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Register Now: Fall Camporee October 29-31st @RLM!
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Come join us at RLM as we hold one of our first post-pandemic Camporees. Our local Troops are also asked to invite any Webelos/AOL Scouts to come to see what Scouts BSA is all about!
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There will be loads of fun activities like Shooting Sports, Hatchet Throwing, Scout Skills, Cooking & Pumpkin Carving Contest so bring your artistic skills. You may even see a Zombie or two roaming through the campsites.
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The Troop reservation fee for this event is $50 and this reserves your campsite. In addition, each camper is $25 to attend, which will be collected at check-in. A late fee of $10 is added to all registrations received after 5 pm on 10/15/2021.
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Questions, contact Lee Amon, leeamon@pacbell.net
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9/9 Roundtable: Cubs: Recruiting New Leaders
& Scouts BSA: High Adventure Camps
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Our Mission Peak Roundtable is an open invitation for all Scout leaders and interested parents who want to learn more about Scouting within the Mission Peak District and beyond. Come join us and see how you can quickly become the most well-informed parent in your unit.
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Our Cub Scout leaders will be discussing How To Recruit, Train and Keep Great Leaders. This time of year is the perfect opportunity to share the importance of making the Scouting experience a FAMILY experience. Don't miss the opportunity on how to create a culture of inclusion and family in your Cub Pack!
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Our Scouts BSA leaders will be sharing with you a very up close and personal experience of what our BSA High Adventure Bases have to offer, including Northern Tier, Philmont Scout Reservation and Florida Seabase. Troops 120 and 132 will be offering their commentary and personal experience with these camps. Don't miss this opportunity to hear about what your Troop is missing out on if they don't attend!
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Deadline 10/4 - Recognize your Adult Leaders
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Each year in the fall we hold our Mission Peak District Adult Leader Recognition Event. We recognize the Adult Leaders who have performed above and beyond in their volunteer positions. We know who to recognize because you the Parents nominate these Leaders. We want you to take a moment now to think about who has done a particularly good job and submit the feedback now. Use this online form now or anytime in the future to record your nomination.
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The 2021 nominations are due by 8:30 pm Thursday, October 14th.
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Use Geofencing for Recruiting this Fall
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Story contributed by Wendy Kurten, Northeast Region Team Lead/National Alliances Director
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What if you could send parents an invitation to attend a Join Scouting event directly through Facebook? By creating an event on Facebook and ‘geofencing’ it, you can. It’s easy, affordable and it’s a great way to reach parents with a message to join.
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Geofencing allows you to set a geographic virtual boundary around a specific location or locations. Once the virtual barrier is established through a platform like Facebook, for instance, we can set up triggers that will send our chosen audience an ad when their mobile device enters the specified area.
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Getting Started with Geofencing
Families have a higher interest in joining Scouting when they see information that is current, relevant, and easy to understand. Review and assess all of your social media interfaces (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Nextdoor, websites, etc.).
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How would you answer the following questions:
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- What type of information is presented on these pages?
- Is it for an internal or external audience?
- Is there information that non-Scouters will understand?
- Does the information look fun, exciting and welcoming?
- When was the last time the pages were updated?
Steps to Set Up a Geofence
- Log into your Unit Public Facebook page
- Click Events
- Create Event
- Enter the information for the event (unit recruitment night or Cub Scout day camp, for example)
- After your event is created, boost your event by clicking on the event-boost button
- Audience – this is where you will edit
- MEN/WOMEN AGES (Pick an age range you want to target)
- LOCATION – push location and within 5-mile radius; Your strategy for geofencing will look different, depending on whether you’re located in an urban or rural area. Rural locations may have to broaden their geographic search.
- LIMIT ON DOLLARS – minimum $1.00 per day; and enter payment parameters
- Make sure you are using the BSA Brand guidelines
- Use high resolution graphics for the event
- You can target any location and look for schools around that location
- Don’t forget the small details – for example, room location
- DO NOT change the event after it is posted
- AVOID co-hosted events
Facebook also has some great tools to see how effective your post was and how many people saw it. Keep track of all of your Facebook events so that you can see what works for you.
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Scouting Wire would like to thank Wendy Kurten for contributing this story.
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New Recruiting Website Offers Many Valuable Tools
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It's Time to Get Out & Scout!
After several months of being sheltered-in-place, our parents, leaders and Scouting families have become darn good at how to keep Scouting alive and well. We've amassed a ton of ideas, websites, webinars and even created a few new tools to help us communicate that we're still here and not going away anytime soon!
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The Marketing Team at the BSA National Office has done an incredible job of staying abreast of this constantly changing landscape and has pulled together all of the valuable tips, tools and resources together into one easy to access site. Check it out at:
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- MARKETING MATERIALS - email templates, peer-to-peer cards, social media images, and TONS of cool videos to help share the fun with new families this Fall
- SOCIAL MEDIA PLANNING TOOL - just the right guidance on how/when to plan your recruiting event & how to create excitement through relevant and timely social media templates that can be send out through Facebook, Twitter or Instagram
- WEBINARS - Truly insightful topics such as How to use Facebook geofencing, What to do when you don't have school access & How to put on a successful Join Scouting Night event
- WHAT'S TRENDING ON SOCIAL MEDIA - all the right links to help you stay connected to what others are saying and sharing on social media
If have any creative ideas of your own to share, please email them to our Membership Chair, Skip Phair at jfphair@yahoo.com.
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