Cub Scout Pack No. 222 Needs Volunteers

The only Cub Scout Pack on the Key Peninsula is at risk of being disbanded after a lack of volunteers and low funding due to poor popcorn sales, the pack’s main fundraiser.

Cub Scout Pack 222 is made up of several “dens” of kindergarten through fifth-grade students. Each den must have a den leader and every pack must have a cubmaster. A pack committee, along with a committee chair, helps support the den leaders throughout the year.

Pack 222 needs all of the above. Cubmaster Mat Kummerfeldt stepped down in December and will be moving out-of-state in the spring. The pack was meeting twice a month at Camp Delano Bay.

“This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to pour back into this generation of youth,” said Carrie Standish, Rainier district director for the Pacific Harbors Council with the Boy Scouts of America. “Kids need this now more than ever.”

Standish said the membership is growing in the district, but the volunteer count is dropping. If Pack 222 disbands, all Cub Scouts will need to join a different pack in Gig Harbor.

Volunteers don’t necessarily need to be parents of the scout, and former Eagle Scouts are encouraged to help. All volunteers need to at least fill out an application and complete Youth Protection Training. Those interested can email BSAPack222@gmail.com.