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2014-2015

Program Planning Calendar

& Memory Making Guide

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Information

Mohegan Council

Service Center & Scout Shop

19 Harvard Street

Worcester, MA 01609

P (508) 752-3769

F (508) 752-3047

Office & Scout Shop Hours:

8:30am-4:30pm Monday, Wednesday-Friday

8:30am-7:00pm Tuesday

9:00am-Noon Saturday

Memorial Day-Labor Day:

Closed on Saturdays

Council Information

The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.

Mission of the Boy Scouts of America

Mohegan Council Service Area includes:

Mill Town District: Brookfield, Charlton, Douglas, Dudley,

East Brookfield, Grafton, Millbury, North Brookfield, Northbridge,

Oxford, Southbridge, Spencer, Sturbridge, Sutton, Upton, Ware,

Warren, Webster, West Brookfield

Quinsigamond District: Auburn, Boylston, Leicester,

New Braintree, Oakham, Holden, Paxton, Rutland,

Shrewsbury, West Boylston, and Worcester.

Stay informed:

Subscribe to the MiniMoc (council e-newsletter) and look for the

Mohegan Council on social media.

Mohegan Council Information

Buy Local: The Mohegan Council Scout Shop offers a

variety of uniform parts and accessories, books, resources,

insignia, trophies, awards, certificates, and event items!

Proceeds from the Scout Shop help us keep our programs

running year round!

Treasure Valley Scout Reservation

394 Pleasantdale Road

Rutland, MA 01543

P (508) 886-2213

F (508) 886-6693

*Contact the Council Service Center for rental information!


Contacts

Mohegan Council Staff

Youth Protection

Jeff Hotchkiss

Scout Executive

[email protected]

Jeffrey Harris

Mill Town Sr. District Executive

[email protected]

Corrie Groth

Quinsigamond Sr. District Executive

[email protected]

David DerMugrditchian

Quinsigamond District Executive

[email protected]

Dave Hardies

Council Support Specialist

Registration & Advancement support

[email protected]

Thanh Nguyen

Office Manager

[email protected]

Becky Vignaly

Scout Shop Manager

[email protected]

Melody Hotchkiss

Scout Shop Staff

[email protected]

Pam Thomas

Bookkeeper

[email protected]

The Boy Scouts of America places the greatest importance on creating the most secure environment possible for our youth members. To maintain such an environment, the BSA developed numerous procedural and leadership selection policies and provides parents and leaders with resources for the Cub Scout, Boy Scout, and Venturing programs.

The Boy Scouts of America takes great pride in the quality of our

adult leadership. Being a leader in the BSA is a privilege, not a

right. The quality of the program and the safety of our youth

members call for high-quality adult leaders. We work closely with

our chartered organizations to help recruit the best possible leaders

for their units.

The adult application requests background information that should be checked by the unit committee or the chartered organization before accepting an applicant for unit leadership. Youth Protection Training is required for all BSA registered volunteers and the state of Massachusetts requires a Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) form to be submitted on all of our volunteers. Youth Protection training may be taken in person or online (www.myscouting.org)


August 2014 Planning Ongoing Campaigns

One of the goals of Scouting is to teach a Scout to become self-reliant and to earn his own way. Through a

proper money-earning project, leaders have the opportunity to show Scouts how they, through their

individual and combined efforts, can earn all the money it takes to operate their pack, troop, or crew for the

entire year. The only limiting factor is their level of participation!

Not only can you earn enough money to fund your unit’s scouting program needs for the entire year but part

of the revenue generated through Popcorn sales supports your local Council as well. The Mohegan Council

uses their portion of the funds to support Scouting programs; camping, training programs,

camperships, etc. This year Mohegan Council awarded nearly $11,000 in camperships for families with

financial struggles!

Selling Tips:

• If your unit chooses to pre-order inventory you can set up a “show and sell” day at a local storefront or

business.

• If you live in a safe neighborhood try going door to door in groups with take order forms or pre-ordered

product. Print your own business cards to leave with customers so they can reach you if their order

doesn’t arrive or if no one is home and they would like to reach you.

• Sign up for online sales as well on trails-end.com and sell to friends

and relatives out of state. If they don’t want to pay for shipping they

can always designate to have their popcorn sent to Military families.

Featured Topic: Why sell popcorn?

Popcorn Sales Fall Recruitment:

Blast into Scouting!

Suggested Unit Activities

Schedule a joining night for new Scouts!

Submit the Summertime Pack Award if your

Pack qualifies! (one event in June, July, Aug.)

