appropriate, youth developed and youth managed. Adult leadership is the key stone in ensuring the success of tomorrow’s youth today through their leadership and oversight, commitment of time and resources and their willingness to become trained adult volunteers.

Unit, District and Council level activities and events always need fresh ideas, leadership and support. Opportunities exists, it takes motivated, engaged youth and adult to ensure the mission of the Boy Scouts of America to:

The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law. 

Training, Advancement, Camping, Activities, Membership and Finance Committees require talented individuals; please check out the District Roster section of the Eagle Bay District website for more information or contact your local Scout unit to volunteer. Membership into the Scouting program in the United States is required to directly work with youth, this includes merit badge counselors. Scouting is the lowest cost youth program for Ottawa and Sandusky County.