Events

Below are a list of our typical events that occur throughout the year in our pack. 

Bike Rodeo

A fun event open to all children. At the event kids will have their bikes and helmets checked. They will learn about bike safety. Then they will complete 4-5 events that are fun and help learn bike handling and bike safety.

Fall Camp

Held in late October or early November, the Scouts and their parent go to a Scout style camp and stay in cabins for two nights. The boys sing songs, perform skits, hike as well as other fun stations of learning. We typically stay in the cabins at Elks Camp Barrett— just 15 minutes down the road on Defense Highway.

Crofton Woods Elementary School (CWES) Clean Up

We pick a Saturday morning towards late November/early December to clean up the billion or so leaves on the grounds of CWES. We are typically done by noon and this is great way to give back to the school that a majority of our cubs attend.

Pinewood Derby 

One of the most popular and most iconic activities for the Cub Scouts to participate in is the Pinewood Derby. The pack gives out kits to each scout member to build their own small wooden model of a derby car. Each January, the scouts then race the cars in competition. The cars are sent down several tracks with the help of gravity and the time is recorded. There are awards given to scouts for placing in the race as well as for presentation of car styles.

Winter Camp

Held each February, the Scouts and their parent go to a Scout style camp and stay in cabins for two nights. The cub scouts sing songs, perform skits, hike as well as other fun stations of learning. While it can sometimes get cold outside, the scouts always have a big campfire around which they have fun. This is one of the events where the Scouts participate in retiring American Flags. 

Scouting for Food

For more than 20 years, Scouts have collected food to help feed almost 100,000 families who depend on the generosity of their neighbors to help them feed their children during tough times. We help each March through our Scouting for Food program. Your scout leader will distribute bags provided and you will ask your friends and neighbors to fill the bags with nonperishable food, place the filled bags out for Scouts to pick up. We will then collect the bags and deliver the food to a local food bank.

Blue and Gold Banquet

During Scouting Anniversary Week in February we celebrate with a "birthday party" called the Blue and Gold Banquet. The blue and gold banquet is one of the highlights of the year, bringing families together for an evening of fun. The purpose of the blue and gold banquet is to celebrate the anniversary of Scouting in America, thank pack leaders and other adults who have helped the pack, and inspire the leaders, Scouts, and parents. The banquet is similar to a regular pack meeting, but there will be entertainment and great meal to celebrate.

Arrow of Light Bridging Ceremony 

Annual ceremony in March for Arrow of Light Scouts to celebrate their accomplishments and bridging to Scouts, BSA. For the scouts that achieved Arrow of Light (the highest award in Cub Scouts), this is where the Arrow of Light Scouts receive their badge before bridging to Scouts, BSA. Each Scout Troop will send representatives from their troops to receive the cub scouts that have chosen to join their troop. 

Tent Camping 

An annual event, typically held in late April or early May, where the scouts get to expand their outdoor experience to tent camping. 

Pack-Wide Bridging Ceremony

This is our annual ceremony where we recognize our Lions, Tigers, Wolves, Bears, and Webelos for their work in achieving their next rank.

Fishing Derby

This activity is held at the beginning of the summer in June. The scouts get an opportunity to fish. We always encourage siblings and parents to participate, many of whom have never been fishing before. The Fishing Derby is one of the few opportunities where we are in the public eye as scouts in uniform. The awareness helps facilitate our organization in the community.

Camp Tomahawk

Held for a full week each June, the scouts of all ages will participate in this Scout, BSA style day camp. The dens rotate through each station held at camp to include knot tying, archery (all boys learn how to safely and properly shoot a long bow), BB guns (all boys learn gun safety, proper handling, and shooting of approved BB guns) and learning about other scout pastimes. Scouts participate in songs, skits and joke telling. They also get to earn “coups” for completing scout like behaviors and completing scout tasks.

Raingutter Regatta

Do you have what it takes to build a boat, and then blow it ten feet down a raingutter in a winning style? Ahoy, mates! This could be the sailing regatta of the century! Although the seas are only 10-foot lengths of raingutter filled with water, and the ships a mere 6 inches long, the race is a very exciting event held each August. Each scout will build their own boat with supervision and help from parents or other family members. They provide the wind for the sail with their own lung power! 

Webelos Woods

Webelos Woods is designed to give Webelo and Arrow of Light Scouts and their parents a preview of the Scouts, BSA experience. The program, held each October, emphasizes Scouting values, procedures, methods and skills. It is an introduction to Scouts, BSA being a "scout led" program as opposed to the "adult led" program used in Cub Scouts. Also, there is the thrill of camping in the outdoors in a tent at a Scout style camp, which will encourage a desire to continue Scouting. While there, the Cub Scouts will get to do archery, knot tying, pioneering and other fun stations of learning. B-B shooting, Archery, Saturday Night Campfire, Model Rockets, Canoeing, Pack Competitions and much more. 

Popcorn Sales

Each fall, Scouts who participate in the annual Scout Popcorn Sale not only prove that they have what it takes to earn their own way and pay for their own Scouting program, but can earn badges, too. By selling popcorn, Scouts can complete a number of requirements for rank badges, Webelos Activity pins, Scout merit badges and more.

Camp Oest

While at Camp Oest, Cub Scouts and parents get excited about all the amazing activities taking place. We entertain with skits, plays and, of course, songs. In addition, the scouts participate in a variety of programs including Archery, B.B. Guns, Crafts, Nature, Pool and waterfront sports. Camp Oest allows entire packs or dens or just parents and scouts to come together and just have FUN!