Revisit your unit Journey to Excellence (JTE)

scorecards for your Pack, Troop, or Crew to

see how you are doing!

Update your beAscout.org pin through your

Myscouting.org account

August 2014

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1OA Tap Out

2

3 4ScoutmasterClassroom /

OutdoorTraining

5OA Day TVSR

6(MT)

CommissionerMeeting

7 8OA Tap Out

9CSDC

Take-down

10VOA Meeting

11Scoutmaster

OutdoorTest-out

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17 18(Q) District

Commissioner

19 20(MT) Committee

Meeting

21PopcornKick-off

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24 25 26Advancement

Committee

Cub LeaderSchool Night for

ScoutingKick-off and

27Camping

Committee

28Activities

Committee

29Popcorn FirstOrders Due

(Show & Sell)

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Boy Scout Resident Camp Week #4

Cub Scout DayCamp Week #5

Boy Scout Resident Camp Week #5

Cub Scout Day Camp Week #6

Webelos Resident Camp Week #2

OA Vigil

OA Fall Ordeal #1

WoodBadge #1

OA Fall Ordeal #1

WoodBadge #1

Treasure Valley Closed

Treasure ValleyClosed


September 2014 Planning

Ongoing Campaigns

Back to school time is the best time to schedule a joining night for your unit! Follow the tips below to plan a successful joining night for your Pack or Troop!

• Location-Joining nights are most successful when they are planned at an actual school because it is a location that families are familiar with. Sometimes units that meet in churches discourage people of different denominations before they even meet your leadership.

• Date-Joining nights are more successful when scheduled on Monday-Thursday nights! Many families have their weekends planned far in advance. The best time to have a joining night is a week night and it shouldn’t last more than an hour and a half. Consider trying yours from 6pm-7:30 so families still have time to pick their children up after work and plan dinner and bedtime routines afterward.

• Advertising-After your date is scheduled make sure you have a full month of advertising! Talk to your District Executive about flyers, boy talks and yard signs. Ask your church if you can put information in their bulletin. Make sure your beAscout.org pin is up to date and include your joining information on it! Other ideas and downloadable templates are available on our website.

• Partnership-It is extremely successful when Packs and Troops work together. Having Troop representatives at a Pack joining night is great for additional help and it kick starts your Webelos to Scout Transition program. Remember, 90% of all Boy Scouts were Cub Scouts first! The best way to grow a Troop is to have a relationship with a Pack.

• Presentation-The unit leadership should make a formal presentation. A presentation discussing the values of Scouting, a calendar of events, and joining costs should be made and then open the floor for questions and possibly one-on-one discussions. Parents need to see that your unit is organized and ready for their child.

• Make Scouting Visible! It is helpful to have photos and props on hand from your past Scout outings. • Follow Up-Use your sign in sheet to follow up with each and every family individually within a week.

You can either thank them for joining, or ask them if they had any additional questions or concerns that you can help them with.

• Did you miss kick-off last month? Contact your District Membership Chair or District Executive

for help with your joining night!

Featured Topic: Fall Recruitment

Popcorn Sales


Joining nights conducted on Mon.-Thur nights

Cub Scout Raingutter Regattas

Boy Scout Court of Honors

(for Summer camp Awards)

Unit Popcorn “Show and Sell” days

Fall Recruitment:


September 2014


1Cub School

Night forScoutingBegins

Labor DayCSC Closed

2 3(MT)

CommissionerMeeting

4 5 6CampmasterTraining at

TVSR

7Worcester

Revolution of1774

8(Q) Roundtable

9 10(MT) Roundtable

11 12 13Popcorn FirstOrder (Show &Sell) Pick-up

14VOA Meeting

15(Q) DistrictCommittee

16 17(MT) Committee

Meeting

18 19 20

21Scouting Day atTuft's Veterinary

School

22(Q) District

Commissioner

23Advancement

Committee

Life to EagleSeminar

24Camping

Committee

CommissionerCabinet

25Activities

Committee

26 27Cub Scout

Leader PositionSpecific Training

28Big MOE

(MassachusettsOutdoor

Exposition)

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OA Fall Ordeal #2

OA Fall Ordeal #2 WoodBadge #2

WoodBadge #2 OA Fall Fellowship

OA FallFellowship


October 2014 Planning


Ongoing Campaigns

Featured Topic: Scouting for Food Drive

Popcorn Sales

Scouting for Food Drive Online Recharter

Begin the recharter process (see November)

It’s never too early to schedule a camp

presentation! Talk with your District about

having a camp presentation in your unit early

on so that families can plan their vacations

appropriately.

