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Welcome to the Southern Crescent District Website!

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. 

For an overview of Scouting, see this "We Are Scouts" video or this Pack 1030 animoto; or this "What Scouting Does Right" video; or this one about Cub Scout Camping and Outdoor Activities!  Or this one from a Michigan Troop (the activities depicted have been done by local Troops too!), or these.  Deciding between Sports and Scouts (you can do both):  see this clip.  Like us on our Facebook Page! And see this Smugmug gallery of District Events and this older District Flickr Photo Site.  Need more information? Please contact:

Forgot how to Login (forgot the Username and Password)? Click here. Please see the "Menu" of items to the left.  As noted in the Website Guide, "About Us & How to Join" tells you about Scout Programs and Units, gives you the paperwork needed to join; Cub Scout Meeting Plans gives you "rip and run" complete plans for Meetings with your Scouts, and the Cub Scout Month by Month Activity Ideas will give you easy + fun ideas of cool places to go and things to do including this Great Big List of Places to Go (good for Scouts BSA Troops and Visiting Relatives too); "Leader Training" shows you how to learn more for an easier + better program, and more.  The Southern Crescent District serves South Fulton County, including Chattahoochee Hill Country, College Park, East Point, Fairburn, Hapeville, Palmetto & Union City, and Clayton County, including Jonesboro, Riverdale, Rex, Forest Park, Morrow, Lovejoy and Lake City; many of us are friends with the South Fulton County Chamber of Commerce, Keep South Fulton BeautifulSafe Kids Georgia programs.

Recruiting Step Two: Get The Word Out – Promote Your Pack Program With Media, Flyers and More

Posted on Jun 17 2025 - 12:52pm

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.  

For more, see www.atlantabsa.org/promotingthepack.

June 21 2025 Southern Crescent Cub Scout Fishing Derby Details

Posted on Jun 9 2025 - 3:39pm

Key Details from the Calendar Entry for this event: 

  • Location: JW Smith Reservoir, 143 North Bridge Rd. Hampton, GA 30215, ccwa.us/fishing-information
  • Fee: $15.00 per Cub Scout
    • Fishing Derby patch is included
  • Awards for Biggest Fish, Smallest Fish, Most Fish, And Most Different Species awarded
  • Times on June 21:
    • Registration 8:00 AM-8:45 AM
    • Fishing Adventures 9:00 AM–10:00 AM
    • Fishing Derby 10:00 AM-12:00 Noon
    • Lunch Break 12:00 Noon – 12:45 PM
    • Awards 12:45 PM-1:00PM
  • Fishing Derby Format will be stations to meet belt loop and pin requirements followed by the derby itself.  Click to jump to Adventure Resources in the calendar entry.

More information is in the Calendar EntryEmail webmaster@southfultonscouting.com if you need a reminder about the login to access the Calendar Entry for this event.

Recruiting Step One: Make a Calendar of Fun Activities - YOUR Pack Program

Posted on Jun 9 2025 - 3:38pm

Cub Scouting is Fun, especially when it is fun in the outdoors with family and friends. Cub Scouting’s outdoor fun is needed by youth and families now more than ever.  To build that fun, we’ve got tips about successful and sustainable recruiting of families into your Packs and Dens.  Recruiting Step Number One is to develop your Calendar of Fun Activities – a program filled with activities that Scouts and parents want to attend, have a great time, and pick up the character-building that lasts a lifetime. 

IT IS TIME TO PLAN YOUR PROGRAM YEAR FOR 2025 - 2026! We’ve got ideas about how to build your Pack Program of activities at scoutingatl.org/cubcalendarplanning and in the YouTube about Building Your Best Year in Cub Scouting (a resource page for that video program is found here) – and more in this portal page to hundreds of Fun, Simple, Easy activities for Cub Scouts. Planning can happen in groups large and small, in front yards and on local park trails, at the swimming pool or the bar b que grill – so invite your families to gather, do things, have fun and share ideas for your best year ever.

