Lone Star District Packs

Cub Scouting is a program for boys and girls in kindergarten through fifth grade whose overall mission is to help young people build character, learn citizenship, develop personal fitness, and contribute to the academic development of the children who participate. Cub Scouts are part of a pack. The Cub Scout pack belongs to a church, a school, or some other group of people in the community or neighborhood. This group makes sure your pack has good adult leaders, a place to meet, and exciting things to do. The pack is divided into smaller groups called dens. Each den has about six to eight youth. All of the Cub Scouts in your den are in the same grade and may even go to the same school.

Cub Scouts Website

Pack (click for contact)	Type*	Location of Meetings	Pack Meetings	Feeder School / Church	Join	School District	Commissioner*	More Information (click  for contacts)
Pack 40	Boy Pack	St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church	Thursdays 7:00 pm	Durham Elementary, Garden Oaks Montessori, St Rose of Lima Catholic School		Private/Houston ISD
Pack 88	Family	SPJST Lodge #88	TBD	Field Elementary, Helms Elementary, Travis Elementary		Houston ISD
Pack 340	Family Pack	VFW 10352 Hall	Tuesdays  7 pm	Black Elementary, Odom Elementary, Carroll Elementary, Calvert Elementary, Raymond Elementary, Stephens Elementary, Eckert Elementary		Aldine ISD
Pack 352	Family Pack	Mt Pilgrim Baptist Church	Every other Saturday 9:00 am	Wesley Elementary	Marisol Gonzalez	Houston ISD
Pack 495	Boy Pack	Our Lady of Lavang Catholic Church	Saturdays 7:00 am	Our Lady of Lavang Catholic, Wilson Elementary, Gleason Elementary	Marisol Gonzalez	Private/Aldine ISD/Cy-Fair ISD
Pack 540	Family Pack	St. Ambrose Catholic Church	2nd Thursday 6:00 pm	Wainwright Elementary, Katherine Smith Elementary, St. Ambrose Catholic School		Houston ISD
Pack 648	Family Pack	Oaks Presbyterian Church	Mondays 6:30 pm	Oak Forest Elementary, Sinclair Elementary	Marisol Gonzalez	Houston ISD
Pack 725	Family Pack	Jesse Jones Park	Thursdays 5:30 pm	Jones Elementary, Jones K School, Cypresswood Elementary, Magrill K School, Dunn Elementary, Ogden Elementary, Kujawa Elementary		Aldine ISD
Pack 1138	Family Pack	Grace United Methodist Church	4th Monday 6:30 pm	Harvard Elementary, Highland Heights Elementary, Love Elementary		Houston ISD

*Packs are either all-girl packs, all-boy packs or family Scouting packs (with both boy and girl dens).

    
Lone Star District Troops

Scouts BSA is available to youth who have earned the Cub Scout Arrow of Light Award and at least 10 years old or have completed the fifth grade and are at least 10, or who are 11, but not yet 18 years old. The program achieves the BSA's objectives of developing character, citizenship, and personal fitness.

Boy Scouts of America Website

Troop (click for contact)	Type*	Location of Meetings	Troop Meetings	Join Now (Register)	Commissioner*	More Information (click  for contacts)
Troop 20	Boy Troop	St Matthews United Methodist Church	Mondays 7:00 pm
Troop 30	Boy Troop	St Marks United Methodist Church	Mondays 7:30 pm	Marisol Gonzalez
Troop 40	Boy Troop	St Rose Of Lima Catholic Church	Tuesdays 7:30 pm
Troop 274	Boy Troop	Assumption Catholic Church		Marisol Gonzalez
Troop 344	Boy Troop	St. Leo's Catholic Church	Mondays 7:00 pm
Troop 348	Boy Troop	Monument of Faith Church of God in Christ	Mondays 7:00 pm
Troop 352	Boy Troop	Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church		Marisol Gonzalez
Troop 495	Boy Troop	Our Lady of Lavang Catholic Church	Saturdays  8:30 am	Marisol Gonzalez
Troop 540	Boy Troop	St Ambrose Catholic Church	Mondays 7:30 pm
Troop 587	Boy Troop	St. John Neumann Catholic Church		Marisol Gonzalez
Troop 604	Boy Troop	St Stephens United Methodist Church	Mondays 7:00 pm
Troop 725	Girl Troop	Jones Elementary School	Tuesdays 7:00 pm
Troop 879	Boy Troop	Oaks Christian Church	Fridays 6:30 pm	Marisol Gonzalez
Troop 924	Boy Troop	Heights Presbyterian Church	Mondays 7:00 pm	Marisol Gonzalez
Troop 1138	Boy Troop	Grace United Methodist Church		Marisol Gonzalez
Troop 1495	Girl Troop	Our Lady of Lavang Catholic Church	Saturdays 11:00 am	Marisol Gonzalez
Troop 1879	Girl Troop	Oaks Christian Church	Fridays 7:00pm	Marisol Gonzalez

*Troops are either all-girl troops or all-boy troops.