Plan a Space Derby for Cub Scouts!

Unit Committees should begin updating

Journey to Excellence (JTE) Scorecards. Go

to www.scouting.org/JTE for more

information.

Scouting for Food is an on-going annual program of the Boy Scouts of America begun in 1985 by the

Greater Saint Louis Area Council that collects food for local food banks. It is organized at the local level

throughout the country. Scouting for Food is a project rooted in the very foundation of the Scouting

movement and its dedication to implement the Scout Slogan, do a good turn daily. Each year, local Cub

and Boy Scouts leave plastic bags for their neighbors soliciting canned food items. One week later, the

Scouts return to pick up and deliver the bags of food to a local food bank. Or the Boy/Cub Scouts will stand

outside major food retailers (with permission) soliciting donations from shoppers. The donations will

usually be delivered directly to the local food bank that day.

Scout units are encouraged to distribute bags on Saturday, November 1st

throughout their designated area. On Saturday, November 8th the filled bags

should then be collected by the Cub and Boy Scouts and brought to local food

pantries, who will make the food available to those in need.

This year, we are partnering with three Massachusetts Councils to promote

this “Good Turn” at the same time! We expect to have ample media coverage on television stations across

Massachusetts telling our neighbors when to expect bags to begin appearing. We will post more

information on our Council website about acquiring bags, flyers, suggested food pantries, and how to

submit a simple report indicating what your unit has collected.

Plan a Blastcar Derby for Boy Scouts!

Fall Recruitment:


October 2014


1(MT)

CommissionerMeeting

OnlineRechartering

Opens

2 3 4Six Flags Promo

5Six Flags Promo

6(Q) Roundtable

7 8(MT) Roundtable

9 10 11

12Columbus

Parade

VOA Meeting


Columbus Day (Observed)

14 15(MT) Committee

Meeting

ExploringFirst-Nighters

Begin

Venturing OpenHouses Begin

16 17 18OWL/BALOO

Training

19 20(Q) District

Commissioner

21 22Camping

Committee

23Activities

Committee

24Cub School

Night forScouting Ends

25Spook-o-ree

26 27 28Council

OperationsMeeting

29 30Passports DuePopcorn FinalOrders Due

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Boy ScoutCamporees

Webelos Woods Family Camp

Webelos Woods Family Camp SM Specific & OLS Training

SM Specific &OLS Training


November 2014 Planning


Ongoing Campaigns

What does it mean to recharter?

BSA issues a charter through the local Council to a Chartered Organization, like a

Church or other organization that owns your unit, which allows it to use a BSA

program to serve youth. For example, a Cub Scout Pack uses Cub Scouting to serve

boys in the first through fifth grades. BSA requires that the charter be renewed annually to continue using the

program. We call that annual renewal “recharter”. The Mohegan Council has to hold off running major

reports or mailings until all units have been recharterd.

In addition to renewing the unit charter, recharter time is when all youth and adult members (leaders) renew

their membership in BSA. Member renewals are most of the work. If your unit collects all or part of its

member dues or fees on an annual basis, that collection often takes place at recharter too. Your unit should

also complete the application for the Journey To Excellence (JTE) Award. It is important to submit your JTE

Scorecard along with your recharter even if your unit doesn’t qualify for it. Your district can look at these

scorecards and determine what trainings and helpful resources to provide for the next year.

RELAX. Unit recharter has earned a reputation as being difficult when, in fact, it is pretty easy. If there is a

hard part, it’s that some rules have to be followed for each member and that you have to finish on time.

Packets with instructions will be distributed by October and the online system will be operational starting on

October 1st. Tutorials are available online if you have never done this on your own before and you can

contact your unit commissioner for assistance. Please make sure to submit your recharter paperwork to the

Council office on time along with payment, valid signatures, and any new applications for people you have

added.

Featured Topic: Recharter

Scouting for Food Drive Camp Promotions

Online Recharter /JTE Winter Coat Drive (@ Roundtables)

Have a summer camp presentation at a Pack

or Troop meeting!

