Build Skills and Friendships with Cub Scouts Pack 222 in Menlo Park, California!

Information for 2025-2026 Year

   BOYS AND GIRLS K-5 ARE INVITED TO JOIN CUB SCOUTS!

Click here join our pack. Questions? Contact pack-222@googlegroups.com

What is Scouting?

• Scouting is a unique program with the aim of building children's Character, Citizenship, Personal Fitness, and Leadership skills.

• Cub Scouts Pack 222 achieves this with a program for K-5 that focuses on:

  • Hiking, camping, and the outdoors

  • Service to the community

  • Citizenship

  • Leadership

  • Character development

  • Science and engineering

  • Healthy competition

Pack 222 Activities 

• Please see the calendar below for an up-to-date Pack 222 event schedule.

• The Pack and Dens run a variety of events each year, and differ from year to year. Some events we have held in the last few years:

  • Weekend Overnight Camping through Cub-On and Pack 222 overnight trips

    1. September at Monterrey, October & May at Boulder Creek Scout Reservation

    2. Archery, BB guns, slingshot, first aid, campfire, crafts, fire safety, knot tying, etc.

    3. Skits, s'mores, songs

    4. For more information on Cub-On: https://pacsky.org/activities/cub-scout-activities/cub-on/

  • Sleepovers at USS Hornet, Monterey Bay Aquarium, California Academy of Sciences, Chabot Space & Science Center.

    1. Explore the museum without the crowds, and then sleepover inside the museum!

  • Pinewood Derby

    1. Scouts build and race a high speed wooden race car.

  • Air Rocket Extravaganza

    1. Scouts build rockets out of paper and launch them across the playground.

  • Firehouse & Police Station Visits

    1. Meet our local fire fighters and police staff.

    2. Tour their facilities and learn about their mission and equipment.

  • United States Coast Guard San Francisco Station field trip

    1. Meet the US Coast Guard officers at SFO station

    2. Hands-on demonstration of search and rescue

    3. Explore the station, aircrafts, helicopters

  • Visiting the Tidepools at the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve and the Elephant Seals at Ano Nuevo State Park

  • Tour of the United States Coast Guard Air Base at SFO. This Coast Guard base operates several helicopters and serves 650 miles of the California coast. Our scouts toured the base, explored the aircrafts and met the personnel who ensure the safety and security of our country's coast.

  • Pancake Breakfast for Charity, Second Harvest

  • Memorial Day Flag Placement at Golden Gate National Cemetery

  • Holiday Carols at Crane Place

  • Veterans' Artists Family Day and Art Show with IAVA and Atherton Arts Foundation

  • Pumpkin carving, beach clean up, hikes

  • Winter craft fair and gingerbread decorating

Den Activities

• Each den works through an age appropriate set of adventures with an emphasis on

  •  Character development, leadership development, citizenship training, and personal fitness

• For example, one adventure is to have a conversation with a local community leader, and another is to learn about healthy eating habits. Other past den activities include Scout Night at Stanford Athletics, arts and crafts with local artists, orienteering.

• For more information about the Cub Scouts program, see the Advancement Trail.

Pack Organization & Meeting Times

• The "Pack" includes all the scouts from Kindergarten through 5th grade. The Pack meets as a whole roughly once per month; usually on Thursday evenings or Sunday afternoons, depending on the event.

• A "Den" is a subgroup of the Pack with about ~5-10 members of the same age group. Each Den has its own meetings about once a month (usually on weekends), as scheduled by the Den's adult Den Leader.

• The Pack is run entirely by volunteers. There is an expectation that each family contribute to running a coupe events, or taking on a leadership role, which is a great way to demonstrate to our scouts how to be a good citizen and how to be leader.

Calendar

Scheduling tip: Add the Pack 222 Calendar to your own online calendar by clicking the "+ Google Calendar" button in the bottom right corner of the calendar below.