cub scout spring recruiting 2012
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Cub Scout Spring Recruiting 2012. Tonight’s Agenda: 6:30 Gathering & Fellowship 6:40 Introductions & 2012 Spring Recruiting Overview 6:45Recruiting Basics 7:05 Incentives & Earthquakes partnership – David Zielstra 7:10New Tiger Dens tips 7:20Earthquakes summer fun 7:22Q&A - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Cub Scout Spring Recruiting 2012
Tonight’s Agenda:6:30 Gathering & Fellowship6:40 Introductions & 2012 Spring Recruiting Overview
6:45 Recruiting Basics 7:05 Incentives & Earthquakes partnership – David Zielstra7:10 New Tiger Dens tips
7:20 Earthquakes summer fun7:22 Q&A7:30 Adjourn
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Santa Clara County Council,
Boy Scouts of America
INTRODUCTIONS
• Derek Riehl – Vice President of Membership
• David Zielstra – San Jose Earthquakes
• Margaret Caldwell - SCCBSA, Director of Field Services
• District Membership ChairsDebra Ward – Polaris District
Eric Hudson – Quicksilver District
Ernie McCay – Pioneer District
• Professional Staff
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BENEFITS OF SPRING
RECRUITING
Summer fun for new
families!San Jose
Earthquakes fun!
Tiger dens organized
before school starts! Only time you can
recruit in Kindergarten
classesParents involved earlier
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GEAR UP:Scheduling your Recruitment
Meet with School Principal (early April)
Select a date 2-4 weeks away
(complete facility use forms as needed)
Schedule a Boy Talk for the week of the recruitment
Order promotional supplies
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WARM UP:Promoting your Recruitment
Order supplies (flyers, yard signs, etc)
Hang yard signs 2 weeks prior
Deliver flyers 1 week and 2 weeks prior
Hand out stickers during Boy Talk
(day of or before recruiting meeting)
Utilize school audience
(newsletter, open house, website)
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RALLY TIME
6
Audience Participation
TOP TEN RECRUITING
IDEAS
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PLAY BALLConducting your Recruitment
Make it welcoming
*Greeter *Sign in sheet *Name tags
Make it fun! *Activity *Show pictures *Goofy
song
Keep it simple – highlight activities, touch on purpose & values, refer to parent guide and pack calendar, have a follow up meeting pre-scheduled, keep it positive!
Be effective – get all paperwork done tonight, collect fees, have a follow up meeting in a week to collect YPT cards for adults and conduct new parent orientation
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KEEP IT SIMPLE!!!!
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COOL DOWNFollow Up
Turn in registrations ASAP
Contact all families who attended with-in 2 days
Have a follow up meeting in a week
Encourage adults to take Youth Protection Training
Remind families of next Pack meeting, Scout O Rama, and all Summer Activities
Work closely with the new Tiger Den
- assign a coach
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Resources for New Families
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Boy Scouts of America
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Spring Training with the Rookies:
TIGER CUBS
• Get them early before other teams do
• Get them hooked over the summer
(…they bring their friends in the fall!)
• Kindergarten teachers are the key
• Assign a Tiger coach (existing leader) to guide the Tiger parents through the summer and develop the new Tiger Den leader(s)
• Simple monthly activities keeps them engaged
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Tiger Cub Support
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Boy Scouts of America
• Tiger parent orientation/training days – every Saturday in June
• Activities this spring/summer:• April 28 – “Shoot out in the Old West #1” Camp Chesebrough• May 5 – “OK Corral” Camp Chesebrough• May 12 – Scout O Rama at Kelley Park• June 9 – “Sheriff & Deputy” Camp Chesebrough• July 7 - “Shoot out in the Old West #2” Camp Chesebrough• July 14 – Scout Night with the San Jose Earthquakes• July 21 – “Tiger Cub Safari” Camp Chesebrough• July 27-29 “Fun in the Sun Family Camp” Camp Chesebrough• August 11 - “Shoot out in the Old West #3” Camp
Chesebrough• Sept 1-3 – “Labor Day Family Camp” Camp Chesebrough• Go to the Beach• Go to the Zoo
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RECOGNITION
SOCCER BELT LOOP WORK SHOP FOR THE WHOLE PACK
Register a Tiger den by May 30th and Earthquakes Academy Player(s)
will visit your Pack meeting and host a workshop
$20 GIFT CERTIFICATE
CUB CAMP OR CAMP CHESEBROUGH WEEKEND PROGRAM
For every 4 new Cub Scouts your Pack registers between April 1 and June 29, the Pack will be awarded a $20 gift certificate to be used for Day Camp registration or Camp
Chesebrough weekend programs through December 31, 2012.
VIP Cub Scouts at July 14 Earthquakes GameCub Scouts from the
• Top 4 Packs in the Council in percentage growth by June 29 th (over June 2011)• Top 4 Packs in the Council in total new boys recruited April 1 – June 29 th
get pre-game VIP roles such as Player Escorts, Ball Boys, and Flag carriers at the
July 14th Earthquakes Scout Night Game* at Buckshaw stadium.
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EARTHQUAKES SUMMER FUN
• INCENTIVE PROGRAM – BELT LOOP WORKSHOPS
• SCOUT NIGHT WITH THE EARTHQUAKES
JULY 14, 2012 @ BUCKSHAW STADIUM
• GROUP TICKET PURCHASES / SCOUT DISCOUNT
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Questions & Answers
RESOURCES:
Council website: http://www.scccbsa.org
Council service center:
970 West Julian Street, San Jose
(Between Stockton Avenue and The Alameda)
408-280-5088
National Website:http://www.scouting.org/membership