| Scatacook District - Recruitment/Fall Round-Up Update |
Posted Jul. 12, 2010 |
Greetings to All Scatacook District Unit Leadership:
Hello once again. I would like to inform all of you of our Fall Recruitment schedule that is fast approaching. I will be mentioning some important dates that are just around the corner and I hope we all can be proactive in getting our membership and recruitment off the ground before the deadline approaches. On September 16, 2010, our Council will be having its annual “School Night for Scouting”. This is the night we ask all units have their recruitment night completed, including applications and fees submitted in order for us to best prepare for our second set of recruitment nights held in October. This information will also help us promote the Scouting program for our second recruitment by making others aware of how many new Scouts we have recently registered. We hope to include a press release in a local newspaper, to make this information readily available to the public. That being said, we are asking all units to hold their recruitment nights no later than between the days of September 1st through the 16th, and report all recruitment data shortly after the conclusion of said event. However, if any unit wishes to hold their recruitment night before September 1st for any reason, you are encouraged to do so, and we will make ourselves available to assist with any additional materials you may need. I have been in contact and working with our Vice Chairman of Membership Rich Barton, as well as our Fall Round-Up Coordinator Cindy Palmer on preparing for these events, and making sure we have everything you need to hold your recruitment nights. Below is a list of important dates with pertinent information concerning each day. Please take some time to read this information over and reply back to Rich (RHBarton167@yahoo.com), Cindy (cindy.palmer@charter.net), or myself (jchick@bsamail.org) with the appropriate data at your earliest convenience. We appreciate your early action with this up and coming event that Scouting relies on to provide your youth with the best program and life skills that contribute to their personal growth.
• NOW through August 11th: Please be sure the following information is sent to me, Rich, Cindy. The following information is necessary in order to have your unit’s personalized flyers made and ready for your pick up at the District’s Kickoff on August 18th.
Where your recruitment night will be held? (i.e. What school or organization building).
When will this event take place? (i.e. Date and Time range).
What schools does your unit recruit from?
What grades are in each school?
How many flyers you need for your recruitment?
Name, telephone number, and email address of your unit’s Recruitment Contact.
• August 18th: Scatacook Districts Kickoff 7:30pm @ Hoyt Scout Reservation! Among other information that will be available for you, this is the night where each unit can pick up their unit specific recruitment flyers, posters, lawn signs, brochures/cards, applications, etc…We ask that each unit send their representative so that your unit can be prepared for its specific recruitment night. This is also an excellent opportunity to ask any questions you might have concerning the coming months. (Note: If your unit wishes to have a recruitment night prior to this date, I am available to make sure you have the proper resources ahead of time to make that happen. Additionally, we can supply your unit with a second set of flyers to be sent on the first day of the school year).
• August 20th through September 16th (Annual Council Popcorn Kickoff is August 19th!): Unit Recruitment Nights! A representative of our membership committee is planning to make visits to your unit’s recruitment nights to assist with any questions there might be, as well as collect completed applications and fees. This will help make everything easier so that we can enter all information concerning applications as it happens and keep you from having to keep track of the masses of applications and fees you will accumulate. We will also be contacting each unit’s recruitment representative to follow up on how the night went.
• September 16th: We will be evaluating our progress of the first round of recruitment nights and presenting units who have met the asked deadlines with incentive prizes (See details below). Then we will begin the process again for our second round of recruitment in the month of October!
Finally, as mentioned above, this year we are offering incentives to units who are able to meet specified recruitment dates listed. These incentive rewards include:
• For Packs:
For each new youth application received by September 16th, the unit will be awarded (1) Cub Scout Pinewood Derby Car! (You may continue to earn additional Pinewood Derby Cars up to September 30th with complete and paid applications, but your unit must have completed its Recruitment Night and turned its initial results).
• For Everyone:
For each unit that turns in its completed applications after its recruitment night (up to September 16th), that unit will receive a baseball cap to be awarded to a Scout or Scouter of their choosing!
On October 31st, for each unit whose membership is greater on said date than on December 31st, 2009, that unit will receive a $25 gift card to the Scout Shop!!!
Please follow our district webpage on the council website (www.ctyankee.org) so that you remain up to date with current news and forms. Currently there are Fall Recruitment Surveys you should fill out and either email or fax to Cindy, Rich, or myself.
Let us be proactive and get an early start to this coming season of membership and recruitment. I encourage anyone to contact me, Rich, or Cindy with any questions you might have. Cindy has already begun speaking with units about the information needed to make all of this happen. I hope we can all follow this lead of thinking ahead and get our district off to an early and successful start to the coming months and year. Once again, I am available to help in any way I can, so please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours In Scouting,
John |
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| Scatacook District - Greetings Scatacook |
Posted Jul. 8, 2010 |
Greetings Fellow Scouters of Scatacook District,
I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself to all of you of Scatacook District. My name is John Chick and I want all of you to know that I am very excited to work with you in giving our youth the best program and opportunities that we can. I am a graduate of the University of Connecticut, and most recently completed a graduate degree in Education at the University of Bridgeport. I come to this profession after being active with scouting my entire life; both as a youth and a leader. I consider myself to have a great knowledge of the organization and program after serving at local, council, and regional levels, and hope to use that experience and knowledge to better serve the organization, you as volunteer leaders, and most importantly the youth. As a scouting professional, I am here to make sure you all have the proper resources and materials available to you so that all of our goals can be met. I want you all to know I am here to help in whatever way that I can and I am hoping we can move our district in forward in the right direction, as a unified front.
