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- What is a School Sign Up Night?
- A hour long sign up held at your Pack’s assigned school to inform parents and get boys signed up for Cub Scouts.
- Why is it important to have the first sign up night at the school?
- Parents are used to going to the school.
- Marketing Materials and Resources
- Fliers, tri-fold brochures, yard signs, posters, peer-to-peer cards
- Provided free of charge by the Atlanta Area Council (order through your District Executive)
- Station-to-Station Approach for SignUp Nights
- Open Houses
- Great to promote the sign up night and provide pack information
- Buzz Ups
- Promotion at the school for the boys done a day or two before the sign up night.
- School Sign Up Night Tips
- Make sure it does not last more than a hour
- Have a registration table that serves as a resource for the night including sign-in sheet
- Get parents filling out applications as soon as they arrive
- Provide Pack info sheet and pack registration form
- Have a membership chair review applications before the night is over
- Collect applications along with the payment and turn in that night to Scouting or District person
- Program
- Cubmaster welcomes and explains pack meeting times, location and size
- Have an activity or game for the boys (i.e. making paper rockets with older Boy Scouts.)
- Scouting or District person explains what Scouting is
- Cubmaster reviews activities and the calendar for the pack
- Creating Lion and Tiger Dens
- Bring Lion/Tiger parents together to recruit a leader and co-leader
- Have a Lion/Tiger Den Mentors to be there and help new den
- Incentives
- Every new Cub Scout receives a free "Build-Your-Adventure" building block kit.
- Free Bobcat badge for Scouts who achieve rank
- All Cub Scouts are invited to the Appalachian Trail Adventure Quest on August 25th
- Second Chances
- After the school sign-up night, a second chance is a time for boys to have a change to join. This is perfect for parties, rain gutter regattas, Pack meetings, etc…