Submit your Recharter Packet to the Council Office

complete with signatures, new adult/youth

applications, payment, and JTE scorecard

Update your unit service hours online

www.servicehours.scouting.org

November 2014


1Drop off bags for

"Scouting forFood"

2Daylight Savings Time Ends

3(Q) RoundtableFocus: Camp

Kick-off

Winter Coat DriveBegins

4Election Day

5(MT)

CommissionerMeeting

6 7 8Beaver Day

Collect "Scoutingfor Food"donations

Den ChiefTraining

9VOA Meeting


11Veteran's Day

Parade

Veterans Day

12(MT) Roundtable

Focus: CampKick-off

13 14 15Take-orderPopcornPick-up

16 17(Q) District

Commissioner

18 19(MT) Committee

Meeting

CommissionerCabinet

20Activities

Committee

21Venturing Open

House &Exploring FirstNighters End

22Turkey Shoot

23 24 25Advancement

Committee

Popcorn PaymentDue

Unit Charter andJTE due to Council

26Camping

Committee

27ThanksgivingCSC Closed

28CSC Closed

29CSC Closed

OA Banquet

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Pro. Staff Draft Calendar Planning Treasure Valley Closed



December 2014 Planning Ongoing Campaigns

Camp Promotions can be scheduled through your district camping commit-

tee. The purpose of a camp promotion is to have someone from outside your

unit come in and talk to Scouts about how fun and exciting summer at

Treasure Valley Scout Reservation can be. Scheduling a presentation at a

Pack or Troop meeting (with high parent attendance) in the Fall will make

your job as a unit leader easier in the spring when your unit tries to coordi-

nate your trip to camp. Get the boys excited about camp early on so they

have time to fine tune their camping skills and parents have time to coordi-

nate payments. Many units use popcorn sales and other fundraisers to pay

for summer camp. Talking about the cost of camp early will help your unit

determine how much fundraising needs to be done.

Camperships are available on a limited basis for families who struggle financially. The Mohegan Council can poten-

tially provide up to 50% of the cost of camp for these young men. The Council pays for these Camperships through the

Friends of Scouting campaign, popcorn sales, and fundraising events. Since limited funds are available a family should

only ask for what they need to free up funds for other Scouts. As a unit leader, you can do your part to support these

families by participating in campaigns like popcorn and Friends of Scouting.

Featured Topic: Camp Promotions

Camp Promotions Winter Coat Drive (@roundtables)


Schedule a family FOS presentation

Preorder supplies from the Mohegan Scout

Shop for upcoming programs such as: Scout

Sunday, Scout Sabbath, Pinewood Derby,

Blue and Gold Banquets, Court of Honors.

Unit Committees set JTE goals for 2015

Plan to conduct Webelos Crossover

ceremonies (Between Pack and Troop)

Consider District/Council Award

Nominations

December 2014


1(Q) Roundtable

2 3(MT)

CommissionerMeeting

4 5 6

7 8(Q) DistrictCommittee

9 10(MT) Roundtable

11 12 13

14VOA Meeting

15(Q) District

Commissioner

16Council Program

CommitteeMeetings

17(MT) Committee

Meeting

18Activities

Committee

19Winter CoatDrive Ends

20

21 22 23Advancement

Committee

24Camping

Committee

CSC Closed

25ChristmasCSC Closed

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OA - LLD


OA - LLD


Scout Shop Closed for Inventory

Scout Shop Closed for Inventory


January 2015 Planning Ongoing Campaigns

The Friends of Scouting campaign is the annual fundraising drive to support the Mohegan Council and our efforts to provide the best programs, resources and facilities to the families in our service area. The annual Friends of Scouting campaign raises about 12% of the council’s $1,355,000 operating budget. The rest comes from the popcorn sale, fundraising events, grants, other donations, and camp/activity income. For every youth in the program, we must raise about $200 to fund the gap between the family’s investment and the actual cost to deliver the Scouting program per youth.

The Mohegan Council receives no funding through membership fees. Annual registration fees for youth and adult members support the national council of the Boy Scouts of America. The local council is charged with the task of raising funds from Scouting families, businesses and community donors to support the Scouting program in our community. This drive has been approved by our Board of Director who kickoff the cam-paign with their own personal contributions. Our goal in the Family phase of the Friends of Scouting campaign is to give every family of every scout and every volunteer Scouter an opportunity to support the Scouting program and the many benefits it provides the youth of our community. Regardless of their ability to contribute, everyone that attends a presentation will have a better understanding about the program and the resources available to them through the Mohegan Council. Family presentations are generally sched-uled during the months of January-April. Ideally, the presentation should occur at a gathering that attracts the greatest number of parents. This allows our volunteer presenters to reach a large number of families in a short time frame, thus allowing the unit to spend more time on “Scouting” activities.

Featured Topic: Friends of Scouting (FOS)

Family Friends of Scouting (FOS) Summer Camp Staff Recruitment


Send a warm-up letter or e-mail to your unit’s

families to tell them when your FOS

presentation will be held.

