Troop 572 History

A Brief History

It is true that success breeds success and that one quality scouting program leads to another. To understand the history of Pack 572 you need to know the history of a couple other quality programs. It all started in the fall of 1995. The community was growing fast with rapid development in the Sterling Cascades and Lowes Island planned communities. At the time there were four packs North of Route 7. Packs 761 & 905 (Algonkian), 951 (Meadowland) and 956 (Sugarland) meeting at the respective elementary schools.

In the Fall of 1995 Loudoun County opened Potomack Elementary School. Blue Ridge District sponsored a join scouting night in September where several interested boys and their parents met, many for the first time, to discuss the formation of a new Cub Scout unit. There appeared to be strong interest and much support, which led to the search of a chartered organization. Pastor Paul Osphal of Community Lutheran Church (CLC) indicated that his church was looking to extend their youth outreach program and that the church would charter the new pack. Within a couple months Pack 950 was up and running. Over the next two years the Pack grew from 30 scouts to 60 and crossed over several boys to local Boy Scout units.

Loudoun County opened Lowes Island Elementary School in the fall of 1997. The school boundaries were redefined and many of the scouts of Pack 950 were transferred to the new school. While the leaders did not want to run another new unit at the time they all felt it important to assist the Blue Ridge District get a unit up and running at the school. Leaders of Pack & Troop 950 ran Join Scouting Night at Lowes Island. Many interested families attended and several leaders surfaced. Working together a new unit (Pack 1152) was up and running at that school.

Northern Sterling communities continued to be developed; another school was scheduled to open in the fall of 1999. By this time Pack 950 had grown to 125 scouts and it became increasingly difficult to hold pack meetings, the Pinewood Derby and Blue & Gold Banquet. Several leaders of the pack who’s children would be rezoned to attend the new Horizon Elementary school decided to start a new Pack seven months prior to the opening of the school. This would allow for the new unit to form, get leaders identified, trained and put a program in place prior to the opening of the school. This time Pastor Brian Clark of Riverside Presbyterian Church was approached about chartering the new unit. Pastor Brian was very supportive and took the idea to the governing body of the church for their consensus to support a scouting unit as part of their youth outreach ministries. In March of 1999 Pack 572 was a chartered unit with 17 scouts.

Even though the scouts and leaders were registered as Pack 572 they continued to meet with and as part of Pack 950. Both units worked together very closely to ensure a smooth transition for both units without interruption to the youth program. In September of 1999 when Horizon opened Pack 572 and Pack 950 began to meet separately. Both units maintained a very close working and operating relationship that continues today. The units share pinewood derby management; an annual picnic and the Webelos of both units go to Goshen Resident camp together each summer.


	A Brief History It is true that success breeds success and that one quality scouting program leads to another. To understand the history of Pack 572 you need to know the history of a couple other quality programs. It all started in the fall of 1995. The community was growing fast with rapid development in the Sterling Cascades and Lowes Island planned communities. At the time there were four packs North of Route 7. Packs 761 & 905 (Algonkian), 951 (Meadowland) and 956 (Sugarland) meeting at the respective elementary schools. In the Fall of 1995 Loudoun County opened Potomack Elementary School. Blue Ridge District sponsored a join scouting night in September where several interested boys and their parents met, many for the first time, to discuss the formation of a new Cub Scout unit. There appeared to be strong interest and much support, which led to the search of a chartered organization. Pastor Paul Osphal of Community Lutheran Church (CLC) indicated that his church was looking to extend their youth outreach program and that the church would charter the new pack. Within a couple months Pack 950 was up and running. Over the next two years the Pack grew from 30 scouts to 60 and crossed over several boys to local Boy Scout units. Loudoun County opened Lowes Island Elementary School in the fall of 1997. The school boundaries were redefined and many of the scouts of Pack 950 were transferred to the new school. While the leaders did not want to run another new unit at the time they all felt it important to assist the Blue Ridge District get a unit up and running at the school. Leaders of Pack & Troop 950 ran Join Scouting Night at Lowes Island. Many interested families attended and several leaders surfaced. Working together a new unit (Pack 1152) was up and running at that school. Northern Sterling communities continued to be developed; another school was scheduled to open in the fall of 1999. By this time Pack 950 had grown to 125 scouts and it became increasingly difficult to hold pack meetings, the Pinewood Derby and Blue & Gold Banquet. Several leaders of the pack who’s children would be rezoned to attend the new Horizon Elementary school decided to start a new Pack seven months prior to the opening of the school. This would allow for the new unit to form, get leaders identified, trained and put a program in place prior to the opening of the school. This time Pastor Brian Clark of Riverside Presbyterian Church was approached about chartering the new unit. Pastor Brian was very supportive and took the idea to the governing body of the church for their consensus to support a scouting unit as part of their youth outreach ministries. In March of 1999 Pack 572 was a chartered unit with 17 scouts. Even though the scouts and leaders were registered as Pack 572 they continued to meet with and as part of Pack 950. Both units worked together very closely to ensure a smooth transition for both units without interruption to the youth program. In September of 1999 when Horizon opened Pack 572 and Pack 950 began to meet separately. Both units maintained a very close working and operating relationship that continues today. The units share pinewood derby management; an annual picnic and the Webelos of both units go to Goshen Resident camp together each summer. If you have any questions please feel free to contact us at; packembership@troop572.org