The Southern Crescent District is in the Atlanta Area Council, serving Scouts, Leaders and Parents in Clayton County and South Fulton County. See the BeAScout website for location and contact information for Cub Scout Packs (Kindergarten into 5th Grade are Cub Scouts), Scouts BSA Troops (end of 5th Grade to age 18), and Venturing Crews.
Parents of Scouts over this last school year have "watched" you lead -- now you should pull them into leadership roles.
You’ll need the essential roles of Den Leaders, Assistants and Committee Members of course, but you’ll also want many different roles and small jobs so that every parent has a path to helping. The best Packs and Dens create a culture of collective leadership, one where Every Parent Helps and through this process you turn parents into helpers and helpers into leaders.
To help with this step, see scoutingatl.org/RecruitingLeaders. There are many ideas there -- and many videos there -- about how to create a culture that leads parents to answer “yes” when asked to help, from planning a menu of jobs and setting expectations to ways to ask for help to succession planning and more. No one tool works for all – but all tools work for some. Pick ones you like.
Southern Crescent District Cub Scout "DynoMite" Twilight Camp is coming June 25 and 26, 6:30 – 8:30 PM each day. If you want to help, you can email Micah Womack at wrmicah48@gmail.com.
$45 fee per participant, collected at registration.
Covers snacks and T Shirt and supplies and activities.
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, fishing), 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, 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.
Once you’ve drawn a Calendar of Fun Activities – any activities -- jump to Recruiting Step Two: Promote Your Pack Program. The Perfect Pack Program is wasted if your Pack families don’t know the plan or if new families don’t hear about your Plan – and even a “pretty good” plan (like maybe just projecting key activities through the end of the calendar year) is excellent if your families get excited about it. Here’s the Who/What/When/Where/Why about your Pack Program Promotion:
Who Can Promote? Anyone in your Pack Community. Not just Leaders – Pack Leaders should empower Parents to Promote to their friends and fellow parents at school. Kids can call kids. Peer to Peer is the most successful way to recruit – both Parent to Parent and Kid to Kid.
What Can You Use / How Can You Promote? For sure, use BeAScout, plus write up your Pack Program (and other relevant information like calendar and contacts and dues and other Pack policies) in a website or flyer handout you can share easily – maybe have one as your “pack packet” of key information and how to join. Don’t forget pictures and video of your Scouts and Families. Share using methods that work for you, from Facebook to Instagram to Pinterest to emails to websites to local news to U.S. Mail to websites to whatever your families use. A “one page” (two sided) flyer with photos, key dates, contact information and a QR Code/link to your Pack website or to a Pack Leader's email (so they can reply with handouts, calendars, etc.) is a key piece you want to share widely at any time and in many places.
When Can You Promote? For best results, as soon as you have some Pack Program Plan that lets people know what they will do when they can join. And any time you have updates to the plan, winter, spring, summer or fall. Or just to remind of “what’s next” in the next month or two or three.
Where Can You Promote? Neighborhood, Church, School, Community, Restaurants, Stores, Places Kids and Parents Go, Den and Pack Activities, Social Media – and use whatever methods available to share information: website blurbs, flyer handouts, bulletin boards. Got families that like Scouting? Encourage them to promote on social media.
Why Promote Now? When you have a Pack Program Plan, share it! No need to wait until school starts back up, because families can join now (easier if you use BeAScout and Online Registration). If you have a fun, simple, easy and laid-back set of summer activities – like swimming, fishing, hiking, biking, parading, picnicking, games, cookouts, s’mores and more – you can invite families to join you at any and all of these events before the rush of a new program year.
The Southern Crescent District is in the Atlanta Area Council, serving Scouts, Leaders and Parents in
