PACK 55 CUB SCOUTS GREAT FALLS, VA
ADVENTURE IS EVERYWHERE!
Pack 55 Cub Scouts in Great Falls, Virginia, welcomes all children in Kindergarten through 5th grade. We generally reach youths from Forestville Elementary and welcome all youth from other area schools, as well as home school students.
ABOUT
Cub Scouting is a year-round Family Program, it requires parents to volunteer—the parents and their children benefit from the program together, as they build a stronger bond with each other, other scout families as well as with their communities. Scouts earn badges and have adventures!
During the summer, we meet about once a month for hiking, one overnight campout, or a bike ride, and are participating in the Great Falls July 4th ceremony. During the school year, the dens (each grade) meet one Thursday a month, the pack (all the dens) meet another Thursday a month, and the pack has a weekend outdoor group activity, including the pinewood derby, raingutter regatta, hiking, frisbee golf, and Utterback Store Road cleanup. We have also been invited by Troop 55 to join in on some of their outdoor activities. Every scout needs an adult with them during all scouting events.
2022-2023 PACK 55 SCHEDULE
SEPTEMBER
9/1/22 6:30 – 8:30 PM Parent and Leader’s Meeting
09/08/22 6:30 – 7:30 PM Closing/Opening Ceremony (2021 – 2022 Award Distribution)
09/10/22 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Hike/Apple Picking
09/16/22 6:30 – 8:30 PM Forestville Carnival
09/18/22 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Watershed Cleanup
09/22/22 6:30 – 7:30 PM Pack Meeting / Den Meeting/Fishing Prep
09/24/22 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM Fishing
OCTOBER
10/06/22 6:30 – 7:30 PM Pack Meeting / Den Meeting
10/08/22 11:00 AM Utterback Store Road Cleanup
10/20/22 6:30 – 7:30 PM Pack Meeting / Den Meeting (Derby car distribution)
10/22/22 9:00 AM – 10:00 PM Webelos-ree
10/29/22 -10/30/22 Saturday - Sunday 3:00 PM – 11:00 AM Fall Campout
NOVEMBER
11/03/22 6:30 – 7:30 PM Pack Meeting / Den Meeting / Scouting for Food (Flyer and Map Distribution Pick up)
11/05/22 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM Frisbee Golf
11/12/22 9:00 AM Scouting for Food Donation Drop Off
11/17/22 6:30 – 7:30 PM Frozen Turkey Bowling
11/19/22 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM Hike
DECEMBER
12/01/22 6:30 – 7:30 PM Pack Meeting / Den Meeting
12/03/22 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM Hike
12/15/222 6:30 – 7:30 PM Holiday Party
12/17/22 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM Bike Ride
JANUARY
01/05/23 6:30 – 7:30 PM Pack Meeting / Den Meeting
01/06/23 6:30 – 7:30 PM Pinewood Derby Weigh Ins
01/07/23 11:00 AM Pinewood Derby
01/19/23 6:30 – 7:30 PM Pack Meeting / Den Meeting
01/21/23 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM Hike
FEBRUARY
02/02/23 6:30 – 7:30 PM Pack Meeting / Den Meeting
02/11/23 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM Dodgeball
02/25/23 - 2/26/22 Saturday - Sunday 3:00 PM – 11:00 AM Winter Campout
MARCH
03/09/23 6:30 – 7:30 PM Pack Meeting / Den Meeting
03/11/23 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Frisbee Golf
03/23/23 6:30 – 7:30 PM Pack Meeting / Den Meeting (Derby boat distribution)
03/25/23 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Basketball March Madness
APRIL
04/13/23 6:30 – 7:30 PM Pack Meeting / Den Meeting
4/22/23 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Utterback Store Road Cleanup
04/27/23 6:30 – 7:30 PM Pack Meeting / Den Meeting
MAY
05/06/23 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM Space Derby
05/11/23 6:30 – 7:30 PM Pack Meeting / Den Meeting
05/20/23 – 5/21/23 Saturday - Sunday 3:00 PM – 10:00 AM Spring Pack Campout
JUNE
06/03/23 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Rain Gutter Regatta Derby / Join Scouting Night
06/08/23 6:30 – 7:30 PM Closing Campfire / Award Ceremony
06/24/23 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM Bike Ride
JULY
07/04/23 - Sunday 5:00 – 8:00 PM Town Ceremony/Rock wall
07/22/23 – 7/26/23 Saturday - Sunday 3:00 PM – 11:00 AM Summer Pack Campout
AUGUST
08/10/23 6:30 – 7:30 PM Pack Meeting / Den Meeting
08/19/23 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM Hike (Family/Den)
ACTIVITIES
LAKE FAIRFAX CAMPOUT
Organized camping is a creative, educational experience in cooperative groups living in the outdoors. It uses the natural surroundings to contribute significantly to physical, mental, spiritual, and social growth.
A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent.
Scout Law
FUN • ADVENTURE • FRIENDS • LIFE SKILLS • COMMUNITY SERVICE • LEADERSHIP • PINEWOOD DERBY • HIKING • FISHING • CAMPFIRES
YOUTH PROTECTION
SCOUT SAFETY
Every scout is required to have an adult with them during all scouting events.
All volunteers must complete a rigorous application and screening process before joining Scouting. As part of this requirement, applicants must provide references and submit to a national criminal background check. BSA also verifies that the organization has not received any prior allegations of misconduct on the volunteer’s part by checking names in the Ineligible Volunteer Files. BSA’s goal is to ensure that all adult volunteers represent the values and character outlined in the Scout Oath and Scout Law and are good leaders for youth.
All volunteers are required to complete Youth Protection Training and must renew the training every two years.
Every Boy Scout and Cub Scout handbook includes a pamphlet to help parents teach their children how to recognize, resist and report abuse. For more information about youth protection, click on the National Capital Area Council Youth Protection Information link below.
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