Council Membership Chair: Sharon McRae,
Membership drives all programs of the Winnebago Council. It is important that each unit ask new members to join their units each year. To help pack, parents and cub scouts the 2007 Fall Recruitment efforts, our council is offering every boy (not just new boys) a free pinewood derby kit. A Cub Scout pack qualifies for this special incentive by increasing total youth membership by the end of October 2007 vs. December 2006. Our hope is this incentive will help pack leadership get current parents and cubs more involved in the recruitment process.
Recruiting can be a daunting task if you have not don it before. Let experienced volunteers and Professional Scouters help you will your recruitment plan. Cub Scout Packs that are successful each year with their recruitment efforts are successful because they try a variety of methods early in the first and second weeks of school to reach potential new Cub Scouts and new Cub Scout Parents.
Boy talks in Classrooms, Boy Talks during lunch time at school, peer to peer recruitment at School, scout's wear uniforms to school, pass out flyers to boys as they get on the bus, phone calls to potential new scout parents explaining the program and personal invites, personal letter mailed to parents, recruitment activities such as parents vs. children softball, fliers in take home folders, communications with teachers.
Units may decide to personalize the information on the space available on the back side of the Recruit Flyer. Winnebago Council has a default back of the flyer for units to use.
Cub Scout one-page information flyer [pdf]
Cub Scout Recruit Parent Information [pdf]
Successful Webelos to Boy Scout Transition [pdf]