Mornin’ all! Thanks for tuning in to the 3-minute update. I’m Jake Brown, and this week: we’ve got a simple lineup for y’all: Cub Haunted, popcorn, Scout shop updates, the Fall Firelands Camporee, the WB/NYLT Fall Fellowship, and this week’s fun fact.
But first, here’s a great joke for you: what’s an owl’s favorite drink? HOOT-beer! Oh, oh I do love a good knee-slapper!
And speaking of owls, you should attend the NYLT/Wood Badge fall fellowship event on October 9th. Registration is open for two and a half more weeks, please send Linda Gray your questions.
Speaking of Beaumont, keep these on your calendar also:
Wilderness Engineers weekend, the first weekend in October, for adults to come out and help beautify camp and/or make it more functional. Bring your friends out and enjoy a steak dinner at the end of a hard day’s work! Questions should go to Chris Fortunato.
Cub Haunted follows up in October for the next 3 weekends! Cub Scouts: what weekend are you going? You’ll get to do all the fun things you’ve heard about at school talks and join nights!
Also, calling all Troops: weekends 1 and 3 are still in need of Scouts BSA youth to help staff the event. Contact Brittany Dunne for questions.
Don’t forget that the Cleveland Scout shop is open until 6p.m. on Thursdays from now until October 31st. And uniform tops are 25% when you buy the bottoms, also until the 31st! Stop in today!
The leaders’ guide for the Back on Target Camporee at Firelands is published on the event registration page: check it out, and we’re stoked to see you out there October 22-24!
And lastly, here’s the fun quiz of the day: At the end of a join night, what should you have? Is it A) a full sign in sheet with parent and child names, grades, emails and phone numbers? Is it B) An empty box of recruitment thocthkis, because they’ve all been given away, or C) a stack of filled out, signed, and paid youth and adult applications? Take a moment to ponder that.
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If you’re answer was All of the Above, then you’re prepared for fall recruitment! Remember, everyone: folks who show up to join nights are already interested, they just need confirmation that their plan to join is a good idea. So be welcoming, be organized, and be ready to say “My kid’s experience in Scouts is great. And mine has been, too! I want you to share that same positive experience, and that begins tonight, right now, with a paid fully filled out youth application.”
After all, folks: leads are great, but leads don’t recharter. So get your attendees signed up at your join night! And whatever you need before your join night to be prepared for such things, please let Jim, Michelle, Matt, Julia, or myself know.
And that’s a wrap! Thanks for all you do, and thanks for being you! I’ll see you this weekend at Beaumont’s 75thCamporall!
