Pack 411 Cub Scouts

Cub Scouts is a national program for boys in the first to fifth grades. Cub Scouts is a family oriented program, that teaches skills and ideals to the boys in four areas – Duty to God, Country, Family and self. Bethel Lutheran Church is the chartering organization of Cub Scout Pack 411, which draws from the John Muir, Meyerholz and Christa McAuliffe school areas. The Pack currently has 70 families enrolled in the program, and has a very active schedule.

Our Pack’s mission is "To continually be one of the premier Packs in our District and Council". We measure that goal based on the quality of our program, the number of boys reached and our participation in District and Council events. We have had a great program year so far, and since September have had monthly Pack meetings stressing the values of citizenship, duty to God and service to others, guest speakers, Scout-O-Rama participation, Coyote Creek Bike Trek (12 and 25 mile routes), ice skating party, Pinewood Derby, scouting for food, creek cleanup for the portion of Calabazas Creek we have adopted, popcorn sale (our one and only fund-raiser) and musical performance night. For the rest of this year, our plans include a Scout Sunday observation, Blue & Gold banquet, participation in Council Pow-Wow adult training, two overnight trips on the USS Pampanito (we have too many boys for one outing), a second creek cleanup, raingutter regatta, day camp, family overnight camp, Webelos resident camp and our annual beach barbecue.

Our Pack has been an active contributor to our District and Council, and this year we have won the National Summertime Pack award, National Quality Unit award, Council participation awards for Scout-O-Rama and Scouting For Food, Polaris District 5 Star Award and Polaris District Commissioner’s award. Financially we contributed twice our goal to the national Friends of Scouting campaign and were the top selling Pack in our district for popcorn. We have contributed leadership to the monthly district roundtable training program and volunteers to the council bike trek. By these measures we feel that we have reached our goal of being one of the premier Packs of our area again this year.

There are three groups who work on delivering the program to the boys, the parents of the boys, the chartering organization and the Boy Scouts of America. The boys’ families’ role is to deliver the program for their boys. The chartering organization and the Boy Scouts of America help to bring continuity to the program by ensuring that the facilities and training programs are in place for incoming families. Any members who would be interested in assisting in these roles should contact Pack 411’s Chartering Organization Representative Jim Hooper (408) 996-1656 or Pack Cubmaster Charlie Schrey (408) 725-8930.