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Be Prepared To Recruit: How to Welcome Families this Spring

Be prepared to recruit this spring by following a timeline of essential steps to welcome families into Cub Scouts. Learn about recruitment strategies, incentives, and how to transition to include girls in your pack. Stay organized and engage families with these tips for a successful recruitment season.

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Be Prepared To Recruit: How to Welcome Families this Spring

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  1. Be Prepared To Recruit: How to Welcome Families this Spring

  2. Our Timeline • February • Confirm if a Pack is Recruiting, Set a youth Goal • March • Attend District Level Recruitment Training, Order Flyers • April • Take Signs and Flyers to School, Hold at School Recruitment • May • Second Recruitments, Earn Bobcat, Start Meeting • Summer • Earn Summer Time Pack Award, Attend Day Camp

  3. Getting the Word Out The Must Haves • www.BeAScout.org • Yard Signs and Posters • Flyers • Scout Talks • Stickers

  4. Getting the Word Out Great Extras • Family Events at the School • Peer to Peer • School Contact Lists • Sidewalk Talks/Chalk • The School Marquees • Volunteer Day

  5. Rotational Recruitment

  6. Lecture Style Recruitment 6:50-7:10 • Gathering and Greeting 7:10-7:20 • Opening Ceremony 7:20-7:35 • Cub Scout Activity • Explain parent involvement (while youths are doing activity)   7:35-7:45 • Youth Return and share new Skill 7:45-8:00 • After the Meeting Answer individual, or specific questions for families

  7. First Round, Second Round, Spring Recruitment, What's the Difference? • First Round Recruitment • At School • Stand Alone Meeting • Second Round Recruitment • Tailored to Fit Pack Needs • Might Be a Pack Event or a different location • Spring • Next years youth (mostly Tigers, so todays kindergarteners) • Less Pressure for Den Leaders • Only works if you have a good summer program

  8. Exciting Changes this Spring! • Spring Recruitment Incentive • Youth you recruit in April will receive the early bird discount to Day Camp • Online Registration • Has been around since last summer, and is running smoothly • Families can join even if they miss the Join Night • Your Pack can Opt-in through www.My.Scouting.org • And one More Optional Change

  9. Welcoming Girls to Our Cub Scout Packs

  10. Timeline • Oct. 11, 2017 – BSA Board of Directors approved plan to welcome girls into Cub Scouts in 2018 • Dec. 14, 2017 – BSA published “Early Adopter” guidelines • CAC leadership studied Early Adopter guidelines; decided to not participate in the formal Early Adopter program

  11. The Capitol Area Council’s Plan Goal: Effective roll out that welcomes girls and provides them with the same quality of program that the Council has provided boys • Units that meet certain requirements may recruit girls at Spring JSNs • Girls will be able to participate in summer activities and day camps • Timeline for recruiting girls is similar to recruiting new boy Tiger Cubs

  12. How will it work? • Chartering organizations decide, in consultation with units, whether to offer girl dens • Dens will be single sex, same rank (Tiger, Wolf, Bear, Oh My) • Options for packs: • Only all boy dens • All boy dens and all girl dens • Only all girl dens

  13. Changes to the program • In general, no changes to program content, advancement, or uniforms

  14. What does my pack need to do? • Meet with your chartering organization and decide how to proceed. https://tinyurl.com/Girls-IN-Cubs-Charters • Share your annual program plan (including program for summertime Pack Award) with your district membership team • Follow the Council Recruitment Plan Including updating your www.BeAScout.org Pin And starting new Dens with at least 6 youth

  15. Questions?

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