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 through 5th Grade are Cub Scouts), Scouts BSA Troops (end of 5th Grade to age 18), and Venturing Crews.
From the District Cub Leader Trainer: As a Cub Scout Leader Trainer and program resource contributor on several levels over the years, I have developed an appreciation for the phrase “The Best Gift for a Cub Scout? … Get Their Parents Involved!”
This was a longtime tagline of Bill Smith in the publication “Baloo’s Bugle”, as he shared tips there about making Scouting better.
I’ve bought into that mantra for two main reasons: 1) it makes Families Stronger by building bonds between parent and child, and 2) it helps Lighten Leader Loads, because in so many Packs, too much work is dumped by default on den leaders. If Dens and Packs seek to share leader tasks and engage parents, we’ll build stronger families through Scouting – and have stronger Dens and Packs.
And Parents are Leaders. They just are right now. They lead at Home. And they can Lead Cub Scouting for their kids. They just need the resources to do that.
It’s true that “if you give a person a fish, they’ll eat for a day, but if to teach a person to fish, they’ll eat forever”.
So too with leading: “if you lead a Scout in an adventure, they’ll have an adventure for that day, but if you teach the parent to lead a Scout, they can lead forever”. They saying is "It takes a Village to raise a Child", not "It takes the Village Den Leader to raise a Child."
So, building on elements like “streamlined” plans for Required Adventures and Bobcat Adventure Plans and making all those generally available to families (not just registered leaders), we’ve expanded our Cub Scout Adventures (meetings) Pages and “Cub Scouting at Home” with 83 (83!) Adventure by Adventure pages of “At Home” tips for each Adventure in Tiger (19), Wolf (19), Bear (19), Webelos (23) and Arrow of Light (4), plus an “At Home” Lions tip page. Each has a copy or link to the Adventure Plan for just that Adventure to save scrolling for leaders and parents and helpers.
So, you may recall that Youth Protection Training needs to be taken every two years. And the newest Youth Protection Training became available in February 2018, and had to be taken by October 2018. That means every adult leader who last took Youth Protection Training in 2018 is due to renew ... so while you're at home, go ahead and take it again through My.Scouting.Org (click the YPT link that will probably appear in the Upper Right Side). Forgot your Username and Password? Follow the prompts at My.Scouting.Org to get those back - don't make up a new profile. Also, be sure that your My.Scouting.Org profile has your actual BSA Number -- to add it, see these instructions, and if you're not sure what your current, active number is, email the Webmaster.
For Cub Scout Packs (and Families): Cub Summer Camp is the Most Fun Event Ever! Information and registration is now online at www.CampBertAdams.org/CubOvernight, and you'll find Family Overnight Camping Fun in all sizes, from:
Cub Weekend Camp ... there are Three Sessions of Overnight Weekend Camp, from Friday at 2 PM - Sunday at 8 PM, July 10-12, July 17-19 and July 24-26 ... includes the great Outback Adventure for Arrow of Light Scouts!
Cub STEM Camp ... advanced sessions designed for Bear, Webelos and Arrow of Light Scouts (so, current 2nd through 4th Grade), running Monday at 10 AM - Wednesday at 8 PM July 13-15 and July 20-22.
For Cub Scout Summer Camp, go as a Pack, a Den, or just you and your Scout -- and you can go more than once (Register for a second session and receive $75 off your registration!) ... more at www.CampBertAdams.org/CubOvernight. For Campership Application information, see https://www.atlantabsa.org/campershipapp.
Though we will not gather for a District Banquet, the District Recognition Committee will still recognize Units and Adult Leaders for their service and performance in 2019. See the District Awards page at https://www.southfultonscouting.com/node/3017, and submit a nomination using the forms as described by April 30, 2020 for the May reveal of winners.
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 through 5th Grade are Cub Scouts), Scouts BSA Troops (end of 5th Grade to age 18), and Venturing Crews. 
