Tucker Hannah, Volunteer Highlight
- kylieslarson
- 3 days ago
- 3 min read
About Tucker:
Current Volunteer Role: Pack 136 Assistant Cubmaster, Den Leader (Lions)
Scouting Experience: Eagle Scout (Former Pack 136 Scout + Boy Scout Troop 86)
What is your role?
As Assistant Cubmaster I'm there to help lead the Pack by guiding the kids through learning and enjoying what it means to be a Scout. It means helping to run Pack meetings, leading the kids, and being a resource to our parents and volunteers. I'm also the Den Leader for the Lions, where I do the same kind of thing for our Kindergarten-aged Scouts, leading them through the requirements and achievements to earn the Lion rank.
Why do you volunteer with Scouts?
I was a Scout myself and some of my favorite and most formative memories are from growing up in the Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts. I was thrilled when my oldest wanted to join the Scouts, too, and honored when he wanted to be in the very same Pack where I first got my start in Scouting. I'm involved because I want to do my part to help give not just my kids but all of them the same great, transformative (not to mention fun!) memories that I so fondly carry with me to this day.
Were you a Scout, if so what rank?
I was indeed! I was a Cub Scout in Pack 136 where I went all the way through to my Arrow of Light, and then I crossed over to Boy Scout Troop 86 where I went all the way through to earn my Eagle Scout award. If you're ever out playing soccer on the upper fields at Crockett Park, I've got two covered benches with my name on them from my Eagle Scout project!
What advice would you give to someone thinking about becoming a Scouts volunteer?
This group of parent volunteers is so connected, supportive, and creative that no one ever has to function in any capacity alone. No scouting experience or prior volunteer experience is required - we just need your "yes"! And then you get to join the exciting work of helping us dream together about the experiences and opportunities we can give these kids to enjoy all that Scouting has to offer.
What's the most rewarding part of volunteering with Scouts?
As a volunteer your involvement puts you in the front row to see how these kids grow during their Scouting experience. I love seeing the lessons "click" as they develop a greater understanding of respect, responsibility, and living out the Scout Law. It's fun to see them enjoying adventures, but what's truly rewarding about it is seeing things like older scouts noticing younger scouts in need and stepping in to help, or younger scouts embracing confidence and bravery as they try something new. It's all those organic life lessons that happen along the way in Scouting, and being involved as a volunteer is the best place to get to see those moments happen, and to have a hand in creating more opportunities for those moments to continue.
Share your favorite campfire song, activity, or tradition?
In Boy Scouts every summer we'd do high adventure camping for a week. It was somewhere different every year but got us outside camping for a full week filled with hiking, climbing, whitewater rafting, mountain biking, fishing, and more. At the end of the week we'd all have a time of Reflections around the campfire, where every Scout and every parent got to share their favorite moment from what had been a very full and exciting week. I remember that Reflections campfire was always a fun time of cementing favorite memories and inside jokes, of every Scout and parent showing respect and appreciation to every other as each had his turn to share, and especially of that moment when we'd all take one last long look straight up at the star-filled night sky that you can only see out in the wild. It was always a perfect punctuation to those weeks as we prepared to return home.
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