Each year, the Northern Lights Council hosts Cub Scout Day Camps around the Council. The local day camp is at the Runestone County Park each summer. This year Day Camp was Saturday, June 25 and Sunday, June 26 with a theme of Wild Wild West.

Camping at the Cub Scout level introduces boys and girls to the outdoors and helps them develop outdoor skills at an age-appropriate level while having fun with their family. This year’s Day Camp was a two-day camp which had an open format, so families had the flexibility to do the activities in any order they choose. Families could choose to attend one day or both days with an overnight camping option available.

Throughout the Day Camp, kids learned how to safely shoot BB guns, bows and arrows, and slingshots. Adults helped them learn how to make water bottle holders out of leather as well as leather bracelets. They also made wagon bird houses out of wood as well as shadow boxes. They got to go on a nature hike, learned how to use a lasso, and even got to cook pies and donuts.

Cub Scouts is open to both boys and girls, from Kindergarten through fifth grade.  The Cub Scouting program is designed so that a child can join at any point during the year.  There is no need to work backwards to catch up. To find a pack near you go to https://beascout.scouting.org/ and enter your zip code. 

If you interested in learning more about Cub Scouts, please contact Brenda Thomson at 320-760-5605 or check out our Facebook page to see all of the awesome pictures from our 2022 Day Camp at https://www.facebook.com/PrairieFireDistrict.