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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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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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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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• 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