Pack 515, Howell NJ Volunteers for a Successful Cub Scouting Program that is FUN and rewarding

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Pack 515, Howell NJVolunteers for aSuccessful
Cub Scouting Program that is FUN and rewarding

• Rick Pereira-NEII-159
• February 2007

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How to Market Cub Scout Volunteers

• Why should we think about volunteer recruiting in
  these terms?
• Because we compete with a wealth of other
  opportunities for their time and attention
• For the boys to have a successful program, the
  parents have to become involved
• Not everyone knows Scouting and its benefits
• Not everyone knows Scouting can change a boys
  life with the values that volunteers help promote
• America is returning to the values that Scouting
  never left

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Who Is Our Target Volunteers?

• Parents
• The ones who decided to allow their boys to join.
• The ones that know what their boys want in order
  for the boys to be retained in scouting.
• The ones that know how to provide the enthusiasm
  to keep the boys involved.
• The ones that can make a difference in our Pack

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Parents What is Their Situation?

• Want the best for their kids
• But Overloaded (and Over-committed) with work,
  school, church, and extracurricular activities
  like sports, music lessons, etc
• Many like soccer, basketball, baseball are 3
  days/wk
• Although, Scouting is a year round program that
  promotes duty to God, Country and to be morally
  straight.
• Remember, many hands make light work. Volunteer
  for financials, paperwork, shopping,
  registration, event research etc. all of which
  can be done as your time permits.
• If you can not be a Leader, focus in on being a
  Coordinator or Assistant if your time commitment
  is limited or just help with supplies, forms,
  registration etc.

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What Is the Challenge?

• Dont scare off the parents on level of
  commitment because every little bit helps
• Need to have parents feel that their efforts are
  worthwhile and how they contribute directly to
  the program.
• Many opportunities that need peoples help,
  discuss vacancies in Standard Operating
  Procedures (SOPs).
• Thank people for filling in the vacancies. Record
  their commitment for the years ahead, dont loose
  sight of them. Give Thanks in News Letter so
  others are aware of their efforts.
• Provide understanding that Pack can not run
  successfully on core people due to burnout which
  effects the program and retention of the boys.
• Show the boys the FUN of Scouting and encourage
  volunteers that they are responsible for a
  successful program.

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Families are the basis of society and Cub Scouts

• Within Cub Scouts, families serve as a focal
  point in the Pack.
• Scouting offers the opportunity for you to make a
  difference in your Scouts experience.
• It builds the foundation for your involvement
  within each phase of Scouting.
• We know you cant be there 24/7 but you can make
  an impact in your Scouts life by making the
  effort to participate at a level that works with
  your busy schedule.

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The Cub Scouting program provides

• Caring and nurturing relationships with parents,
  other adults and peers by providing positive role
  models and encouraging family togetherness.
• Parents and their sons
• Do projects together, 95 percent
• Go places together, 91 percent
• Talk together, 90 percent
• Read together, 75 percent

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Its all Up to You!

• From when they are Tigers to Wolves to Bears to
  Webelos, parents can be involved as high on the
  chain as Cubmaster and all Committee positions.
  However, even if time constraints do not permit
  that level of involvement, there are still ways
  for you to be involved. We need
• You to be there when we take your son on a
  camping trip
• Someone to buy the refreshments for a pack
  meeting
• A fresh mind to determine the components for a
  game we haven't played before. It is the little
  things that contribute to the greater benefit of
  the Pack.

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Why Volunteer? This is why! Keep the boys out of
harms way and have FUN
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Pinewood Derby
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Klondike
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VOLUNTEERING

• Is rewarding for the boys and yourself
• Word gets around of your commitment to your sons
  development and others will help
• as well.
• Keeps parents involved, amused, and
  hearing/seeing the values of Scouting that is
  transferred to their Cub Scouts that they assist.
• Is worth what ever commitment (big or small) that
  you can provide.