Cub Scout Pack 970 is part of the Scouting program of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), available to boys from first through fifth-grade, or 7–10 years of age and their families. Its membership is the largest of the three BSA Scouting Divisions (Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting, and Venturing). Cub Scouting is part of the worldwide Scouting movement and aims to promote character development, citizenship training, and personal fitness.

The Division registered 5,102 boys when it began in 1930. As of the end of 2005, Cub Scouting was serving 1,745,324 Tiger Cubs, Cub Scouts, and Webelos Scouts with 493,165 pack level leaders in 51,469 packs. Over 50 million boys have been in the program in its 76 year existence.