Lone Star District Ships

Sea Scouts is a specialized program for young men and women who are 13 and have completed the eighth grade, or age 14 through 20 years of age. The program focuses on water high adventure and personal development. Sea Scout units, called ships, focus on sailing and cruising either sailboats, power vessels or paddle sports. Youth in these ships sail, row, canoe, keep boats in shape, cruise the local waters of Galveston Bay or sail on long cruises far from home. Some SCUBA dive, but all are active in camping, social events, regattas and annual seamanship contests or rendezvous.  

Sea Scouts Website

Crew (click for contact)	Location of Meetings	Day	Time	Join Now (Register)	Commissioner*	More Information (click  for contacts)
Ship 24, SSS Jolly Roger	St Stephens Methodist Church	Tuesdays	7:30 pm

    
Lone Star District Venturing Crews

Venturing is a youth development program for young men and women who are 13 and have completed the eighth grade, or age 14 through 20 years of age. Venturing's purpose is to provide positive experiences to help young people mature and to prepare them to become responsible and caring adults. Venturing is based on a unique and dynamic relationship between youth, adult leaders, and organizations in their communities. Local community organizations establish a Venturing crew by matching their people and program resources to the interests of young people in the community. The result is a program of exciting and meaningful activities that helps youth pursue their special interests, grow, develop leadership skills, and become good citizens. Venturing crews can specialize in a variety of avocation or hobby interests.

 Venturing Website

Crew (click for contact)	Location of Meetings	Day	Time	(Register)	Commissioner*	More Information (click  for contacts)
Crew 495	Our Lady of Lavang Catholic Church			Marisol Gonzalez

Posts

Exploring is Learning for Life’s career education program for young men and women who are 14 (and have completed the eighth grade) or 15 to 21 years old. Exploring’s purpose is to provide experiences to help young people mature and to prepare them to become responsible and caring adults. Explorers are ready to investigate the meaning of interdependence in their personal relationships and communities. Explorer posts can specialize in a variety of career skills. Exploring programs are based on five areas of emphasis: career opportunities, life skills, citizenship, character education, and leadership experience. Fill out our career interest survey and we will notify you of open houses and when a new Exploring post is starting near you.

Find a Post    Career Interest Survey     Exploring Website

    
Commissioners*

Commissioners are district and council volunteers who help units succeed. They are available to coach and consult with parents and leaders of packs, troops, crews and ships. Please feel free to contact your commissioner anytime with questions. Commissioners help maintain the standards of the Boy Scouts of America. They also oversee the charter plan to ensure that each unit submits their charter on time with an optimal number of youth and adult members.

A commissioner plays several roles, including friend, representative, unit "doctor," teacher, and counselor. Of all their roles, friend is the most important. It springs from the attitude, "I care; I am here to help, what can I do for you?" Caring is the ingredient that makes commissioner service successful. He or she is an advocate of unit needs. A commissioner who makes himself known and accepted now will be called on in future times of trouble.

• The commissioner is a representative. The average unit leader is totally occupied in working with kids. Some have little if any contact with the Boy Scouts of America, other than a commissioner's visit to their meeting. To them, the commissioner may be the BSA. The commissioner helps represent the ideals, the principles, and the policies of the Scouting movement.
• The commissioner is a unit "doctor." In their role as "doctor," they know that prevention is better than a cure, so they try to see that their units make good "health practices" a way of life. When problems arise, and they will, even in the best unit, they act quickly. They observe symptoms, diagnose the real ailment, prescribe a remedy, and follow up on the patient.
• The commissioner is a teacher. As a commissioner, they will have a wonderful opportunity to participate in the growth of unit leaders by sharing knowledge with them. They teach not just in an academic environment, but where it counts most—as an immediate response to a need to know. That is the best adult learning situation,since the lesson is instantly reinforced by practical application of the new knowledge.
• The commissioner is a counselor. As a Scouting counselor, they will help units solve their own problems. Counseling is the best role when unit leaders don't recognize a problem and where solutions are not clear-cut. Everyone needs counseling from time to time, even experienced leaders.