Cub Scouts · Grades K–5 · Glebe Elementary

Adventure starts after school.

Campfires, rockets, first hikes, and the Pinewood Derby — Pack 116 has been Arlington’s Glebe Elementary pack for more than 70 years. Boys and girls, kindergarten through 5th grade.

Who
Kids in grades K–5, with a den for every grade. Parents stay involved — that’s the fun part.
Where
Den meetings at Glebe Elementary; adventures all over Arlington and beyond.
When
One den meeting and one pack adventure most months, following the APS school calendar.

Coming up

Oct 16–18Fall Family Camp

A full weekend at Camp Snyder. Tents, campfire, whole families. Register by October 2.

Tue Oct 20 · 5:45 PMTake Apart Night

Bring an old electronic and some tools, and find out what’s inside. At Big Walnut Park. Moved from Thursday the 22nd.

Tue Nov 3Marine Corps Museum Trip

A pack field trip to the National Museum of the Marine Corps on the Election Day school holiday. Leave Arlington about 10:15, back about 1:30. RSVP by October 20.

Sat Nov 7Scouting for Food

Scouts hang bag notices around the neighborhood, then collect donations for the food bank on November 14.

Sat Nov 14Scouting for Food

Bag pickup at Glebe, 9:00 AM. Donations go to the food bank.

Sun Feb 7Pinewood Derby check-in

Cars weigh in at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 12 to 3 PM.

Sun Feb 14Pinewood Derby race day

Race day at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 1:00 PM.

Sun Mar 14Blue & Gold Banquet

The pack's birthday dinner at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 6:00 PM.

Full calendar →

A year in the pack

Camping & campfires

Fall family camp, spring campfires, s’mores engineering.

Rockets & the Derby

A September rocket launch and the February Pinewood Derby.

Hikes & field trips

Fall and spring hikes, plus museum trips on school days off.

Service that counts

Scouting for Food each November and wreath cleanup at Arlington.

Take Apart Night

Screwdrivers, old machines, and finding out what’s inside.

Flag ceremonies

Scouts lead the colors at school and around the community.

A den for every grade

LionKindergarten Tiger1st grade Wolf2nd grade Bear3rd grade Webelos & AOL4th–5th grade

Joining takes one evening

1. Register online

Sign up at beascout.scouting.org — search our zip code for Pack 0116 (with the leading zero), listed under Trinity Presbyterian Church.

2. Two simple fees

$169.95 registers your scout nationally for the year, and $25 pack dues covers their shirt, rockets, and den supplies. Assistance is available — no child is turned away.

3. Show up

Come to the next pack event and meet your den. The handbook and the den leader take it from there.

Start registration