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. 

The full set of Mixed Grade Den Meeting Plans is now out and available without a login. Details about why these plans were created are found at Den Meeting Plans for Mixed Dens page (bottom line: Cub Scouting Rank Advancement assumes dens are have only those in that den's grade level.  And that a den has 6 to 8 Scouts.  But many Packs don't have 36 to 48 Scouts neatly divided into dens like that.  So where you only have 2 or 3 Scouts in a grade level, you have some challenges).  That's why we have Assembled Den Meeting Plans available for:

• Lion + Tiger Mixed Dens
• Lion + Tiger + Wolf Mixed Dens
• Lion + Tiger + Wolf + Bear Mixed Dens
• Tiger + Wolf Mixed Dens
• Tiger + Wolf + Bear Mixed Dens
• Tiger + Wolf + Bear + Webelos Mixed Dens
• Wolf + Bear Mixed Dens
• Wolf + Bear + Webelos Mixed Dens
• Wolf + Bear + Webelos + Arrow of Light Mixed Dens
• Bear + Webelos Mixed Dens
• Bear + Webelos + Arrow of Light Mixed Dens
• Webelos + Arrow of Light Mixed Dens 

As noted in the Den Meeting Plans for Mixed Dens page, Once We Start Using These, What If Our "Mixed" Den Starts Growing Too Big?  That's the goal -- make it easy for parents (parent-leaders) of small grade groups that join into a "mixed" den, have fun, and attract more friends to the Den so that eventually you have full sized dens at each grade level.

• So if you have 3 Lions, 3 Tigers and 3 Wolves in a mixed den, and then you grow by 3 Wolves to 6 or 7 Wolves, let the Wolves loose into their own Den.
• They can pick up with Wolf-only Adventures from our Wolf Adventures page. 
• The remaining Lions and Tigers can then switch to the Lion + Tiger Mixed Den Plans, hopefully until each of those grow to 6 or 7 each and start using Lion-only Adventure resources and Tiger-only Adventure resources. 
• More at Once We Start Using These Plans, What If Our "Mixed" Den Starts Growing Too Big? 

You are invited to check out our Plan Your Best Year in Cub Scouting resource page, including the new Cub Scout Pack Organizing Guide that walks parents and planners through key questions like:

• What Should We Do As A Pack?
• When Should Dens Meet?
• How Often Should Dens Meet as Dens?
• Where Should Dens Meet?
• When Should We Have Pack Meetings?
• What’s Involved in “Advancement”?
• Must All Cub Activities Include “Advancement”?

More in the Cub Scout Pack Organizing Guide. 

Highlights of the most recent District News were these (click links for information):  Help for Den Leaders -- "Assembled" Den Meeting Plans ... Welcome, Families! Adventure Starts Here! Meet and Greet on September 26 ... District Camporee Update ... and from the week before:  Did you know new Den Leaders can earn a FREE uniform!?!?!? ... Knowledge is Good! Upcoming Training Opportunities ... Opt In, Opt Out ... Email webmaster@southfultonscouting.com if you need a reminder about the login.

Do you like the new and simpler requirements for each Cub Scout Adventure?

• Where you don't have to pick and choose which requirements to do?
• Cool!  Simple.  Easy.  Do all of 1 through 6.  No need to choose!

But what about the new National Resources for each Cub Scout Adventure?  Are they Simple and Easy?

• Where you must pick and choose which which activities to do!  So ... for each Requirement, you have to sort through 2 or 3 activity options.  
• You have to go somewhere else to find out how to do a Den Meeting!
• You have to assemble the activities you pick into the other parts of a Den Meeting!
• Is that Simple??  Is that Easy??  No.  We can do better.

To help den leaders and parents, we've assembled 126 Cub Scout Adventures into a Den Meeting Plan format with added videos and tips to make leading Cub Scouts easier.  Really.  Click here for more, or keep reading below.  Email webmaster@southfultonscouting.com if you need a reminder about the login.

In each plan, we select one way to complete the requirement -- sometimes from a National activity card or adapted from it, sometimes just from the Requirement itself -- and put it into an "Assembled" Den Meeting Plan with prompts for the Parts of a Den Meeting.  Namely, Preparation (plan + collect materials needed), Gathering (something for early arrivals to do), Opening (a ceremony to start), then Activities (an Activities Intro chat, then alternate energetic and learning activities + add fun), Closing + Recognition (ceremony), and After the Meeting (follow up).  These plans are also available on the Atlanta Area Council Cub Scout Advancement rank by rank pages under scoutingatl.org/CubScoutAdvance.

The Southern Crescent District invites families to join us for an exciting Back-to-School Membership Event filled with fun, friendship, learning, and Scouting adventure on Saturday, September 26, 2026 - 5:30 PM–7:00 PM at Hapeville First Baptist Church, 612 College Street, Hapeville, GA 30354.  To make this invitation effective, please share with your current and prospective families in your Unit who are not in our Website Roster -- otherwise this invitation will not reach them!

Come learn how Cub Scouting helps children build confidence, develop leadership skills, make new friends, serve their community, and enjoy outdoor adventures.

• Cub Scouts is open to boys and girls in grades K–5. 

• Bring the entire family, invite a friend, and discover everything Scouting has to offer!

Southern Crescent District Scouting is committed to strengthening families, building character, and developing future leaders.  Come join the fun and start your Scouting adventure!  It’s Always a Great Day for Scouting!  To make it a better day for Scouting, bring your leaders and prospective leaders to Cub Leader Training that day, starting at 2:30!

If you would like to attend, you can register at this google link.