Organized camping is a creative, educational experience in cooperative group living in the outdoors. It uses the natural surroundings to contribute significantly to physical, mental, spiritual, and social growth.

• Camping contributes to good health.
• Camping helps campers develop self-reliance and resourcefulness.
• Camping enhances spiritual growth.
• Camping contributes to social development.
• Camping is an experience in citizenship training.
• Camping at the Cub Scout level introduces kids to the knowledge and skills that they will learn and apply more thoroughly as a Scout.