For more than 75 years, Pack 202 has helped local kids explore the outdoors, build confidence, and make lifelong friends. Whether your child is in kindergarten or fifth grade, there's a place for them here — and a welcome for your whole family.
Email Us to Join Learn MoreCub Scouting is a year-round program for kids in kindergarten through fifth grade, part of Scouting America (formerly the Boy Scouts of America). It's all about learning by doing: hiking, camping, building things, helping the community, and earning badges along the way.
Kids work through fun, age-appropriate adventures with their den — a small group of scouts in the same grade — and come together with the whole pack for bigger events. Along the way they pick up real skills like teamwork, responsibility, and problem-solving, while having a great time doing it.
Best of all, Cub Scouting is a family activity. Parents and caregivers are part of the fun, helping their scout grow and getting to know other families in the community.
Pack 202 is one of the longest-running Cub Scout packs in the area. We've been chartered for over 75 years in the National Capital Area Council.
That history means a lot to us. Generations of Greenbelt kids have come through Pack 202, and we carry that tradition forward with every campfire, pinewood derby, and service project. We're a welcoming, family-driven community, and we'd love for your family to be part of the next chapter.
Each fall, Pack 202 takes on its biggest service project of the year. On November 8, 2025, every one of our scouts — from kindergartners to fifth graders — pulled wagons through Greenbelt neighborhoods to collect non-perishable donations for the food pantry at St. Hugh of Grenoble Church.
In the days beforehand, scouts left flyers at more than 1,800 homes to let neighbors know the drive was coming — and the response was generous. By the end of the morning they had gathered enough to restock a pantry that had been running low, with older scouts staffing the receiving station at the church and checking each item's date and packaging. Altogether, our families gave hundreds of volunteer hours to the effort.
Featured in the Greenbelt News Review: “Local Youth, Community Generosity Drive ‘Scouting for Food’ Success” by Amy Carpenter-Driscoll, November 20, 2025, page 4.
Scouts are grouped into dens by grade, so your child is always with kids their own age. All the dens come together as one pack for our monthly pack meetings.
Dens meet about 2–4 times per month. Once a month, on a Thursday, the whole pack gets together — scouts show off what they worked on, sing songs, tell jokes, and put on skits. It's the heart of what we do. [Add your usual meeting time & location here.]
To keep your scout active and ready for the next den or pack meeting, all forms, paperwork, and dues need to be turned in by the following meeting.
Pack 202 runs on family involvement. Every parent or caregiver is expected to help out in some way — and it's a great way to be part of your child's experience.
We'd love to have your family! Any child in kindergarten through fifth grade is welcome — no experience required.
Scouts wear a uniform to den and pack meetings. A Cub Scout uniform includes:
Patches: the National Capital Area Council patch on the shoulder, the Pack 202 numerals, and the World Crest emblem.
Where to buy: the National Capital Scout Shop at the Marriott Scout Service Center, 9190 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814 — phone 301-564-1091. You can also order online at scoutshop.org.
Have questions, or ready to join? We're a friendly bunch, and there's no such thing as a silly question. Reach out and we'll help you figure out the next step.