The Pack
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 all boys and girls from kindergarten through fifth grade. Our Pack is made up of boys and girls primarily from Gleason Lake and St. Bart's Elementary Schools as well as Birchview Elementary home-schooled children, and we are open to any other school-age children. Pack 283 is part of District M in the Northern Star Council in the Boy Scouts of America. Boys/girls are grouped within Dens based on the Cub Scout Ranks.
We have Pack gatherings to join the Cub Scouts from all ranks (and age groups) together for a common purpose. Pack meetings are held once a month during the school year (September through May) usually on the fourth Monday night of the month in the Wayzata Community Church Gymnasium. During these meetings, Pack 283 recognizes scouts who recently earned awards, and Dens perform skits and songs, play games, do activities and competitions. In the past, we have had visitors (e.g., a local story teller, U of M Raptor Center representative, a juggler), paper airplane flying, and marble racers during these meetings.
The Pack also organizes fun outings for the Cub Scouts and families. Past Pack outings have included fall and spring camping weekends (October and April, respectively), sledding, fishing, trips to winter day camps and summer resident camps, and Timberwolves, Saints, and Twins games. The emphasis for the Scouting program is to use activities like these to have fun and learn how to care for yourself and the world around you.
We have Pack gatherings to join the Cub Scouts from all ranks (and age groups) together for a common purpose. Pack meetings are held once a month during the school year (September through May) usually on the fourth Monday night of the month in the Wayzata Community Church Gymnasium. During these meetings, Pack 283 recognizes scouts who recently earned awards, and Dens perform skits and songs, play games, do activities and competitions. In the past, we have had visitors (e.g., a local story teller, U of M Raptor Center representative, a juggler), paper airplane flying, and marble racers during these meetings.
The Pack also organizes fun outings for the Cub Scouts and families. Past Pack outings have included fall and spring camping weekends (October and April, respectively), sledding, fishing, trips to winter day camps and summer resident camps, and Timberwolves, Saints, and Twins games. The emphasis for the Scouting program is to use activities like these to have fun and learn how to care for yourself and the world around you.