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New Site Gathers Cub-Related Social Media in One Spot
You may have heard rumors or even seen the teasers on Facebook … and it’s all true! At long last, parents have one online source they can turn to that pulls together Cub Scout-related content and...
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BSA Announces Membership Fee Increase for 2014
The BSA is increasing its membership fee from $15 to $24 per year for all registered Scouts and adults effective January 1, 2014. For those who join after the beginning of the year, the fee will be...
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BSA and Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Sign New MOU
Click on image to view document The Boy Scouts of America and the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod recently developed a new memorandum of understanding (MOU). This is the first MOU since the National...
View ArticleJust Launched: Membership Volunteer Resources
Membership Committee volunteers are the backbone in our efforts to recruit more youth and adults into Scouting. To impact the lives of youth in each unit, volunteers need to be more involved in the...
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Engage Your Unit Membership Chair With Ideas and Tools
Units that have membership growth and retention have three key components: a strong, vibrant Scouting program; engaged volunteers; and someone on the unit committee who is responsible for membership....
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Complete Annual Membership Validation By Feb. 15
It’s time to complete the 2014 Annual Local Council Membership Validation. All professionals, paraprofessionals, council registration staff, council service center employees, program aides/project...
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Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation Supports Hispanics for Fishing
On April 1, 2014, the Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation (RBFF) will launch a campaign to engage Hispanics in boating and fishing as research has shown this population segment is...
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Membership Impact Department News and Resources: Unit Membership Chair...
Click image to view newsletter The February issue of Membership Impact Department News and Resources has been published and is available online. In this issue, you can read more about the new unit...
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Changes to Fees for LDS Non-Unit Registrants
In the past, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who serve in stake positions and have registered as non-unit registrants, like unit commissioners, district committee members,...
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Register Now for the All Markets Strategy Summit – May 20
Perhaps the most critical factor to Scouting’s future success is the ability to engage underserved segments of the U.S. population. In each community, there are youth from many cultures not currently...
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Register Now for the All Markets Strategy Summit
Mark your calendar for the All Markets Strategy Summit on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, from noon to 4 p.m. at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. Registration is now open. Perhaps the most...
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Council Market Analysis Report Now Available
Council Market Analysis Reports for 2014 are now available. These reports are specific to each individual council and include information about the youth and families each council currently serves and...
View ArticleScholarships Available Now for Marketing/Membership Conferences
Special scholarship funds are now available to help offset travel expenses so every council can send at least one volunteer to the NextConnect conferences Aug. 7-8 in Dallas or Aug. 11-12 in Chicago....
View ArticleCSE and Deputy CSE Discuss Experience-Oriented Scouting
Every employee and volunteer plays an important role in the development and delivery of life-changing experiences to our members. In this episode of The Buzz, listen to Chief Scout Executive Wayne...
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Are Boys in Your Council ‘Hooked on Scouting?’ They Should Be!
Are you hooked on Scouting? Well, you can be. Councils are using the “Hooked on Scouting” program to reel in Cub Scout-age boys who love fishing or who want to learn. The program can help turn Scouting...
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‘Build an Adventure’ With New National Recruiting Campaign
Earlier this year, we unveiled the multiyear recruitment campaign called “Build an Adventure,” that will give everyone a fresh look at all Scouting has to offer. The campaign was designed for use in...
View ArticleUnited Methodist Church Works to Grow Scouting Membership
(Reprinted from the September 9 issue of the United Methodist Reporter.) The number of young people involved in Scouting declined from 2.85 million in 2012 to 2.49 million in 2013 (the last full year...
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Help Spread the Word About Voice of the Scout Survey
On October 7, thousands of Scouts, parents, volunteers, and chartered organizations received the fall edition of the BSA Voice of the Scout survey. Voice of the Scout is designed to measure the value...
View ArticleNew Report Takes a Look at School Access Challenges
Access to schools takes many forms. It may be the ability to send home a message with boys who are prospective Cub Scouts. It may be the opportunity to present a “boy talk” to prospective Cub Scouts....
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Fall Voice of the Scout Session is Over … Now What?
Experience Recovery reports from the Voice of the Scout fall session are now available for Scout executives to view on MyBSA. These reports list requests made by members to have someone from their...
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