FALL SCOUT RECRUITING SUCESSES------

 

1075 new Scouts recruited by Units in the first two months.   This is Awesome, but there are a few more things to do.   There are still applications that are being held and they need to be turned in.  Bring them down to the Council Service Center, take them to your D.E., or bring them to roundtable, -----but get them in.  A Scout is not a Scout until his registration is in. 

 

Many Units held an extraordinary Recruitment Night by having props, refreshments, Pack articles, Pack and Den pictures and scrapbooks, played games, showed the new youth their brag vests, and mostly shared with new families the fun and excitement they are going to have in Scouting.  Thanks go out to those Units that went that extra mile and had a great recruitment.  The Urlacher Patch has been a success with new Scouts and those Scouts who had their friends join their Pack. 

 

Make sure to follow up and call the boys that couldn't attend the rally night to sign them up at a Den or Pack meeting.  Units always receive calls from kids that cannot make the Rally night but want to become a Scout.  It is our duty to contact them right away and sign them up.

 

Boy Scout Troops - THERE IS STILL TIME TO RECRUIT!!!!!  Just think of all the sixth grade boys who won't join Scouting because no one took the time to explain the great adventure that awaits them.  If your Troop is interested in having a rally night, contact your District Executive.  We will flyer the School, do the Boy Talks and all you have to do is sign up new Scouts.  Doesn't that sound great?   The other way to recruit is Boy to Boy recruiting.  This year Scouts can earn a Brian Urlacher Collectors patch if he brings in one or more new Scouts.  He can ask a friend, tell his classmates, or just recruit at his school.  Scoutmasters remember to let your Scouts know of this opportunity and if you need a Patch to show your Scouts, let us know.

 

If you haven't turned in the new applications, please do so immediately.  This is important for insurance to be in effect and for the new Scouts to receive their Boy's Life magazine.  This fall was great in welcoming Thousands of new youth into the Scouting program.  Let's deliver the promise and give them a great, fun filled program all year.