Now Streaming -- Plan Your Best Year Ever In Cub Scouting

Posted on Jun 9 2025 - 3:38pm

See this YouTube Video for Ideas and Resources about How to Plan Your Best Year Ever in Cub Scouting – the program description (and segment links for if you want just a few minutes on a single part of the program) are below:

Action | Practical Planning | Help 4 Leaders  This Video has Ideas and Resources about How to Plan Your Best Year Ever in Cub Scouting. Key Segments after the Introduction (2 minutes):

  • Importance of a Strong Activities Calendar – Step One of the Steps to Successful Recruiting (2 minutes) 2:17
  • Goals Here: (1) Build Your Best (local) Plan (2) KISMIF and (3) Fun for Kids and Families (and Safe) equals Stronger Families Through Scouting (3 minutes) 4:17
  • Scouting Is Outing – Two Examples of a Year Long Activity Calendar (7.5 minutes) 6:55
    • Do Activities With Troops Too! (1 minute) 14:35
    • When Should You Schedule Your Blue + Gold Banquet? (1.5 minutes) 15:30
    • Outdoor Ideas, Local Places to Go, and Unique Overnight Activity Destinations (4 minutes) 16:42
    • Any Fun Activity Can Be a Welcoming Joining Event (1 minute) 20:35
  • A Safety Moment and S:A:F:E: Checklist (3.5 moments) 21:62
  • Planning Methods – Surveys and Sharing Intro (1 minute) 25:30
    • Critical Analysis of Your Plan: Is It Too Hard? Does it “Spark Joy”? (4 minutes) 26:20
    • Pack Planning Process – Leaders and all Parents! (2+ minutes) 29:53
    • Key Dates to Identify to Focus Planning (2+ minutes) 32:15
    • Survey Options (2 minutes) 34:45
    • Parent and Leader (“PAL”) Planning Conference (2 minutes) 36:32
    • Pack “Activities” and Pack “Meetings” (Apply the FunMeter) (2 minutes) 37:50
    • Den Meetings: How Often? When? Where? What Works For Your Families? (3.5 minutes) 39:58
  • Now, Who Will Lead These Dens? Or How To Turn Parents Into Leaders! (2 minutes) 43:38
    • Advancement Help for Den Leaders and Parents (2.5 minutes) (UPDATE: links to 126 Adventure Resource Pages and simpler and easier “Assembled” Den Meeting Plans are found at scoutingatl:org/CubScoutAdvance) 45.43
    • A Plethora of Fun*Simple*Easy Activities Dens and Packs Might Do and Recruiting Families (1.5 minutes) 47:43
  • Budget Introduction (1 minute) 49:15
    • National Registration Fees and Your Budget (2.75 minutes) Note: refers to 2024 fees which likely will change, and more on Renewals is now posted at scoutingatl.org/charter-renewal 49:43
    • Other Expenses a Pack Might Build into a Budget for Pack Local Program Fees (or “dues”) (1 minute) 52:58
    • Revenue Options, including Fundraisers – and Balancing the Budget to Set Your Local Fees or Dues (2.5 minutes) 53:42
  • Journey To Excellence Scoring 2024 (2+ minutes) (NOTE: JTE was discontinued at the end of 2024) 55:02
  • Conclusion and Questions (2 minutes) 57:28

Resources for All of the Above are here

"Safeguarding Youth" Training -- Replaces "Youth Protection Training"

Posted on Jun 9 2025 - 3:36pm

Next time you log into your my.scouting.org account, you won't see "Youth Protection Training".  You'll see a link to "Safeguarding Youth" training.

This +/-90 minute training replaces Youth Protection Training.  Your existing YPT is valid through the earlier of (a) your YPT expiration date or (b) May of 2026 (one year after the launch of this new training course), but when you approach that date you'll need to take complete the new "Safeguarding Youth" training and pass the quiz.

Another new element: "Safeguarding Youth" training must be taken every year.   Or an announcement from Scouting America Commissioners on FB says that after taking "Safeguarding Youth" training a 15 minute refresher course and quiz must be successfully completed annually thereafter.

Three likely FAQ:

Q:  I'm registering to be an adult leader for the first time and they told me to "take YPT" ... but I can't find it.  What do I do?

A:  Take "Safeguarding Youth" training instead, through your my.scouting.org account.

Q:  I'm currently an adult leader and my YPT is good through December of 2025 - do I need to take "Safeguarding Youth" training now?

A:  No.  You'll need to take it by your expiration date in December of 2025.  But you can take it early.

Q:  I just registered as an adult leader in April so my YPT showed it was good through April of 2027 - when do I need to take "Safeguarding Youth" training?

A:  By May of 2026, or one year after the launch of this new training course.

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