Join us Saturday, July 27, 2024 for a Cub Scout Olympics, hosted by Pack/Troop 4234.

• Registration: 8:30 am to 9:00 am
• Opening Ceremony: 9:00 am
• Closing Ceremony: 12:15 pm

Events: BB shooting, Archery, Obstacle Course, Pool Noodle Javelin Throw, Bean Bag Shot Put, Raingutter Regatta, and crafts stations. 

Cost: Free!  Requesting donations of bottled water, juice boxes, and snacks.

Registration: See https://www.atlantabsa.org/st and this Tentaroo link.

For more information, contact Tony Toole (678-356-4353), Laurie Blanchard (770-380-9072), or Isaiah Campbell (317-400-3954)

Open House / Sneak a Peek Days can be excellent ways to connect with new families.  With permission from your School, and a team of people (parents and their Scouts) who like Cub Scouting, you can:

• Meet families coming in and out to pitch them on your Pack
• Welcome them to your upcoming fun events
• Get to know them one on one, with peer to peer and parent to parent and kid to kid contact
• Hand them your "Pack Packet" flyer of information (event dates, contact information, pictures, QR Code for more information)
• Share how to Sign Up online using BeAScout Online Registration (see this page to fine tune your tools). 

When Are These Dates?  If you draw Scouts out of Fulton County Schools, check your School page or contact your school directly -- some have announced Open House events and times for August 1.  If you draw Scouts out of Clayton County Schools, the calendar at https://www.clayton.k12.ga.us/ shows Open Houses on July 31 (Elementary from 1:00 to 3:00, Middle Schools from 3:00 to 5:00, High Schools from 5:00 to 7:00).  Contact your local School to see if they are having an “Open House”.  The School List is here:  https://www.clayton.k12.ga.us/about/district-schools.

More ideas on using those Open House days to recruit are here. 

Sign Up Events are not “one and done” – every Pack and Den should have more than one sign up event, because any fun Den or Pack event can be a “welcoming” event for new families, and a time to join.  A big opportunity is a “back to school” event to get new families signed up and engaged, scheduled with your school in coordination with your District Executive, Isaiah Campbell – and if your Pack is Prepared, you can run your School Sign-Up Night yourself, just like you'll run your Fun Sign-Up Events on your own. 

• We do share both a great Sign Up Event plan and script at our Sign-Up Events page that you can download and edit to fit your Pack and Team.  More below.

• Reminder: Sign-Up Events build on a foundation of A Calendar of Fun Activities, Pack Promotion – Flyers and Media and More (incluiding BeAScout), Newly Recruited Leaders (yeah, gotta keep working that) and a strong School and Community Presence.  Because if you Build a Calendar, Promote it, Recruit Leaders, and have that School and Community Presence, your Pack and Dens can take off big time.

Any group joining event will need to cover what families need to know, which is shared at in our updated Guide to Pack Recruiting: 

• a Welcome and brief Overview of Cub Scouting,
• focusing on your Pack Program and Activity Highlights,
• a brief description of Dens, Handbooks & Advancement,
• a brief recognition of Den Leadership (and how every parent helps),
• plus brief information about Uniforms and Costs and your Pack approach to each. 
• Then pitch for completion of Online Registration through your Online Registration link. 

In that Guide to Cub Scout Family Recruiting, we’ve included a Script for any Sign-Up Event and we’ve also attached it in Word so that you can download and revise to fit your own Pack.  The Script breaks down the content into topic by topic parts noted above:

• For group presentations, you can assign different volunteers to make the brief pitch (and show that every parent helps – it’s not just the Cubmaster leading Cubs). 

• If you have an in person “station to station” event, those script topics can be delivered at your stations. 

More support is at our Sign Up Events page and the related pages about the Steps for Successful Recruiting.

Dear Cub Scout Leaders (and Commissioners and other District Volunteers who love Cub Scout Leaders):  If you missed the heavily attended live broadcast of the 2024 Cub Scout Membership Recruiting Plan reveal or want to watch it again, you are in luck!  Go to the Atlanta Area Council Recruiting Resource Page at atlantabsa.org/recruitingresources where you’ll find:

• a link to the Recruiting Rollout Video at the top of the page
• the 2024 Guide to Cub Scout Family Recruiting.

Want Even More?  Related pages tie into the Steps to Successful and Sustainable Recruiting:

1. Make a Calendar of Fun Activities that families like – your Pack’s big fun activities that current and future families will want to join.
2. Let People Know – Promote Your Pack Program!  Many ways to let them know what you're doing.  And update your BeAScout Pin and Online Registration Tools.
3. Find More Leaders and Helpers - one by one, find folks who can help your unit out (do this throughout your recruiting process).  That page now has links to the recent Engagement Series Videos. 
4. School and Community Presence – “Adopt a School” and you’ll get more School and Community support.
5. Once you've laid that foundation, have Sign-Up Events: not just School Sign-Up Nights, but Fun Den and Pack Welcoming Events Too!
6. More Fun Events.  Keep expanding and extending your Calendar of Fun Events … want ideas?  See these Fun*Simple*Easy Activities.  Many!

Other Pages cover Parent Orientation and Scouts BSA Recruiting (honestly, the key methods there are like the Six Steps above minus School Sign Up Night because Scouts BSA aged kids will join because they want to not because Dad and Mom want them to).   

What are the Possible Committee and Commissioner Roles Supporting Units, Leaders and Youth:  Scouts, Scouters and Scouting Units are part of a worldwide brotherhood of Scouting, and we gather together at National, Territory and Council events, Multi District events, District Events, and events just between Units that connect to do things together. The Atlanta Area Council organizes units in Clayton County and South Fulton County as a District called “Southern Crescent”.  Districts are responsible for carrying out four standard functions: program, unit service, membership and finance. 

• The program functions concentrate on helping Scouting units through training adult volunteers, youth advancement support, camping promotion, community service promotion, multi-unit activities (such as camp o rees, cub twilight camp, scout fairs, pinewood derbies, shooting sports events), and recognition of youth and adults, all of which activities are “unit support” to help units do more.
• The unit service function of “commissioners” provides coaching and consultation by volunteers for unit adults to help ensure the success of every Scouting unit -- so commissioners stay abreast of and/or are involved in nearly all district unit support functions, and have a communication function to ensure units know of good program support opportunities -- all designed to support Membership growth and retention.
• The membership function strives for growth through new members and leaders joining existing units and (where needed) growth through the organization of new Scouting units – this must work closely with unit service and program areas (like training, activities and commissioner service) to help units be successful.
• The finance function supports units in fundraising and can help with financial practices, and sees that the district provides its share of funds to the total council operating budget.

Paid professionals, including District Executives and District Directors, support these functions. 

In our "Ways to Volunteer in the District to Help Units" page are some ways that volunteers can help "beyond" just one Unit through these functions.  Want to Help?  Contact the District Chair or District Executive or take this Point and Click Survey, as nearly every role could use more help, assistants, potential successors.  Also, teams can form based on interests, plus new services, events and programs may arise if someone has the passion for it ... contact information for current district leaders and committee and commissioners are found in the "Adult Leader" section of the Roster.  email the webmaster if you need Login information.

See the Atlanta Area Council Popcorn page for information and to register.