Sending families to BeAScout.org is the surest way to capture and track those interested in joining.
Before you begin your campaign, it’s important to make sure the information on your BeAScout.org pin is up to date!
Nothing highlights the fun and excitement of Scouting like being in the outdoors. Whether it’s daycamp, summer camp, or a fall camporee, getting outside is what kids want to do! And no one does ”the outdoors” better than the BSA. Let’s help new families join the fun. With these recruiting materials, invite families to join us in the outdoors as we #AdventureOn!
2024 Membership Plan Kickoff PowerPoint
2024 Membership Plan Kickoff PDF
2024 Pack Recruitment Guidebook
Link to Scouting.org Recruitment Resources
Troop Recruitment Guidebook
National Dynamic Recruitment Playbook
– Cub Scouts
– Scouts BSA
One Page Parent Information Sheet
Welcome! New Cub Scout Family Information Guide
2024 Cub Scout Family Camporee Flyer
Even the best Unit can find themselves struggling to recruit leaders. Suddenly, they realize that the same 5 or 6 core people are doing all the work to make the Unit run.
It doesn’t have to be that way! Here are some simple – and effective – ways to get parents to help. Scouting is better together.
Start As Helpers – Nurture to Leaders
100 Point Adult Participation Form
Sample Every Parent Helps Pack Rules
Six Secrets to Recruiting Volunteers
CLICK HERE! To download the Scout’s Life Mini Mags.
CLICK HERE! To download the Official Youth Application.
CLICK HERE! To download the Official Adult Application.
CLICK HERE! to download the Cub Scout Recruitment Event Promotion Best Practices
CLICK HERE! Strategies to make your Scouting recruitment event more successful.
Sending families to BeAScout.org is the surest way to capture and track those interested in joining.
Before you begin your campaign, it’s important to make sure the information on your BeAScout.org pin is up to date!
The Hawkeye Area Council does not believe finances should prevent any youth from participating in Scouting. Our council offers financial assistance to help families who need help with Scouting expenses. Please complete this form and return it to the Council Office for review.
This kit is a great tool that will provide step-by-step tips to host a successful joining event.
Recruitment Night Tool Kit Inventory
You can order your recruitment supplies by calling 319-862-0541 or online.
CLICK HERE! To view the Recruitment Night Unit Playbook (National Resource)
Did you know the Hawkeye Area Council has great program resources that units can reserve for FREE? If not, you should take advantage of these great resources and reserve anyone of the items listed below!
To reserve your recruitment night program equipment call us at: 319-862-0541.
Use videos to recruit more Cub Scouts! You can use videos that have been produced by National. They can be found at https://scoutingwire.org/marketing-membership/ or you can make your own.
And now that Cub Scouts is open to both girls and boys, even more youth will have access to the awesome character development and values-based leadership opportunities that Scouting provides.
Cub Scouting is fun for the whole family. In Scouting, boys and girls, start with their best right now selves and grow into their very best future selves. It’s fun, hands-on learning and achievement that puts kids in the middle of the action and prepares them for today – and for life.
The council-wide sign-up night campaign focuses on recruiting new families to the fun and adventure of Cub Scouting. Begin your planning by attending the council’s fall sign-up night training. Involve all of your pack leaders in the recruiting efforts by inviting everyone to training! At this training, the council will provide support materials to help you have a successful sign-up night.
Arrow of Light is the final badge of rank in Cub Scouting for 5th graders and is designed to prepare Cub Scouts to join a Scouts BSA Troop.
Arrow of Light Scouts and their families should be familiar and comfortable with the youth and adult leaders of the Scouts BSA troop, their role in the troop and troop activities, and feel excited about beginning this new adventure. The passage from a pack to a troop should be smooth, with no time lost in between. The crossover ceremony should clearly signify the transition to a new level of Scouting.
The key factor to a strong Arrow of Light to Scouts BSA transition is the ongoing working relationship of the leaders of a Cub Scout pack, the Arrow of Light den leader, and the adult leaders of the Scouts BSA troop. Ideally, a chartered organization would have a pack and a troop with leaders who work together to help prepare Arrow of Light Scouts into a Scouts BSA troop the same way schools move students from elementary school to middle school.
By planning and coordinating their efforts, the pack and troop can help make the Arrow of Light -to-Scout transition seamless and give all Arrow of Light Scouts a chance to experience the fun and excitement of joining a Scouts BSA troop.
This is an older video that talks about Boy Scouts and not Scouts BSA but it has some very valuable information.
Scouts BSA is the traditional Scouting experience for youth in the fifth grade through high school. Service, community engagement, and leadership development become increasingly important parts of the program as youth lead their own activities and work their way toward earning Scouting’s highest rank, Eagle Scout.
A steady flow of youth into a Scout troop is essential to maintaining the troop’s health. New Scouts bring energy and enthusiasm to the troop program. When it comes to attracting and retaining new members, the prerequisite focus for all troops is to ensure their program is delivering the promise of Scouting – the Scouts enjoy fun monthly outings, awsome long-term opportunities, summer camp opportunities at Howard H. Cherry Scout Reservation, and dynamic weekly meetings.
Having an effective year-round growth plan in place will help attract new Scouts. A helpful step for any recruitment effort is to appoint a troop committee member to serve as the troop membership chair. This person will develop and implement a year-round growth plan that incorporates all methods of recruitment, working closely with Cub Scout packs in the community, the district membership committee, and the unit commissioner.
Generally, there are three methods of recruiting new Scouts into troops. A good year-round recruiting plan addresses all three:
Venturing is a program for youth ages 14 – 21. Venturing is for those who love to explore their passions, make new friends, and discover the world. Venturers are always looking for an adventure. Rappelling a cliff. Perfecting their shot. Designing a robot. Kayaking into the sunset. Exploring their faith. Volunteering at an animal shelter. The choice is theirs! Each activity provides an opportunity for youth to shine and learn more about themselves and the world around them. Venturing is youth-led and youth-inspired. Youth acquire life skills and gain experiences that will prove to be valuable regardless of where their future takes them, all while having a blast.
Exploring’s purpose is to provide experiences to help young people mature and to prepare them to become responsible and caring adults.
Programs are based on five areas of emphasis:
To learn more about the opportunities in Exploring visit www.Exploring.org
If you know of a business that would like to charter an Exploring Club or Post contact your District Executive.
Populate or Update your BeAScout Pin
Sending families to BeAScout.org is the surest way to capture and track those interested in joining.
Before you begin your campaign, it’s important to make sure the information on your BeAScout.org pin is up to date!
With Halloween just around the corner, here are some great recruitment ideas for your Cub Scout or Pack to use to recruit new Cub Scouts and families to join the Scouting program.
These can be great ways to reach those families who missed your Join Scouting Night, want to be part of Scouting, but simply don’t know how or who to call.
Let’s help them join the fun and adventure of Cub Scouting!
Hawkeye Area Council, Scouting America
660 32nd Avenue SW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
Toll Free: 877.HAWKBSA
Office: (319) 862-0541
Scout Shop: (319) 261-3750
Fax: (319) 862-0544
