February Roundtable- Strengthening Your Scouting Village

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Overall Focus: Adult leader recruitment & training, parent relations, unit commissioners

Hot Topic: Recruitment, Retention, and Membership

Safety Moment: Scouter Code of Conduct

Cub Scout Breakout: Every Parent has a Role

· How to identify simple, low-pressure volunteer roles families can step into

· Building a “1-Hour-a-Month” volunteer menu to make signing up easy

· Creating a welcoming culture that invites parents to participate

· How to ask effectively – what to say and how to say it

· Retaining volunteers through recognition and positive experiences

Scouts BSA Breakout: Shared Leadership Builds Strong Troops

· Recruiting new Assistant Scoutmasters and Committee Members

· Engaging crossover parents and introducing them to troop structure

· Creating a “Shadow a Leader for 30 days” onboarding model

· Growing young adults (18-24) into meaningful troop roles

· Strengthening troop committees so Scoutmasters can focus on program