A Year Round Guide to Boy Scouting Recruiting

a year round guide to boy scouting recruiting

A steady flow of youth into a Boy Scout troop is essential to maintaining the troop's health. New Scouts bring energy and enthusiasm to the troop program.

To avoid the pitfall of shrinking membership, a troop should add at least 10 new Scouts every year. Having a year-round growth plan in place will help attract new Scouts.

The first step for any recruitment effort is to appoint an assistant Scoutmaster or 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.

There are three methods of recruiting new Scouts into troops:

1. Graduate Webelos Scouts into a Boy Scout troop .
2. Host a troop open house .
3. Encourage boy-to-boy recruiting .

The year-round growth plan addresses all three methods.

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Webelos-To-Scout Transition:

1. Improves Webelos Transition
2. Pack Responsibilities
3. Troop Responsibilities
4. Unit Commissioner Responsibilities
5. District Webelos Transition Chair Responsibilities