For new volunteers
Info for new leaders
Registration, Youth Protection Training and California's AB506 requirements. Most of it is online, takes an evening, and the pack covers the cost.
Getting started
- Fill out a New Adult application online and complete Youth Protection Training — about 25 minutes. Use the my.scouting.org account you made when your child joined. The pack covers your registration: email the receipt to info@pack345sf.org.
- Complete the California AB506 requirements, described on the Golden Gate Area Council website. The pack reimburses your LiveScan fingerprinting — same deal, send the receipt.
- Pick up a handbook for your role and a uniform at the Scout Shop. Full uniform encouraged, not required.
- Get added as a pack leader in ScoutBook so you can edit cub data and email parents. Tell us if you haven’t been added.
- Do the training that interests you. Start with Quick Start and “Before Your First Meeting” for your position on my.scouting.org. The calendar lists in-person council sessions and the University of Scouting.
The adult uniform
A tan shirt, neckerchief slide, blue epaulets, and the patches: the Golden Gate Area Council shoulder patch (not the Pac-Sky one), the Pack “3” “4” “5” numbers, your role’s sleeve patch, and the purple World Crest circle. We’ll give you a pack neckerchief, or use your own.
Keep It Simple, Make It Fun. — the Cub Scout leaders’ motto
Guides for your specific role
The official position guides, one per den type:
The Cub Hub at cubscouts.org has more — scroll down and click “Leaders”.
Resources from other leaders
These are the ones pack leaders here refer to most:
- Cub Scout Volunteers — a large, active Facebook group.
- Boy Scout Trail — lots of activity ideas.
- Scoutermom — printable one-page activity guides to hand to a parent who’s helping.
- Sam Houston Council leader resources
- South Fulton Scouting
- Cub Scout Ideas
Send us anything else worth listing and we’ll add it.