Welcome to Pack 283!

Pack 283 is a Cub Scout Pack in Wayzata, Minnesota, and chartered by Wayzata Community Church. Founded in 1944, it is the longest continuously chartered Pack in Minnesota. The program is open to boys and girls from kindergarten through fifth grade. Our Pack is made up of children primarily from Gleason Lake and St. Bart's Elementary Schools, as well as home-schooled children.
Scouting does build character - we can prove it!
We've always thought that Scouting is good for our children's character development and now there's a study to prove it! A published study by Dr. Richard M. Lerner and Tufts University, funded by the John Templeton Foundation followed 1800 Scouts and 400 non-Scouts over more than 2 years and studied their character development. Click to learn more via this informative infographic.