About
Welcome to Pack 162.
Open to all children from kindergarten through 5th grade in north Austin, centered around the Caraway Elementary community and open to families from every neighborhood nearby.
Cub Scouting is for everyone
The kids learn life skills, build good habits, make new friends, and have a ton of fun doing it. Most of our scouts attend Caraway Elementary, but the pack welcomes any K–5 family in the area.
More about Cub Scouting in general from Scouting America is here: about.scouting.org/join-cub-scouts.
The pack at a glance
Pack 162's membership usually averages around 60 to 70 kids, with plenty of adult volunteers in positions large and small to keep the pack running and the kids earning belt loops, pins, and advancing through the ranks.
A typical year looks like this:
- Den meetings: once or twice a month
- Pack meetings: once a month at Caraway Elementary, generally on or about the first Thursday
- Family campouts: one in the fall, one in the spring
- Winter overnighter:somewhere unexpected like the USS Lexington in Corpus Christi or the Perot Children's Museum in Dallas
- Pinewood Derby: every spring in the Caraway cafeteria
- Service projects: throughout the year
Low-key, supportive, no pressure
Cub Scouts is a very low-key, fun activity where kids make new friends in a non-competitive and supportive environment while learning skills and how to be good citizens at the same time.
Scouts and families can participate as much or as little as they like. Everyone in the pack has other commitments besides scouting, and that's okay.
Beyond the meetings
Pack 162's year is full of traditions beyond the core meeting schedule. Some regulars: marching in the Report to State parade in downtown Austin, the annual pack kickball game, popsicles in the park, the pack garage sale, and the bike rodeo.
Pack leadership
Our Cubmaster, committee chair, and den leaders are all volunteer parents. Pack Leadershiplists every role and who currently holds it, including the positions we'd love help filling. For the leader of a particular grade's den, see Our Dens.
Every one of them can be reached through the Contact page.
Want to know more?
We'd love to meet you, both the kids and the adults. Drop us a note and we'll connect you with the right den leader for your child's grade.