As you develop a Program Plan (your calendar of big fun events) and Promote Your Plan to your parents and through your parents (and Recruit Leaders and Helpers) … be sure that you grow a Positive Presence and Profile with your School and your Communities.  Let them know the value of Scouting – let them see that your Unit delivers that value – help them help you share what your Unit does.

Say Thank You!  Any time is a great time to thank your School personnel.  

• By all means, send a thank you note, email or text to the Principal and staff – baked goods or a basket of fruit would be super too!  (Some of them are working away during the summer!)
• Just to let them know we’re grateful for all they do, and we’re here to help the community in any way we can.

Things You Can Do Now.  There are things that Packs – not just leaders, but parents too – can do now, before any Sign Up Event.

• When you have your Pack Program, and have a flyer that is your “Pack Packet” of key information and contacts and any information website (including photo pages) to share online, you can ask if you can get it linked on School or Community Websites.  Show the school that your program lines up with their aims – Cub Scouting’s aims of Character Growth, Citizenship Training, and Personal Fitness should line up nicely with any school and community aims!
• Parents in the Pack are already in touch with other parents at the School -- so encourage them to share the Scouting story.  Parent to parent promotion is more effective anyway.  Let them share your “Pack Packet” of key information and contacts and any social media you post.
• When you’ve done activities – Day Camp, Service Projects, Advancement Awards, Summer Fun Activities – share the good news with the school and community.   There are many ways.
• As you find out about school access (and whether there will be in person “registration days” or “meet the teacher” days), if you ask nice and make it easy, you might be able to leave materials for pickup by parents, and maybe also be there yourself, maybe outdoors with a tent or other display.

More ideas at scoutingatl.org/recruitingpresence. 

If you want a Great Big List of Places to Go and Things to Do Around Atlanta -- whether for Scouting activities or for you and others this summer -- see our page entitled "The Great Big List of Places to Go and Things to Do Around Atlanta".  This is collection of events and destinations could be attended by both Cub Scouts Families and Scouts BSA Troops, with Scouts BSA Troops doing more challenging activities. These are grouped into these topics: Events (including parades, service events, Native American events and local events),then Unique Activities (like trains), then Outdoor Destinations (Scout Camps, State Parks, and more), Biking / Wheels, Sports Events and Destinations, Caving, Swimming/Water, including canoeing and rafting, Boating, Fishing, Climbing, Zip Lines, Horses, Science, Museum and Nature Destinations, Historic, Business, Political, Art and Religious Destinations, Distant Destinations (Overnighters, maybe “long weekends”), plus some Fun Activities to Do in Lots of Places and Links to Other Cub Scout Program Resources. Got More Ideas?  Email the Webmaster at webmaster@southfultonscouting.com. 

One of our Packs has a Photo Page for Southern Crescent District Events at https://pack631.smugmug.com/District-Events (<== click to view), and you can both (1) share pictures found there to tell others about Scouting in the Southern Crescent District, and (2) post your own pictures to be viewed and shared by others. 

In the links below, you can access the upload page for various galleries we've created -- with your photos on phone or PC, just click the link and follow the upload instructions: 

• 2026 Cub Twilight Camp at https://Pack631.smugmug.com/upload/QFJtjB/twilight
• 2026 Fishing Derby at https://Pack631.smugmug.com/upload/pW6gMr/fishing
• 2026 Pinewood Derby at https://Pack631.smugmug.com/upload/jhckbg/derby2026
• 2026 District Banquet at https://pack631.smugmug.com/upload/nk4JjR/Banquet2026 
• Southern Crescent District Eagle Brag Board: https://pack631.smugmug.com/upload/JfZD27/Eagle
• Unit Visits (by Commissioners, Committee, District Executive, Others): https://pack631.smugmug.com/upload/XrwWSg/Visits

More are found at Photo Uploads Here.

Highlights of the most recent District News were these (click links for information):  Recruiting Step Three: Recruiting Adult Leaders ... Opt In, Opt Out ... and from the week before: Cub Scout Twilight Camp June 25 + 26 ...  Helping Units in Your District ... Recruiting Step Two: Get The Word Out – Promote Your Pack Program With Media, Flyers and More ... Email webmaster@southfultonscouting.com if you need a reminder about the login.

Got a Calendar of Fun Activities for your Pack and Dens?  Good.  Sharing and Promoting Your Pack Program?  Great!  Also: be on the lookout for leaders.

Parents of Scouts over this last school year have "watched" you lead -- now you should pull them into leadership roles.

You’ll need the essential roles of Den Leaders, Assistants and Committee Members of course, but you’ll also want many different roles and small jobs so that every parent has a path to helping.  The best Packs and Dens create a culture of collective leadership, one where Every Parent Helps and through this process you turn parents into helpers and helpers into leaders.

To help with this step, see scoutingatl.org/RecruitingLeaders.  There are many ideas there -- and many videos there -- about how to create a culture that leads parents to answer “yes” when asked to help, from planning a menu of jobs and setting expectations to ways to ask for help to succession planning and more.  No one tool works for all – but all tools work for some.  Pick ones you like. 

For more, see scoutingatl.org/RecruitingLeaders. 

If you're no longer interested in Scouting and you want to "opt out" of these messages, email the Webmaster and we'll drop you from the list.  But If you want to be "all in" on Scouting, see our Leader Training page (good resources for parents too through the National On Line Training site at ScoutingU with the same login as at My.Scouting.Org), and if you want the login code, just email the Webmaster ... If you want to add parents or leaders to the distribution list who are not in your unit's roster here, just email the Webmaster.