Send out invitations to your major events like:

Scout Sunday, Scout Sabbath, Pinewood

Derby, Blue & Gold Banquets and Court of

Honors. Don’t forget to include your District

Staff!

Plan to conduct Webelos Crossover

ceremonies (Between Pack and Troop)

Consider District/Council Award

Nominations (due end of Feb.)

January 2015


1New Year's DayCSC Closed

2 3

4 5(Q) Roundtable

6 7(MT)

CommissionerMeeting

8 9 10Class of 2014

EagleRecognition

District Key 3Conference

11VOA Meeting


13 14(MT) Roundtable

15 16 17

18 19(Q) District

Commissioner

Martin Luther King, Jr.CSC Closed

20 21(MT) Committee

Meeting

22Activities

Committee

23 24District

LeadershipTraining &Planning

Conferences

25 26 27Advancement

Committee

28Camping

Committee

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Professional Staff Planning


February 2015 Planning


Ongoing Campaigns

February 8, 1910 was the founding of the Boy Scouts of America by W. D. Boyce and the first Scout Sunday was in 1914. The Scout Law says that a "Scout is Reverent" and the Scouts of all ages promise to do their "Duty to God". These values strengthen youth character in their family, community and faith. The Boy Scouts of America designates the Sunday that falls before February 8 as Scout Sunday. Scout Sabbath, for Jewish Scout units, is always the Saturday after Scout Sunday. All of that said, chartered organizations may choose any Sunday to celebrate Scout Sunday or any Saturday to recognize Scout Sabbath. At the most recent count, religious organizations make up 65 percent of chartered organizations using the traditional Scouting program. As those units know, chartered organizations provide much more than a place to meet and store gear. Scout Sunday is our chance to say thanks.

Tips for making Scout Sunday and Scout Sabbath special

• Have Scouts in uniform there to greet congregation members and visitors

• Assist during the service or have Scouts serve as ushers.

• Present any religious awards for your unit in front of the congregation.

• Do some light recruiting/advertising for your unit

• Ask your pace of worship to allow an insert or bulletin that morning about your Scout unit (templates can be found on our council website).

Is your unit participating in a Scout Sunday? Please share photos and ideas with us about how your chartered organization celebrates Scout Sunday that we can show in future newslet-

ters by e-mailing them to [email protected].

Featured Topic: Scout Sunday & Scout Sabbath

Family Friends of Scouting (FOS)

Scout Sunday/Scout Sabbath Scout Anniversary Week

FOS Presentations in Unit meetings

Schedule a Spring Joining night date (focus

should be kindergarteners for Cub Packs and

5th graders for Boy Scout Troops)

Conduct major events like: Scout Sunday,

Scout Sabbath, Pinewood Derby, Blue &

Gold Banquets and Court of Honors.

Summer Camp Staff Recruitment

District/Council Award

Nominations due!

February 2015


1 2(Q) Roundtable

Groundhog Day

3 4(MT)

CommissionerMeeting

5 6 7(MT) Cub Scout

Winter Event

Council BoyScout Klondike

Derby

8Scout

Anniversary

Scout Sunday

VOA Meeting



12Lincoln's Birthday

13 14Scout Sabbath

Valentine's Day

15TVAA Winter

Social

16(Q) District

Commissioner

President's DayCSC Closed

17 18(MT) Committee

Meeting

Ash Wednesday

19 20 21

22Washington's Birthday

23 24Advancement

Committee

25Camping

Committee

26Activities

Committee

27Districts submitdraft calendars

and goals

28(Q) Cub Freeze

District AwardNominations due

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Unit Scout Anniversary Week Activities

School February Vacation Week

OA Winter Fellowship

OA WinterFellowship


March 2015 Planning


Ongoing Campaigns

The passage from Cub Scout pack to Boy Scout troop should be smooth, with no time lost in between. By the time Webelos Scouts are ready to cross over, they and their families should be familiar and comfortable with the youth and adult leaders of the troop, their role in the troop and troop activities, and feel excited about beginning this new adventure. The Webelos Scout's graduation ceremony should clearly signify his transition to a new level of Scouting, and could include the presentation of his Arrow of Light Award, a Boy Scout

Handbook, and a troop neckerchief. A Webelos Scout who has earned the Arrow of Light Award has now completed all the requirements for the Scout badge and may join a Boy Scout Troop. The key factor to improved Webelos transition is the ongoing working relationship of the leaders of a Cub Scout pack and a Boy Scout troop. Ideally a community organization would have both a pack and a troop with leaders who work together to help move Webelos Scouts into a Boy Scout troop the same way schools move students from elementary school to middle school. Scoutmasters should make sure that they get new applications on every boy who joins the Troop. The application should note the Pack that the Scout is transferring from so all of his recorded Cub Scout advancements follow him in our advancement system. If a boy is “dropped” from a Pack charter at the end of December and isn’t officially registered in his new Troop he should not go on any outings or campouts until his paperwork is submitted for liability reasons.