I want you all to know, that if you have a question, please ask me, and I will find the answer and get back to you if I do not already have the answer. I am in the process of contacting and meeting with the leadership of the district, as well as making contact with the unit leaders and chairpersons on record with the district. A few of you might have already received a phone call or message from me concerning the prior and following material below. I understand our schedules will not always line up so that we may not be able to make contact over the phone or in person just yet, but I urge all of you to contact me by either phone or email if there is something you need answered or help with.
Now I want to get into the real important and fun stuff that will be coming up before we know it, and what better time to start thinking about it than now. I think the more we look at things now and the earlier initiative we take, the easier it will be on us all later on when it comes to time to execute. Below you will see some of the events that are swiftly approaching, as well as some information I need from you so that everything can run smoothly. So please take some time, read it over, and get back to me as soon as you can via phone or email. If you need clarification with anything, do not hesitate to contact me. I am excited to get in touch with all of you.
Information we need to help support your program:
1. Any leadership changes in your unit (i.e. Cubmaster, Scoutmaster, Committee Chairman).
If there is a change in leadership, please let me know so that I can update our contact list. Also, so that it is official with the council please complete a new adult leader application that can be found at our council website (www.ctyankee.org) under “resources >forms”, and return to the Council Office Service Center. It is important that we not wait until re-chartering to do this.
2. What schools do your units cover, and what grades are in the schools? This is especially important for our CUB PACKS.
3. Todd Michalka is our popcorn kernel, and will be calling soon to secure popcorn commitments once I have all the proper contact information. I will also be e-mailing out a popcorn commitment form shortly.
TO PACKS:
1. We will be holding a membership and program kick-off on August 18 for our District!
a. We will have all flyers for school nights printed by that date and available for pickup.
b. We are asking a few people from each unit to attend to get the materials.
c. We will be asking for September recruitment dates, between September 1 and September 16th, date, time, location, and number of flyers needed within the next week or so in order to have materials prepared for kick-off. If you have this information prior to this date, please let me know.
TO TROOPS:
1. Where are you camping this summer? If you are going to Camp Sequassen, please inform me when you are attending so that I can plan to drop by for a day to say hello and introduce myself in person. I plan on making quite a few trips up to Camp Sequassen this summer so do not be shy to tell when you will be there.
2. As mentioned for the packs, our district is having its kickoff (August 18th, 7:30pm @ Hoyt) will program information for all of you. So please send a representative to come by. You are all invited!
TO CREWS:
1. The district kickoff is August 18th, 7:30pm @ Hoyt. You are all invited to find out about program information we will have ready for you, after an event-filled summer including trips to Green Island, the “Wild Wild Quest” weekend at Deer Lake, and a YLT training course in late August. If you are interested in trying to participate in the training course, please refer to the Council’s Venturing webpage (http://www.ctyankee.org/program/venturing) .
2. If there is any concerns or support you need, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Once again, I cannot express enough to all of you that I am here to help you. I hope we can work together to not only make all our positions easier, but also to give our youth a memorable and positive program experience. Please feel free to forward this email to anyone in our district who was not on the contact list. Thank you. My contact information is below, so please feel free to use it.
Yours In Scouting,
John Chick
District Executive
Connecticut Yankee Council
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
60 Wellington Road
P.O. Box 32
Milford, CT 06461-1677
Phone: 203-876-6868 x. 248
Fax: 203-876-6884 |
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| Scatacook District - Centennial Quality Unit |
Posted Jan. 16, 2010 |
 The Centennial Quality Awards program is designed to recognize units, districts, councils, areas, and regions in achieving excellence in providing a quality program to a growing youth population in America at all levels of the Boy Scouts of America.
Find out how this program supports your unit operations. Details can be found through the link below. |
| Scatacook District - Tenderfoot to First Class Videos |
Posted Jan. 16, 2010 |
 The National Council of the Boy Scouts of America has created a website to help enhance the Troop Tenderfoot to First Class process.
The website features detailed video clips that talk about each requirement from Tenderfoot to First Class. This is a great resource for Scouts to help learn the requirements necessary for rank advancement.
Click on the link below for more information and to view the videos. |
| Scatacook District - Eagle: Sons of American Revolution |
Posted Jan. 16, 2010 |
 For many years the Sons of the American Revolution has recognized the many common bonds of purpose and principles shared by the S.A.R. and the Boy Scouts of America.
You young men achieving the rank of Eagle Scout have demonstrated your belief in these common pinciples. For this reason, the S.A.R. believes that Eagle Scouts are deserving of special recognition for their accomplishment and dedication.
This is your invitation to participate in this recognition and scholarship program. There are three levels at which you might receive recognitions and/or monetary awards. Click on the link below to find out more information. |
| Scatacook District - Scatacook Helping the Hungry |
Posted Jan. 16, 2010 |
 Shh !!!
Scatacook Helping the Hungry !!!
Scatacook District's Contribution to BSA's Good Turn for America
Let's make "helping the hungry" a part of our District's culture. Make food donations part of each Unit's program. Make food donations part of each District-wide event.
Follow the link below for additional information. |
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