If you've enjoyed and benefited from your son or daughter's Scouting experience, make it your legacy to leave your unit bigger and stronger than when you first started volunteering.
The start of the school year signals an annual rebirth for Scout units. Recruiting new Scouts brings new adult volunteer leaders, parent helpers and enthusiastic children who can't wait to go camping or shoot a bow and arrow.
Each year, thousands of first graders eagerly await the chance to join Cub Scouts and become a Tiger Cub. But other grade levels are just as important. Parents of second
All new Scouts receive a free t-shirt with this logo  |
and third graders often delay joining until their son is settled in school. We've witnessed fourth and fifth graders joining because they're no longer involved in sports or other activities and see their friends enjoying outdoor adventures.
Several new or revised resources are available for 2010
School Night to Join Scouting campaign:
Beascout.org: This website allows prospective members to enter their address, zip code and view a map with Scout units in their geographic area. Units can customize information on this map! Learn more by downloading the
Be A Scout Unit Guide (3MG PowerPoint).
School Night PowerPoint (3MG): With a projector, screen, laptop and this presentation, you're ready to provide a high-quality orientation for your new parents and leaders.
Parent's Orientation Guide (PDF): Each unit will receive a quantity of these booklets to help new parents become familiar with your unit and the Scouting program.
As always, our staff is ready to assist and support you with recruiting. Thank you for helping our youth members grow and learn countless ways.
--Greater St. Louis Area Council,Boy Scouts of America
Ready For The New Blue?
It's the same fun Cub Scout program, but it's reorganized and delivered in a different way. It
starts this
fall. There are volumes of pre-planned programs for den leaders and Cubmasters. It focuses on the 12 values of Cub Scouting -- one
for each month -- instead of monthly program themes.
Read more... 
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