Featured Topic: Webelos to Scout Transition

Webelos To Scout Transition

Book Drive (@Roundtables)

Conduct Boy Scout joining nights for Troops

Collect gently used Pre K-8th grade books for

the Worcester: City that Reads Book Drive.

Books go to low income children for summer

reading programs.

Schedule Cub Scout Joining Nights for Packs

Update your service hours online!

www.servicehours.scouting.org

Boy Scout Spring Recruitment:

Get Hooked on Scouting!

Submit all District/Council Award

nominations for adults

March 2015


1BS 5th GradeRecruitment

starts

2(Q) Roundtable

3TVSR

CampershipsDue

4(MT)

CommissionerMeeting

5 6 7

8Daylight Savings Time Begins

VOA Meeting

Worcester CountySt. Patrick's

Parade



12 13 14

15 16(Q) District

Commissioner

17St. Patrick's Day

18(MT) Committee

Meeting

19 20 21Cub ScoutMuseum of

ScienceOvernight

22 23 24Advancement

Committee

Life to EagleSeminar

25Camping

Committee

26Activities

Committee

27 28

29Palm Sunday

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JTE check in: How are you doing on your

2015 goals?


April 2015 Planning


Ongoing Campaigns

Spring is a great time to start recruiting boys who are going into the first grade in the fall. They can visit your meetings in April/May and register in your pack in June, just in time for the Chuckwagon Derby! Keep your new Tigers engaged over the summer by having a simple Pack activity once a month (in order to earn the Summertime Pack award) while your new Tiger den leaders have time to get organized for the fall. Tiger Recruitment Tips: • Kindergarten Focus: Parents of kindergarteners are making a decision on whether they should spend the next five

years in your Pack. This can be a big decision for young families! Show them that you are organized and excited about providing fun and educational experiences for their little guy by planning a joining night in the Spring for them. If you aren’t interested in having a large joining night at least consider focusing on one for kindergartners. Your District Executives can help you get flyers out to targeted age groups. Promotions for kindergarten recruit-ment should be free of “Scout jargon” (unless it is immediately explained) because new families don’t know what TVSR or the Chuckwagon Derby is all about.

• Kindergarten Graduation: Have a Scouting presence at Kindergarten graduation (if your school conducts one). • Mother to Mother Recruitment: Typically, the biggest decision maker in a young boy’s life is his mother. She is

the one who generally makes decisions about what their future first graders will be doing for extracurricular activi-ties. Ask the moms in your Pack to spread the word to other moms about their experiences in the program.

• Deliver on the Promise. If you conduct a joining night for Tigers make sure to have a fun outing planned the fol-lowing next month (Fishing derby, Chuckwagon derby, etc.) to keep the little guys and their parents interested.

Featured Topic: Tiger Recruitment

Summer Camp Registration

Cub Scout Spring Recruitment:


Units prepare for Summer Camp

Boy Scout Recruitment

Book Drive (@Roundtables)

Conduct Boy Scout joining nights for Troops Schedule Cub Scout Joining Nights for Packs

Why is Tiger Recruitment important? Research shows that Boys are most interested in joining BSA when they

are 7/8 and 95% of Boy Scouts have been Cub Scouts first. The top reasons why boys join are that they are interest-

ed in group activities with friends and learning things they couldn’t learn anywhere else. The best way to keep a

Pack and a Troop growing is marketing your Scouting program to mothers of first grade boys!

April 2015


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May 2015 Planning


Ongoing Campaigns

The Mohegan Council Spring Recruitment theme this year will be Get Hooked on Scouting! Recruitment

materials for the spring will have a fishing theme to show boys in an outdoor setting. Consider holding a

fishing derby within your Packs, Troops, Crews and even towns in June to encourage relationship building

with your new families.

• Deliver on the Promise Scouting is a place where you can do things

as a group in the outdoors. Show new or potential families that your

unit is actively engaged in nature.

• Pack and Troop Relationship This is a great opportunity for older

Boy Scouts to spend time teaching Cub Scouts about fishing and for

Cub Scout parents to see what their little guys can be like in just a

few short years. It is also good for families to meet key leaders in

local Boy Scout Troops. Whether this is planned as a unit, multiple

units, or a town this is the perfect occasion to experience the outdoors

while forming a positive local Scouting community.

