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  • [ January 30, 2023 ] Let’s look at the awesome projects these Eagle Scout Adams award winners did App Feed
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  • [ January 26, 2023 ] Eagle Scout project addresses the need to Be Prepared if someone has a seizure App Feed - Eagle Scouts
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Recruiting

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Passive recruiting: What it is, and how you can make it work for you

January 9, 2023 1

Join Scouting nights are a big deal — and always will be. But the great thing about passive recruiting is you can easily work it into many of your unit’s regularly scheduled year-round events, with little extra effort from anyone.

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1 million and growing: BSA membership is on the rise

January 5, 2023 8

I’ve been authorized to announce that the BSA has reached its membership goal of 2022, with a couple of weeks to spare. On Thursday of last week, the BSA’s youth membership surpassed 1,025,000.

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How do you recruit older youth to the BSA?

September 21, 2022 6

One of the most common questions we at On Scouting get is, “Where do you come up with your story ideas?” And the most common answer to that question is, “We get them from readers

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Add the BSA Brand Center to your list of tools for marketing your unit

August 2, 2022 0

There are lots of effective ways to market your unit to the families in your community. Whether you prefer the old-school brochure or the fancy new social media asset — or maybe a little bit of both — the BSA Brand Center is here to help.

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How to take and share the best photos of your Scouts this summer … and beyond

May 16, 2022 1

Wherever you go with your Scouts this summer, whatever you do, you already have one of the most powerful tools you need to spread the joy of Scouting: your smartphone. “People always ask me, ‘What’s

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All the advantages of recruiting new Cub Scouts in the spring

March 31, 2022 4

Why not recruit new members to your Cub Scout pack in the spring? It doesn’t take very much extra work. In fact, it could actually ease some of the headaches commonly encountered when starting new dens from scratch in the fall.

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Fall recruiting was a smashing success; now it’s on to spring

January 26, 2022 4

It was never a secret that recruiting new members during the fall of 2021 was going to be critical for the BSA. Chief Scout Executive (and recent Bronze Wolf award recipient) Roger Mosby said as

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Pack sets up wooden snowmen around city as a festive recruitment tool

December 23, 2021 0

Even at times with no snow on the ground, the town of Holliston, Mass., has snowmen, thanks to Pack 2.

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Proof that earning Eagle isn’t the only sign of a successful Scouting experience

December 8, 2021 14

“Matt’s text filled me with such pride, knowing that Matt has indeed personally experienced the true goal of Scouting,” his Scoutmaster says. 

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Why ‘Normal Friend Activities’ are such an effective recruiting tool

November 15, 2021 3

Normal Friend Activities are low-pressure pack or troop events where units invite non-Scouting families to join them for an afternoon of fun.

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Aaron Derr

Aaron Derr is the senior editor of Aaron on Scouting and Scout Life magazine, and also a former Cubmaster and Scouts BSA volunteer.


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Michael Freeman, an Eagle Scout, is an associate editor of Scout Life and Scouting magazines.


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Bryan Wendell, an Eagle Scout, is the founder of Bryan on Scouting (now Aaron on Scouting).

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