Pack 95 serves Lincoln Center of South St. Paul and Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota. Through our active boys, parents, and leaders we maintain a fun, safe environment that teaches our young men the skills and values they need to become outstanding citizens in our community and nation.

Pack 95 meets at 6:30 PM the first Tuesday of the month.  Check the calendar for location.  The Dens also meet up to two times a month at locations chosen by the Den and their families.

This web site has all the information you need to keep up-to-date on Pack 95 happenings.  See below for upcoming Pack events and important reminders.  Click on the links above for a full calendar, pictures, useful links or contact information.  Please check back often for updates and new content.

Pack 95 News:

October -  We will be collecting "dues" from scouts at meetings this month.  This applies only to scouts of 1 year or more.  Important: New Scouts who signed up or transferred this fall are already paid through 2019.  

Pack dues(Scouts and Leaders) are $44 per year + $16 for Boys Life. This amount covers the exact cost of the BSA annual membership for each scout. This is the best value in extracurricular activities around! The additional costs of service projects, advancements, supplies, camping trips, etc. is covered by wreath sales & donations.  By collecting the registration dues, we hope to send more scouts to camp this summer.  We strive to operate the Pack using only dues and the excess profit from wreath sales, so please sell participate in these activities!

No scout is ever refused membership based on ability to pay.

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Fall 2019 - The BSA have developed one of the nations most respected Youth Protection training policies and curriculum and they require that all registered volunteers take the Youth Protection Course.  

Youth protection can be best achieved through the shared involvement of everyone in Scouting. It’s imperative that parents and volunteers know Scouting’s Youth Protection policies, which include our barriers to abuse: the classic two-deep leadership and no one-on-one contact policies, as well as our mandatory reporting of child abuse and our social media guidelines.

Who should participate in Youth Protection training?  Everyone. All registered Scout leaders, any Scout parent who attends trips or campouts, merit badge counselors, and anyone with a connection to youth. If you’re a past member, current member, parent, or volunteer, you should be Youth Protection trained.

See this informative article in Scouting Magazine.

Training is available on-line or in person.  Please see our training tab to get started today.   Thank you! 

Do-At-Home Project - Each fall, as part of our commitment to youth production, scouts are encouraged to complete the Cyber Chip program.   Developed by the Boy Scouts of America with NetSmartz, a program of the National Center for Mission & Exploited Children, this quick program is a start to safe internet and mobile device use.  You can further explore their site for more information and safety tips.

Click here, or the Cyber Chip tab above to learn about the program and then follow the link to the age appropriate site.

We will have the Cyber Chip cards and pledge at the next pack meeting.

Be Safe, Scouts!

August - Have you seen the Updated "Leaders" tab at the top for den meeting and go-see-it ideas? All new den meeting plans for the new Cub Scout program.  Also note the "Training" Tab with information on required and optional training courses for leaders and both of those sections have the BSA's Cub Scout pod-cast. 

 

1. Show an interest in your son's/daughter's Scouting accomplishments and achievements
2. Take on tasks in support of the unit's leadership such as phone calls, event planning, driving to activities, or serving in a more formal leadership role as an assistant or primary unit leader.  

Kids do grow up so fast.  The time families spend together in scouting is cherished and talked about at gatherings long after participants have moved on to other stages of their lives. Make scouting part of you own family tradition.

 

Pack 95's volunteer leadership would like to reiterate our commitment to youth safety as we start the new scouting year.  We will continue to, as we have in the past, follow the requirements set forth by the BSA absolutely.   They include mandatory two deep leadership, and mandatory "Youth Protection" training for any adult leader with direct contact with youth.

If you have not already done so, please review the Youth Safety Bobcat requirement section that make up the very first pages of the Tiger Cub handbook.   Similar information is available on the BSA youth protection website.  Including the booklet: How to Protect Your Children From Child Abuse:A Parent’s Guide

 

Fall 2019- This fall, we will again have a den of Lion Cubs – Pack 95 was part of the original Lion Cub pilot program that was rolled out to other councils across the country. It has an updated program of exciting indoor and outdoor activities designed for kindergarten boys and their adult partner.

The den of Lion Cubs and their adult partners will meet together two to three times per month.
• Lion Cub dens will meet once a month for a den meeting and complete one of the Family/Den activities from the book.
• The second meeting each month for the Lion Cub dens will be a Grand Adventure outing.
• Family nights will be held periodically throughout the year.
• Lion Cubs will attend Cub Scout pack meetings with the older cubs too.

The Lion den is family run.   Our Lion Cub Coordinator will help the families get started and make a calendar and contact list. We also have lots of ideas and contacts for Grand Adventures.  Join us in September!