• What will we provide? We will update our website with templates for conducting an event like this such

as: schedules, flyer templates, sample budgets, resources on ordering awards, gear, and other items that

you can take and make your own.

Featured Topic: Get Hooked on Scouting by holding a Fishing Derby!

Focus on Tiger Cubs!

Conduct Joining Nights for Packs

Hold Pack/Troop fishing derby to encourage

relationships between units and so new Cub

Scouts can have their first outdoor Scouting

experience.

Units prepare for summer camp

Summer Camp Registration

Cub Scout Spring Recruitment:


Update your service hours online!

Advancement check: Have you looked at

your advancement records lately? Is everyone

credited correctly with their awards?

May 2015


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Resident CampEarly-bird Due

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Beaver Day

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Commissioner

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OA Spring Ordeal

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National Annual Meeting

Native American POW-WOW Camporee

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June 2015 Planning


Ongoing Campaigns

Scouting was founded on the premise of doing a Good Turn Daily. Community Service is very important in the character building process and, as Scouts we have made the commitment to give back to our communities. At the end of the year our Council will be evaluated on the National Council’s Journey to Excellence (JTE) guidelines. Service hours are one small yet important part of how we can show everyone that Mohegan Council is a quality Council working hard to instill the value of service in each Scout!

Note: To input hours you must have a myscouting account. If you do not have one you can set one up on myscouting.org. You will need your membership ID. Each unit should have one designated person for recording service hours!

To Record Hours:

Go to our website at www.scouting.org/Awards/JourneyToExcellence. Look for the “Service Project” area of the screen. Click on “Enter service hours here.” Choose “Click here to log in or create an account.” Volunteers with a MyScouting account can also reach the Journey to Excellence service hour website by clicking on the service hours link on the left side of the screen in the “Unit Tools” section.

Ideas:

• Parade Participation

• Scouting for Food Drive

• Flag ceremonies for public events

• Book Drive

• Neighborhood Clean ups

• Camp Beaver Days (volunteer cleanup)

• Collect soda tabs for the Shriners

Featured Topic: Service Hours

Program Planning for your next

school year of Scouting

Schedule Fall Joining nights

Units should hold at least one June activity.

Retention is higher for units who are active in

the summer! Packs who have one activity in

June, July, and August qualify for the

Summertime Pack Award!

Record your unit service hours

Training Check: Are your direct contact

leaders fully trained? Is there something they

should take at summer camp?

The Shriners Hospitals for Children in Springfield and Boston have been collecting pull-tabs or “soda tops” from beverage cans since 1989, recycling them, and putting the money towards a program that provides free transportation for children in need all over the world to get medical treatment at the Shriners Hospital for Children in Springfield and the Shriners Burns Hospital in Boston. Contact: Stew Glass [email protected]

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Webelos Resident Camp (Week 1)

Staff Week - Boy Scout Resident Camp at Treasure Valley

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July 2015 Planning


Ongoing Campaigns

Summer Camp!

Update your unit beAscout.org pins!

Consider getting a story in your local paper

published about your unit’s recent service

project or summer camp experience.

Templates for media releases are available on

our Council website!

Units should hold at least one July activity.

Retention is higher for units who are active in

the summer! Packs who have one activity in

June, July, and August qualify for the

Summertime Pack Award!

Down time this month? How about creating

display boards, updating slide shows, and

creating unit scrapbooks to show off at your

Fall joining nights? Check out our local Scout

shop for materials!

Training Check: Are your direct contact

leaders fully trained? Do they need a reminder

about available online trainings this month?

To take training online, log in to www.myscouting.org and create an account. You do not have to be a registered volunteer to take training, however, if you are please have your membership ID number handy. You can add your unit ID number at any time. Please indicate that you are part of Council #254 when setting up your profile. From the MyScouting portal, click on E-Learning. Most Cub Scout specific trainings are available online (Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation or BALOO must be taken in person). For Boy Scout leaders you cannot take Scoutmaster Specifics or Outdoor Leader Skills online (check our website for upcoming trainings) but you can take helpful trainings like Trek Safely and Troop Committee Challenge online. For other volunteers: This is Scouting, Chartered Organization Fast Start, Unit Commissioner Fast Start, and Scout Parent Unit Coordinator Fast Start trainings can be very helpful. There is even a section just for Venturing training! Go to Scouting.org to find out what awards are available for adults who have completed all of their trainings.

