Cub Scout Pack 161 General Information
Cub Scouts are a program of the Boy Scouts of America for children in kindergarten through 5th grades. The Cub Scout experience includes fun, excitement, outdoor opportunities and a chance to participate in a program which emphasizes participation, “doing your best,” and helping others. Youth safety is the highest priority of Scouting. Screened and trained volunteer parents lead each Den and the Pack. Cub Scouting is for Scouts and parents and their families together, as they work and learn with their children.
Cub Scouts:
- Experience new physical skills through games, crafts, and sports
- Learn how to get along with others through group activities
- Are encouraged to respect themselves, their home, country and other people
- Develop values that will assist them in making appropriate decisions in the future
Pack 161:
- Is a pack that is part of the Northern Star Council based out of Minneapolis, MN.
- Our overseeing sponsor (chartered organization) is the Roberts Lions Club
- Each Cub Scout is a member of a Den within the Pack
- Each Den has at least four children of the same age/grade
Den Meetings:
- Monthly Den Meetings are the 2nd Sunday of the month from 3pm-5pm at Cross Lutheran Church in Roberts.
- Meetings include activities to progress toward rank awards, plus games, crafts, sharing, songs, ceremonies and lots of fun. Dens occasionally have a field trip activity
- Dens are led by the parents of the Scouts in the Den (aka “Den Leaders”). Two parents in each Den volunteer to serve as trained Co-Leaders.
Pack Meetings:
- All of the Dens meet together as a Pack on the 1st Sunday of each month (during the school year) from 3pm-4pm at Cross Lutheran Church in Roberts.
- Meetings have various activities, including presentations of skits, achievement awards and the sharing of information with parents from the pack leaders.
There are often optional weekend Pack activities such as:
- Camping: Fall camp with the Boy Scout Troop, Winter Camp at Fred C. Anderson Camp and Summer at one of the Council’s campgrounds based on the child’s age
- Community: Highway Cleanup, Scouting for Food, Toy Drive/Building, Veteran Cemetery Flags, Good Neighbor Day Parade, and the Heartland Day Parade
- Fun: Rocket Launching & Cub Kart Races
- Nature: Hikes, Bike Rides, Orienteering, Service Projects
- Overnighters: SCC Football Field, Fred C. Anderson Winter Camp & Summer Camp (Phillipo & Navajo)
- Unique Scouting Events: Pinewood Derby and fun with friends while learning life skills