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2016Program Kick-Off

Welcome

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Missouri State RepresentativeAnne Zerr

Presentation of America Flags

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Our District Committee Helps You!Membership • Prepare for 2016 Fall Recruitment Plan

• School Night to Join Scouting: Check the flier request form for your School District

• August 2nd: Recruiting Training – Same Time Same Place• Fall Recruitment is a time for all units to invite new

members. Packs, Troops, Crew and Exploring Posts Plan to be here!

Outdoor Adventure• 2016-2017 Program Guide• Camporees & Klondike – save these date on your Calendar

Our District Committee Helps You!Training • Calendar Correction – Pow Wow Oct. 29th

• Training Schedule – In the Program GuideAdvancement Internet Advancement: How to use

Optional: ScoutBook – unit management software available with a month subscription

How to Become a Merit Badge Counselor

Activities and Civic Service Cub Scout Day Camp and Twilight Camp

Service Hour Reporting – Find this button at STLBSA.org ^

Scouting for Food – November 12th & 19th

Our District Committee Helps You!Finance Unit Money-Earning Application

Do’s & Don’ts of Unit Fund-Raising

Fiscal Policies and Procedures for BSA Units

2016 Popcorn Sale Unit Participation Postcard

2016 Popcorn Kickoff Meetings: Save the Date & Time

2017 Family Friends of Scouting Campaign Advance Unit

Information Form

Our District Committee Helps You!Council 2016-2017 Pocket Calendar

Subscribe to our Calendar at stlbsa.org

2016 Journey to Excellence Scored card

Download at Scouting.org/JTE

Council materials will be available at stlbsa.org under the PROGRAM -> Recruitment Materials menu

District specific information and handouts will be at:stlbsa.org/boonetrails

A FEW MORE ITEMS…

2016 Re-Charter Process

• Thank you for your effort to have the re-charter process complete by November 23, 2016

– An early deadline to submit your Re-Charter gives your Commissioner time to address issues before your unit expires

• Looking ahead to 2017

– 2016 Re-charter packets available at October Roundtables

– Online system will be open October 1, 2016

www.stlbsa.org/popcorn

Selling Strategies

Show-N-Sell

Show-N-Deliver

Take Order – Flyer

On Line sales!

The Special 2016 Tin Design…

Selling Success…

The most successful Units are Powered by Popcorn! Fund your entire program with just 2 fund raisers – Popcorn and Camp Cards.

Set your Popcorn Sales goal as part of your unit budget nowTotal Program Expenses * 3 = Gross popcorn sales goal

Make this goal achievable by rewarding each Scout that sells a ‘fair share’:Gross popcorn sales goal / Registered Scouts on September 1st

= Per Scout Goal

The next step…Helping YOU Improve Your Unit

Your Annual Troop/Pack/Crew Program Plan =

Satisfied Scouts/Ventures and families =

A lifelong love of Scouting!

WHY Do Program Planning?

What are we trying to help Units do?

• Retain our registered youth and attract new youth into

Scouting

• Improve the overall program and health of Units

• Make sure that a HIGHER number of interested potential

Scouts / parents join Scouting vs. walk out of sign-up night

and never join

Where do we start?

Google:

“BSA Program Planning Tools”http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/boysco

uts/programplanningtools.aspx

Unit Program Planning Tools - Boy Scouts of

America

www.scouting.org › ... › Boy Scouts

Boy Scouts of America

To develop the unit budget, complete the worksheet

with the unit leader and committee at the

annual program planning conference, and then share

it with the ...

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Pack Newsletter Template

Pack Budget Tool

Pack

BSA - Pack Annual Program Planning Conference Guide (PPTX)

Pack Operating Budget Worksheet PDF | Excel

Your Annual Pack Program Plan - The Key to Success

Planning Your Pack's Annual Program Budget

Troop

BSA - Troop Annual Program Planning Conference Guide (PPTX)

Troop Operating Budget Worksheet PDF | Excel

Planning Your Troop's Annual Program Budget

Boy Scout troop planning calendar

Crew

Crew Operating Budget Worksheet PDF | Excel

Planning Your Crew's Annual Program Budget

Venturing crew planning calendar

Checklist:

• Review materials in packet

• Schedule Unit Program Planning/Budgeting meeting prior to July 31st

• Attend Fall Round-up Orientation August 2nd

• Attend Popcorn Kickoff August 8th or 10th

• All leaders need to Set-up My.Scouting Account

• Update unit’s ‘BeAScout.org’ pin

• Take the necessary on-line training – or register for a training course

• Come out and enjoy camp this summer!!!

Your Annual Troop/Pack/Crew Program Plan =

Satisfied Scouts/Ventures and families =

A lifelong love of Scouting!

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