Thanks to all who attended the Roundtable on Recruiting.  Here's some of what was covered or touched on and links to resources:

• The Council Recruiting Resources are found at scoutingatl.org/recruitingresources and surrounding pages.
• The Downloads there have the Guide to Cub Scout Family Recruiting (to be updated for 2025) plus the new Spring and Summer Fun Ideas guide.
• From that page you can also see the Pack Run Recruiting Video ... click on the description that starts "Pack Power | Success Steps | Seasons   This Episode is for Unit Leaders about Pack-Run Recruiting ..." and you can find 18 segments and jump to the one(s) that you need most right now.
• Was this just about Cub Scout Recruiting?  No.  See scoutingatl.org/ScoutsBSARecruiting for Troop tools.
• But all of the steps to Successful and Sustainable Recruiting found at the Recruiting Tools page and the sub-pages on Making a Calendar of Fun Activities, Flyers and Media to Promote Your Pack, Recruiting Leaders, and update your "BeAScout" pin online are good for both Packs and Troops.
• Recruiting Leaders?  Several Resources shared come from the Downloads on that page, including the "Every Parent Helps" policy, "50 Ways to Lure a Leader", Den Leader Recruiting Scripts, a Pack Jobs Chart, Helping "Pledge Cards" and more.  And many video links.

See the galleries at this page for pictures and video of District events.  A gallery space is open there for the March 29 Pinewood Derby, and if you want to share photos into that gallery, follow this link.   If you want to upload into other galleries or have a new gallery created, just email the Webmaster and you'll get instructions on how to do that.

If you're no longer involved or interested in Scouting and you want to "opt out" of these messages, email the Webmaster and we'll drop you from the list.  But If you want to be "all in" on Scouting, see our Leader Training page (good resources for parents too through the National On Line Training site at ScoutingU with the same login as at My.Scouting.Org), and if you want the login codes, just email the Webmaster ... 

Highlights of the most recent District News were these (click links for information): Steps to Successful Scout Recruiting ... Everyone Is Welcome -- Sign Up Here to Help -- District Pinewood Derby March 29 ... and from the week before: Activity Ideas -- Month by Month ... Helping Units in Your District ... Email webmaster@southfultonscouting.com if you need a reminder about the login.

The 2025 Southern Crescent District Pinewood Derby is March 29th – RACE DAY !!

Registration @ 8:00AM to 9:45AM… Race Starts Promptly At 10:00 AM

Sign Up Here to Help at the Pinewood Derby: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4DA9A92EA5FFCE9-55670574-2025#/

Competition Is Open To All (Cubs, Siblings, & Adults)

• Scouts Must Use Current Year Car (2025). A Scout Is Trustworthy
• Race Entry Fee Is $5.00 Per Racer.
• Concessions Will Be Available To Purchase.
• Every Participant Will Receive PWD Patch and Certificate 

Starting in the 2024-2025 program year a Cub Scout can complete an Elective Adventure by participating in a Pinewood Derby and completing related requirements.  For more, see this page with resource pages with links and plans for how to lead Scouts and help them complete the six (rank by rank) Adventures.

Past District Pinewood Derby event links and other information can be found at the District Pinewood Derby page on this Website. 

More in the Calendar Entry found here.   Email webmaster@southfultonscouting.com if you need a reminder about the login.

The Guide to Cub Scout Family Recruiting found in the downloads of the Atlanta Area Council Recruiting Resources main page describes steps for successful recruiting -- spoiler alert: Successful and Sustainable Recruiting Does Not Begin and End at School Sign Up Night!  If families are fired up at a Sign Up Night but have no Pack to join and no leaders to deliver a program, where are the new youth going to do Cub Scouting?  And do Packs with a handful of Leaders have the capacity to lead 50, 60, 80 or more?  No. 

To be successful, the best practice is to lay down the foundation with these Six Steps for Successful and Sustainable Recruiting and described in our Pack Run Recruiting Best Practices video, starting with:

(1) Make a Calendar of Fun Activities that families like -- activities they want to do -- if you plan those activities, you will be the Pack they want to join (you want families who want to "do" activities, not just "drop off" kids for you to mind). It's not too late! 

(2) Let People Know – Promote Your Fun Events! -- there are many ways, like Flyers (both Council Flyers and Do It Yourself Flyers), and you can make a "Pack Packet" Flyer (with your events, your pictures, and a QR code to have families contact you) --  share with your families (in hand, by email, text, social media), and encourage them to share with their friends (by hand, by email, text, social media) -- and use BeAScout and Online Registration, they can sign up right now,  You Can Do This Now!

(3) Recruit More Leaders and Helpers -- yes, you need to do this throughout your recruiting process.  We do "get it": recruiting is hard.  But that page has many ideas about ways to approach leader recruiting so that your Pack can become an "Every Parent Helps" Pack,  "Every Parent Helps" Should Be Your Message!

(4) Grow your School and Community Presence so that you're known beyond current Pack families and have strong school relations -- be sure to get in for Open House/Meet and Greet/Meet the Teacher events -- plus build positive Community and Church profile,

all of that leads to (5) Sign-Up Events: not just the "School Sign-Up Night" scheduled in tandem by your Pack Leaders and our District Executive (Isaiah Campbell) and run by both the District Professional and Pack Leaders, but also Fun Joining Events that you create for your own Pack and Dens!  Any Fun Den or Pack Activity can be a Welcoming Joining Event for New Families -- let them "test drive" Cub Scouting!  

(6)  Then ... the last step is more program that's fun for kids and families.  Sure, Cub Scout Adventures for Rank and all, but also just Fun, Simple, Easy Activities that you do just because you want fun, many of which you'll find on this Great Big List of Things to Do and Places to Go Around Atlanta.