Pack meetings are once a month meetings where all Scouts in the pack (K-5) gather. Pack 296 has pack meetings the first Wednesday of each month from 6:30-8pm at Joaquin Miller Community Center.

Each pack meeting is different, but all include time for a fun game or activity plus time for learning new skills. Past pack meetings include:

• Games and Activities: Playing a "Scout skills relay" game to teach camping skills, going on a short hike followed by a campfire program, building a weather vane, doing the "marshmallow challenge", and more. 

• Guests visitors - Having a doctor visit the pack and go over basic first aid, and then Scouts assemble personal first aid kits. We've also had elected officials, disabled community members, first responders, scientists, and others visit us. 

• Special Events: Our February or March meeting is our annual Blue & Gold Dinner celebrating the anniversary of Scouts. In May we have our Crossing Over event where we celebrate Scouts who completed their required adventures to earn their rank, as well as Scouts graduating from Cub Scouts. 

During the year we have 1-2 events each month that fall on weekends. Below are some of the types of events we do in a typical year. To see more details, please check out our pack calendar. 

• Pack Campouts (Fall and Spring) - The pack adults organize a campout each fall and spring, where each family sets up their own tent but everyone contributes to cooking meals and helping out. All campouts of course include a campfire with s'mores and songs!

• Monthly "Hikes" - These are typically gentle outdoor walks that happen at 10am on the Saturday following the monthly pack meeting, at a different location each time.

• Scouting for Food - This is our November service project where Scouts distribute flyers to area households, then collect canned and boxed goods for donation. 

• Ice Skating + Toy Drive - A December tradition where we go ice skating as a pack, and also gather toys for donation.

• Pinewood Derby - Typically in January or February, this is an exciting event where each Scout builds and decorates a small wooden car from a kit, and we have a contest to see who is the fastest and which are the best decorated.

• Summer Activities such as an outdoor movie night, a group bike ride, or a fishing trip.

Each year is different, and so we also add additional one-time events where we can (e.g., special eclipse viewing walk in 2023).