pack.bsa566.com

Bringing Excellence in Scouting to youth and families for over 50 years.

has been rated TOP QUALITY LEVEL of Cub Scouting at the end of 2018.

Serving Saratoga, Cupertino, and neighboring San Jose & Los Gatos

Our program draws folks to us. Our secret is getting out.

See where are family's live. Plenty of room left on the map and in the Pack. Come Join Us!

Pack Meetings held at

Menlo Church, Saratoga Campus

20455 Herriman Ave, Saratoga, CA

NOW is the perfect time for your grade K-5 children to join Cub Scouts

Older 11-18 year olds welcome in Troop 566. Click here to visit Troop 566 Website.

Some Upcoming Events (visit any as Guest except overnights)

Thur Dec 12. 7:30: Menlo Church, Saratoga. Pack Meeting (K-5 Boys & Girls).

Sunday Dec 15th. Drop In Pinewood Derby Clinic.

Are Dens (each grade) are meeting twice a month

Some Recent Events

Pack 566 Visit to Alcatraz Prison Nov 2019


Over 70 of us meet and take the Ferry to Alcatraz Island and Prison. A wonderful day!	Not much room in a an Alcatraz cell.	Once on the island we break into small groups and explore the prison and island.

Pack 566 Raingutter Regatta Nov 2019


Cubs shape, assemble, paint and decorate their boat. The fleet is in!	Cubs Huff and Puffing propel the boats. Some choose to use a straw to focus their breaths.	Here are our winners for each grade level. Tigers, Lions, Bears, Webelos Ones, Webelos Twos

Pack 566 Family Camping Trip at San Luis Reservoir Sep 2019


We borrow gear from. our older scout unit Troop 566. We usually cook as a group. It takes lots of gear.	Our 5th grade scouts attempt. to set up their tents on their own. This spring they will be joining our older Scouts Boy and Girl Troops 566.	Mr. L is often caught being knotty. Cubs learn several knots to last a lifetime. Our cubs learn knots in a fun way with stories, trivia, and knot safety.


Making Peach Cobblers. We teach parents how to and then to small groups of cubs.	The final product. 6 Cobblers made each . with 3 quarts of peaches. Add some whip cream.	We teach our cubs cooking skills. Skill like shopping for brands, taste testing, knife safety and use, food safety, prep, cooking, being ready . at one time, staying clean and doing the dishes.


All our cubs perform skits in front of all. This teaches public speaking and confidence. This leads to future leaders.	Everyone enjoys some campfire songs. With CA fire danger we elected not to have a fire. We had strong wind and cold temps and hot chocolate and warm peach cobblers were hits.	We always find time to teach outdoor skills. BSA helps make us safe, skilled, and environmentally friendly in the great outdoors.


Our 5th grade Webelos Twos are cooking French Toast. It hard to keep the large griddle full at all times. We use warming ovens to keep the food warm until all is ready for all 75 of us to eat.	Our 4th grade Webelos Ones are cooking bacon. Even our vegetarian cubs want to take a turn.	On he way home we stop at the Visitor Center. Here we learn they let water during the day to make electricity and pump it back at night. This picture is an impeller for one of the 14 combo generator/pumps.

WOW! PACK 566 is an official EARLY ADOPTER of FAMILY CUB SCOUTING (Boys and Girls welcome!!!)

Cub Scouts has always been a family affair. In pack 566 of old many sisters have participated in the program, less the formal awards. Siblings have their own racing division in the Cub Scout Derbies (Pinewood, Raingutter). BSA has taken another step forward in opening membership. We applaud this as the program is wonderful and can easily serve all youth. Although the initial design is for separate female dens we can easily see coed dens. Pack 566 is an official EARLY ADOPTER of FAMILY CUB SCOUTING and now accept all youth.

What is Cub Scouting?

Cub Scouts is part of Boy Scouts of America, one of the largest youth organizations in the United States.
Cub Scouts now serves boys and girls from kindergarten through fifth grade* Pack 566 is an official FAMILY CUB PACK so both Boys and Girls are welcome to share the fun equally.

* Note that the Cub Scout grade level is such that you advance the day after school gets out (early June) to the next grade level.

On Oct 11th, 2017 BSA announced that girls will be invited to join the Scouting adventure starting with Cub Scouts and advancing through all the way to Eagle Scout*.

Older siblings can join Troop or Crew 566. the Scouting Troop program serving boys (girls in Feb 2019) aged 11 to 18. The Crew serves boys and girls aged 14 to 21. Unlike other youth activities lasting just a few months each year, participation in Scouting can be ongoing through adulthood providing experiences, friends, and fun.

LIONS - The Kindergarten Program

Pack 566 was a charter member of the Lion Kindergarten program. Now after 3 years it is now mainstream Cub Scouts.. Pack 566 is proud to offer the Lion program to Saratoga / Cupertino/West San Jose and surrounding area families. Kindergarten is an exciting time for both youth and parents. Boys move from home centered activities into the public world. Mom and Dad meet many more families in the neighborhood and expand their participation in the community. LION and Cub Scouting can help with this transition providing a safe, consistent, and fun environment outside of school. Boys and parents participate together in the program. Unlike most other activities, participation in Scouting can continue through to adulthood. The LION program takes only a few hours each month and has very reasonable costs. Click on the "More Lion Info" link under the Lion in the left margin for more information.

What do Cub Scouts Do?

Cub Scouts have fun with other kids! We play sports, build things like race cars, space rockets, tool boxes, and miniature catapults. We play games and have contests. We perform skits, sing songs, and tell jokes. We explore our community by taking field trips to local places. We perform service in our community. We go on overnight trips that the general public does not have access to do like staying overnight on a submarine or an air craft carrier. We have summer day camps and weekend camping trips. We have fun all year long for many years. Check out links in the left margin.

Where do our members live?

Our Pack is spread in the triangle formed by HW280, Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road (aka DeAnza) and Saratoga Ave and surrounding areas.

Why parents should have their children join Pack 566!

It will be great fun and a positive experience. Den and Pack activities are something to look forward to providing a happy place outside of the pressures of school. Cub Scouts will give your children a head start in life. They will have a core group of local friends with whom they can participate in terrific activities in a safe and supervised environment. They will keep these friends for many years to come. Their social skills will improve and they will learn to be a team player as well as a team leader. Their exposure to foods, cultures, ideas, and more will widen. Respect will be given and received. Your children will be introduced to much more of life as the experience of the group usually exceeds that of an individual parent's knowledge, comfort base, or time commitment allows. Cub Scouts can serve as the "village" that will contribute to your children's growth.

Why Parents should be involved!

There are no paid positions in a Cub Scout Pack. We are all volunteers, mostly serving our own children at the same time. Parents benefit from the adult social experience as you meet many other local parents. Be young again as you work with children. Use your specific knowledge and life experience to teach children in an informal setting. Make the Pack and the community as a whole better with your involvement as others do the same for your children.

Cub Scout Pack 566: Saratoga/Cupertino/San Jose,CA