Activities
In addition to monthly meetings with their dens during the school year, scouts participate in monthly pack meetings and optional monthly hikes. Below are some of the annual events Springer Pack 36 puts on every year. (Some of these *are* the monthly pack meeting and some are in addition to the monthly meeting.)
Bike Rodeo
This pack meeting is an opportunity for scouts, siblings, friends, and anyone interested in learning more about Cub Scouts to come learn about bike safety. Bring your bike or scooter, and be sure to bring a helmet! We'll have a mechanic checking vehicles, a safety check for helmet fit, an obstacle course, and various training stations to help you develop your two-wheeled skills.
Springer Cleanup
The morning after the Springer Walkathon we spend some time cleaning up the school grounds.
Halloween Carnival
Each den hosts a carnival game or craft activity for their packmates and siblings. Wear your costume and come prepared for fun!
Campfire
Our November pack meeting is traditionally a campfire at the Pacific Skyline Council BSA Headquarters in Palo Alto. Prepare your skits and jokes! We'll end the evening with hot chocolate.
Pinewood Derby
A highlight of the scouting year! Design your own pinewood derby car and race it against your friends! We also have a sibling division!
Keep an eye out for announcements about workshops where you can get help cutting your design out.
Overnight
Traditionally in February or March in locations like Chabot Space Museum, the Monterrey Aquarium, or the USS Hornet. We unroll our sleeping bags right in the middle of the exhibits and enjoy breakfast with our packmates the next morning. Parents and siblings can come along on this one!
Blue and Gold Ceremony
Celebrate with the fifth grade Webelos as they earn their Arrow of Light award and prepare to bridge over to Scouts BSA.
Paper Airplane Bonanza
Come make a paper airplane with your packmates and see how it measures up in flight time, distance, accuracy, and more!
Silly Olympics
Traditional Olympic events like plunger races and elephant relays make for a fun evening with the pack.
The highlight of the scouting year! Bring the whole family and join us for two nights over Memorial Day weekend. Pack provides most of the food and organizes nightly campfires and a hike for the whole pack.
Raingutter Regatta
In our pack's version of this Cub Scout tradition, we gather to build boats out of pool noodles, wooden skewers, and paper sails, and then we show off our lung capacity as we sail them down the course.
Hiking
In addition to our other activities we have monthly hikes during the school year on the second Sunday of every month, meeting at Springer at 1 pm. Dens take turns organizing and miles completed are recorded for credit toward awards like a compass and first aid kit. Make sure everyone participating (adults included) has filled out the consent, release, and medical history form. Youth participants will also need to fill out an activity consent form.