Arrowhead District Roundtable

6:45 – 7:00 Virtual Fellowship

7:00 – 7:15 Announcements

7:15 – 8:30 Break-out Sessions

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This Month’s Exciting Breakouts: 

Cub Leaders – Cramming the Fall Schedule with Fun Events

During fall, we work hard to recruit new families. But every year some of those new families drop out in the first few months because “The program wasn’t fun.”

Think about it… Pinewood Derby isn’t until the winter. Camp is the following summer. In the fall we’re focused on getting the new recruits to complete Bobcat. And at the same time, many units are struggling to get den leaders and other volunteers lined up.

We need to rethink our fall Den and Pack programming and front-load it with a ton of fun events aimed at retaining our newest recruits… those who have not yet experienced a full year of Scouting fun. Please come to this breakout to give and get some ideas that you can use when planning the upcoming Scouting year.

As a bonus, we’ll also cover keeping Cubbing fun over the summer with the Summertime Activity Award.

Scout BSA/Venturing Advisors – Preparing for Program Planning

The quality of the unit program is perhaps the largest differentiator between a good unit and a great unit. Many units take advantage of the “captive audience” at summer camp to do program planning there, while others do it elsewhere over the summer.

Either way, going into that event fully prepared makes all the difference in the quality of the result... the fun, youth-developed program that will attract and retain Scouts and Venturers and make the unit thrive.

Please come to this breakout to share and receive both time-proven and new ideas of all the preparation activities that precede the formal program planning kickoff.