Did you know that there is a National training newsletter? You can take a look at older versions of the Training Times on www.Scouting.org/training.

Featured Topic: Online Trainings

Update Adult Trainings

July 2015


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Summer Camp

Treasure Valley Scout Reservation (TVSR) is a 1,600 acre woodland camp full of

history and pride. We offer over 70 miles of hiking and biking trails, a variety of

eco-systems and wildlife habitats, a venue for Scouts to practice skills, a nationally

accredited summer camp program, developmentally appropriate for Scouts of all ages

which includes: boating, fishing, ecology and nature, shooting sports and much more!

Many thanks go out to the numerous volunteers who take their time to come out to

assist with our wonderful programs for our Scouts! Without their help, Council support,

committed staff, leaders, parents and incredible campers, the camp would not be a success. More details on

all of the following programs will be made available on our website throughout the program year.

Treasure Valley Scout Reservation (TVSR)

Set on the West side of Browning Pond inside Treasure Valley, the Cub Scout Day Camp program offers the promise of Scouting to our youngest members. Day Camp is a five day adventure (Monday-Friday) that serves as an opportunity for units to strengthen the bonds of their Scouts and leaders and to engage in exciting day long programs complete with water and shooting sports activities. This camp is available to boys going into grades 1-5 in the fall of 2015. We strongly encourage Packs or Dens to register and attend together to build lasting comradery among boys. We also strongly encourage that at least

2 adults from your unit attend each day, or rotate daily, during your chosen week of camp.

Cub Scout Day Camp (CSDC)

Webelos Resident Camp begins to explore the world of overnight camping for the oldest members of the Cub Scout program. Scouts entering the fourth or fifth grade in the Fall of 2015 are eligible to participate overnight camping with their parents and/or adult leaders at Treasure Valley. Webelos Dens are strongly encouraged to register and attend together to ensure that boys who may be camping overnight for the first time have the companionship they need to create a lasting summer camp memory. This program is a great transition for boys who plan to become Boy Scouts! Webelos can attend both CSDC and WRC. If you are only able to choose one program then we recommend sending your Webelos Scout to

WRC to spend time with other Scouts in his specific age group.

Webelos Resident Camp (WRC)

Set on the East side of Browning Pond inside Treasure Valley, Boy Scout Resident Camp is the essence of camping with your Troop. A week-long experience in the outdoors and a chance to explore a variety of merit badge opportunities in aquatics, shooting, ecology, handicraft, Scoutcraft, and more await every camper this summer. With added program features like war canoe racing, Magee Day games, an ice-cream social, and more Boy Scout summer camp is a week you’ll remember! Boy Scout camp is for registered Boy Scouts who have completed the 5th grade.

Boy Scout Resident Camp

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Tips

Public Relations (PR) versus Marketing/Recruitment

The ultimate marketing goal is to recruit more youth into the Scouting program. One way to do that is to

create an ongoing program of public relations (PR) that highlights the positive aspects of the Scouting

program so that when you actually go out and market your unit (by advertising a joining night) there is

already a favorable impression of the program in your community. PR is meant to be a continuing program

where the leadership reaches out to the public and tells the story of Scouting without any expectation of

recruiting a single youth. Many options exist for parents and youth and we need to show them year-round

that Scouting is a valuable choice for their families.

Reasons for parents to select Scouting:

• Engages youth in purposeful fun.

• Scouts work towards goals, not solely compete

against each other.

• For Cubs, quality parent-youth time on

shared experiences.

• Teaches numerous life skills both as an

individual and in a team.

• Nationally recognized program.

Suggestions:

• Keep your beAscout.org pin updated! All of our yard signs, flyers, and posters direct people to that

website. If your pin is out of date then families will choose another unit. You can find directions on how

to do so on our Council website (www.mohegancouncilbsa.org).

• Start a unit Facebook page and invite all parents to join. Keep it updated and respect the Scout’s

privacy and obtain parents’ permission to use any photos. Do not use full names for youth nor give

addresses, etc. of the youth. An overview of BSA Social Media guidelines are linked under the

membership recruitment tab on our council website (www.mohegancouncilbsa.org).

• Create a list of local media outlets like newspapers. Use a template located on our council website under

the membership recruitment tab (ideally with a photo) to submit for publishing after EVERY event.

Place emphasis on community service projects so people see the good things our Scouts are doing in the

community.

• Help sponsor or promote school activities such as science fairs. Science fairs link into the Scouting

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) initiative.

• Participate in community events such as parades, placing flags on veterans’ graves, etc.

Last Updated: 5.25.2014

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