Pack leadership

ABOUT PACK LEADERSHIP

Our Pack is led by parents of scouts, just like you.  

Our Leaders are dedicated.   They help make the experiences fun, educational, insightful and memorable.   

Our leaders are trained.  Every leader is required to take classes including one on Youth Protection.  Our Pack and BSA treat the protection of our scouts as the most important role we play. We continuously practice two-deep leadership, where no leader is ever by themselves with a scout – except their own scout.   

Our leaders are prepared.  Leaders in this pack have taken courses in basic outdoor training, safe swimming, weather safety, and physical fitness to name a few.  We practice the principles of “Leave No Trace” at every meeting and hike – leaving the space as it was or better than we found it.  

The Pack needs volunteers. Whether it is to serve as a den leader or on the committee, help out at a pack meeting, or bring snacks/supplies to a den meeting – there is a great need for service and support.  Cub Scouts is designed to help the scouts grow closer to their family and one way for parents to help us achieve that goal is by being involved. 

To do your part, ensure your scout is at every den and pack meeting they can make, and that they participate and live up to our motto – “Do Your Best” in all their daily activities.  

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The more parents are involved, the better the program and the more rewarding it is for everyone involved!

Parents are the lifeblood of any cub scout pack.  We depend on our parents to step up and help on numerous levels.  Without their help, our program would be limited and the Scouts would be missing out on all the fun. 

• Leadership Qualifications

Adults may register with the Boy Scouts of America in any capacity if they agree to abide by the Scout Oath or Promise and the Scout Law, to respect and obey the laws of the United States of America. All leaders must be 21 years of age or older, except Assistant Cubmasters, Assistant Webelos Den Leaders, and Assistant Den Leaders, who must be 18 or older. 

• Leadership Selection

The BSA takes great pride in the quality of our adult leadership.  Being a leader in the BSA is a privilege, not a right.  The quality of the program and the safety of our youth members call for high-quality adult leaders.  We work closely with our chartered organizations to help recruit the best possible leaders for their units.

The adult application requests background information that will be checked by BSA before accepting an applicant for unit leadership.  While no current screening techniques exist that can identify every dangerous person, we can reduce the risk of accepting a dangerous person by learning all we can about an applicant for a leadership position — his or her experience with children, and why he or she wants to be a scout leader.

Youth protection training is required of all Adult Leaders and they are required to refresh their Youth Protection training every 24 months. We also encourage all parents within our Pack to tack the Youth Protection training available at www.my.scouting.org

• Leader Meetings

In order for a Cub Scout Pack to be successful, communication among the leaders is necessary.  To foster this the leaders meet one Monday evening per month to review previous events and activities as well as to plan future meetings, activities and events at what is called a Pack Committee Meeting. Additionally, pack leaders are encouraged to attend the monthly District Roundtable meetings where district updates, leadership training and idea sharing on various Cub Scout topics take place. These are usually held the third Wednesday of each month. But, currently due to COVID-19, most meetings are being held virtually via the Zoom platform. 

CURRENT PACK LEADERSHIP

In Cub Scout packs, the Akela is a symbol of wisdom, authority, and leadership. Akela is anyone who acts as a leader to the Scout. Akela can be a Cubmaster, Den Leader, or Parent depending on where the guidance takes place. In den meetings, it is the Den Leader who is Akela. During pack meetings it is the Cubmaster. At home, the parents fill this role. 

The Pack leadership team consists of the Cubmaster, Assistant Cubmasters, Committee Chair, Den Leaders, Assistant Den Leaders and Committee Members.  All of these people are volunteers.  All leaders of Cub Scout Pack 341 are registered with the Boy Scouts of America and have completed Youth Protection Training. 

Below is a list of the leadership team, or Akelas, who help make Pack 341 great for the scouts.  

Please reach out to the pack if you have any questions at all.       CUBSCOUTPACK341OAKFORESTIL@GMAIL.COM

Pack 341 Committee

2024-2025

Committee Chair Jen Harkenrider

Cubmaster Blaise A. Lukasiewicz

Assistant Cubmaster John Harkenrider

Secretary 

Treasurer

Quartermaster 

Advancement Coordinator Lisa Nehls 

Membership Chair 

Training Coordinator  

Outings & Events Coordinator 

Camping Coordinator 

Hiking Coordinator 

Religious Emblem Coordinator Blaise A. Lukasiewicz

Fundraising Coordinator 

Popcorn Kernels 

Day Camp Coordinator 

Community Service Coordinator 

Pinewood Derby Race Team John Harkenrider, Dave Scoigletti, Blaise A. Lukasiewicz, Kyle Sheely

Den Leaders

Arrow of Light Den Leaders - Den 2/ 12 - Jen Harkenrider & Kyle Sheely

Webelos Den Leader - Den 1 - Jen Harkenrider 

Bear Den Leader -  Den 6 - Blaise A. Lukasieiwcz

Wolves Den Leader - Den 5 -  Blaise A. Lukasieiwcz

Tiger Den Leader - Den 4 -  William Shoemaker

Lion Guide - Den 3 - Blaise A. Lukasiewicz