FAQs

When/where do you meet?

Our pack (Scouts of all ages together) meets once a month, year-round, typically on the 4th Thursday evening of each month. Generally, pack meetings are held at the Cordova Gardens Elementary School, located at 2400 Dawes Street in Rancho Cordova, CA. 

Scouts also meet with their den (children of the same age) once a month for 45 minutes to an hour at Cubmaster Speer's house, located at 3017 Nikol Street in Sacramento, unless otherwise specified.

The pack and dens will often have meetings outdoors and at other community locations for Scouts to have experiences beyond the standard meeting hall. For a list of upcoming events, check out the full pack calendar.

How do we sign up?

When you're ready to join the pack, you can submit an online application. There you'll provide all of your information and pay your annual national and council dues. We will collect your annual pack dues separately.

How old does a child need to be to join Cub Scouts?

Cub Scouting is for boys and girls in kindergarten through fifth grade (5 to 10 years of age). Boys and girls who are older than 10 (or who have completed the fifth grade) can no longer join Cub Scouts, but they are eligible to join a Scouting America Troop.

How much does Cub Scouts cost?

A whole year of Cub Scouts costs less than a single season of most sports. But unlike most sports and other after-school activities, there are ways to defray the costs of Scouting such as fundraising. Assistance is also available if you need help and is a private matter between the family and our Committee Chair.

What do Scouts do?

One of the best things about Cub Scouting is the activities: camping, hiking, racing model cars, going on field trips, or doing projects that help our community and the people who live here. Cub Scouting means "doing." All our activities are designed to have the Scouts doing something--and by "doing" they learn some very valuable life lessons.

When is a good time to get started?

Pack 28 is active year-round. We encourage new Scouts to join us in the summer or early fall, but we are always ready to welcome new pack members! Please email bsacubpack28@gmail.com at any time for more information.

What's the point of Scouts?

To prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.

Do parents have a role?

Yes! As a program for the entire family, Cub Scouting can teach your child a wholesome system of values and beliefs while building and strengthening relationships among family members. Scouting gives you a fantastic platform to equip your child. We provide other mentors to help your child grow but you are always an important part of their development in Scouting. Of course, as a volunteer-run organization, there are always opportunities (both large and small) for you to improve your child's Scouting experience.

How is Cub Scouting organized?

Scouts are grouped into dens (children of the same age), led by a volunteer Den Leader. Several dens of different ages come together to make up the pack, led by the volunteer Cubmaster and pack committee.

Our pack is part of the American River District, made up of Scouting units in and around Sacramento, Placer, and El Dorado Counties. Our district is in turn part of the larger Greater California Council which is made up of many districts in Northern California. Our District and Council organize events for Scouting units across our area--like larger campouts, derbies, and summer camps.

How do Scouts achieve their goals?

Activities are used to achieve the aims of Scouting—citizenship training, character development, and personal fitness. Many of the activities happen in the den (with children in the same grade) or with the entire pack (with all the grade levels). Our Scouts have outings and plenty of outdoor and indoor activities to help them achieve goals.

What supplies and equipment are needed?

At a minimum, each child in Cub Scouting will need a uniform and a handbook. Each year, the handbook changes, as does the cap and neckerchief, but other uniform parts remain the same for several years. At 5th grade, Scouts change to a tan and green uniform that they will wear through the rest of their time in Scouting.