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Cub Scout Pack 566
Saratoga, Cupertino, and surrounding areas California

Over 50 Years of Excellence in Scouting

Welcome to Cub Scout Pack 566
Boys and Girls, Grades K-5 (566 also has older programs through age 21...Ask)

Pack 566 Join Page

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Pack 566 Program Summary:

• Boys and girls mixed K-5. Ask as we have older programs for boys and girls to age 21

• We are sibling friendly and have a unoficial TK group for those with older K-5 Siblings.

• We meet Thursdays 6:30 - 7:30 pm during the school year.

• Usually one or two optional weekend events (hiking, camping, biking, community service, kites, and more.

• We meet at far left end of Kevin Moran Park Saratoga in fall and spring

• We meet at Menlo Church Saratoga (accross from Saratoga High School Oct 11th to spring.

• 1st year of program including uniform is $320-330 per year

• We permit you to visit a couple of times before officialy paying or signing up. Ask!

• A parent is expect to attend with their child. Exceptions for multiple children.

• While scouting america is a religous organization, our pack does any religion at home

• Pack 566 prepares your child to be a leader, learn life lessons early, be responable, get outdoors, and more.

• Our program covers Outdoors, Field Trips, Leadership, Science, Health, Crafts, and Citizenship.

• Branch out with new friends (both cubs and parents). Unlike sports, our kid groups stay together year after year.

• Cub Scout packs are all run by parent volunteers (no one is paid). You can help from start or wait to year 2.

• We are 50% vegitarian

• We do NO FUNDRAISING to save you dozens of hours compared to other packs.

• While all Cub Scouts follow a national program, each unit has its own spin. Find out why 566 offers such a quality program.

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More information:

Meetings: Pack 566 meets during the school years (most of our members are gone over the summer). A Parent (yes you can take turns having fun) attends with their child during the meetings and events in most cases. Since grades ("Den") meet at same place same time seperated by a short distance one parent can serve for all children including siblings. Pack 566 allows TK (age 4 before kindergarten) to become a DRAGON cub with their own neckerchief/uniform ($28) to hang out with the LION (age 5 Kindergarten). No one has minded repeating at this age sinc it is mostly games and fun. While you can miss a Thursdays or be late/leave early know that it puts a strain on the group each time this happens creating extra work for all. Usually the 2nd Thursday of the month is the "Pack" Meeting where we meet as one group.

Safety: To make our pack the safest in the area and follow the Cupertino Union School rules we have meetngs in a public place (never someones home). We also require both parents to take a scouting based S.A.F.E. Guarding Youth online class (free at your own pace). Both Cubs and Parents are issued name tags that include parent names and youth names. No name tag is consdiered a sign of a stranger. We do discuss with Cubs that just because someone knows your name or parents name they they could be a stranger pretending to know you. We freely post photos of our members on the internet. Anyone not wanting their photos posted should always where a pink colored baseball cap while at Pack 566 (You must notify staff at multi-unit events). Parents and non cub siblings are encouraged to purchase a Pack Tshirt to aid in the safety of our group and siblings.

Leaders and registerd Adults: Will take an aditional 2 hour California required for anyone working with youth (eg helping out at school, soccer, etc.). Note as of last year this training may be shared with other youth groups without retaking for an $8 cerficate fee. Both also require fingerprinting and a FBI background check and pay national fees including insurance (while following the official progrm). No one is paid in Cub Scouts, we are mostly parent volunteers or parents of former members who stay behind to help out and guide. However the pack uses some of its dues to offset becoming a leader or registerd adult.

The difference between a Leader and a Registerd adult is leaders lead the group and take several hour of additional online training specific to their leadership job (Den/Pack/Commitee). Registered Adults perform a safety function by monitoring all youth per lessons learned in both Scouting America's S.A.F.E Guarding Youth and California Youth Volunteer training. Parents are expected to help make the pack go in some function. You may sign up in typically 3 hours to become a Registered Adult and in about 7 hous for a registred leader. Pack may have funds to offset intial leader costs. Starting in the second year a parent is expected to become a registred adult or leader or pay the $127 penalty fee so someone else can be a leader at no cost.

Communicatons: We use whatsapp to communicate in most cases. You will be added to the Pack Thread for Pack wide announcments, and to each Den Group (age) for that you h have a child in. We use a pack set of Contacts that makes it easy to identify cubs, parents, grades, emails, addresses and phone numbers for.

Uniforms: At Covid we swtiched from full Scouting Uniform (Dress Shirt with Badges, Combo Long/Short Pants) to just a Pack T-Shirt and Neckerchief. We did this as we did not want to invest in the cost knowing COVID may shut down the program at any time. Turns out we ran the pack every week through COVID remotely or outside in the Park when it opened up. We are now in the process of transistioning back to the full uniform and it is NOT required this year. This save about $100 dollars especially appreciated when first joining.

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Checklist to Join Pack 566

Mr. L will get you assigned to a den, make dates known, set up communications and give you credentials to the members site.

P566 Adult Joining Checklist

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