Recruitment Archives - Scouting magazine

Recruit families to your pack using a blend of online and real-world means

By Mark Ray

As Pack 90 in Centralia, Mo., discovered, you can get your pack’s message out even if #ourpackisawesome never trends on Twitter.

A WOW! event — with a Halloween twist — helps ensure a healthy recruiting year

By Aaron Derr

A recruiting event — sometimes called Webelos Outdoor Weekend or Webelos Woods — is a great way to show off your program.

This Webelos den leader is welcoming girls to her pack

By Michael Freeman

She’s welcoming girls to her pack with open arms.

This volunteer builds the foundation for unit success

By Michael Freeman

After a bad experience, this volunteer still saw the value in Scouting.

Strategies to make your Scouting recruitment event more successful

By Gina Circelli

Use these strategies to make your Scout night recruitment event a successful start to the new year.

How one council recruits new Scouts with its store in a suburban mall

By Scouting magazine

The Northwest Suburban Council recruits more Scouting families to the BSA with a new “storefront Scouting” experience at a suburban mega-mall.

Scouter Rebecca Feng shares her tips for recruiting Scouts in immigrant communities

By Scouting magazine

Learn how to recruit Scouts from immigrant communities and how to juggle multiple volunteer Scouting roles (in addition to busy family life).

Pro fisherman Tom Redington shares how to hook Scouts on fishing

By Scouting magazine

Get your Scouts hooked on fishing—especially when it comes to the science, technology, engineering, and math involved in the pastime—with tips from professional fisherman Tom Redington, father of a Tiger Scout.

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Go behind the scenes of the reality show ‘Are You Tougher Than a Boy Scout?’

By Scouting magazine

Go behind the scenes of the new reality show that pits current Scouts against adult former Scouts in a rugged competition of outdoors skills to prove who’s “Tougher.”

Use the Report to the Nation to share Scouting’s relevance

By Scouting magazine

The annual Report to the Nation, delivered to Congress in February by a diverse Scout delegation, is the placard upon which we showcases the BSA’s accomplishments and our continued relevance in today’s society.