HEART OF AMERICA COUNCIL WEBELOS TO SCOUT TRANSITION

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COUNCIL WEBELOS TO SCOUT CHAIR Forrest Bolles 913 -302 -1421 Forrest. Bolles@gmail. com

WHY DO WE NEED A PLAN? The transition from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts is when we lose a large percentage of our membership. An effective Webelos to Scout Transition plan is essential for retaining our current Cub Scouts by moving them into a Boy Scout Troop.

RESPONSIBILITIES • Webelos to Scout transition is everyone’s responsibility -- Webelos Leaders, Cubmasters, Scoutmasters, Parents, Commissioners and the District Committee. • All must work together to ensure that Webelos and their parents know all the great fun and adventure in store for them when they become Boy Scouts. • Webelos is not the end of Cub Scouts. The transition from Webelos to Boy Scouts is a normal and expected part of the program.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES • • • DISTRICT WEBELOS TRANSITION CHAIR TROOP AND TROOP MEMBERSHIP CHAIR PACK AND PACK MEMBERSHIP CHAIR WEBELOS II DEN LEADER UNIT COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT WEBELOS TRANSITION CHAIR • CONTACT ALL PACKS IN EARLY FALL TO UPDATE A LIST OF ALL FIFTHGRADE WEBELOS SCOUTS. • COACH CUBMASTERS, WEBELOS DEN LEADERS • TRACK AND MAINTAIN RECORDS OFWEBELOS TRANSITION • WORK WITH UNIT COMMISSIONERS TO FOLLOW-UP ONWEBELOS WHO HAVE NOT JOINED A TROOP

TROOP & TROOP MEMBERSHIP CHAIR APPOINT A TROOP MEMBERSHIP CHAIR ESTABLISH CONNECTION WITH PACKS IN YOUR AREA TRAIN DEN CHIEFS AND ENCOURAGE PACKS TO USEDEN CHIEFS HOST WEBELOS II AT TROOP MEETING, ACTIVITIES, EVENTS, CAMPOUTS VISIT PACKS TO ORIENT BEARS AND WEBELOS I COMMUNICATE WITH WEBELOS II LEADERS, WEBELOS II PARENTS • COORDINATE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS FOR WEBELOS II LEADERS IN TROOP • HELP CUBMASTERS PLAN CROSS-OVER CEREMONIES • • •

PACK & PACK MEMBERSHIP CHAIR MOTIVATE WEBELOS II LEADERS TO ENSURE CROSS-OVER DEVELOP WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH TROOPS IN AREA COORDINATE WITH SCOUTMASTERS FOR ASSIGNMENT OF DEN CHIEFS COORDINATE WITH SCOUTMASTER FOR WEBELOS OVERNIGHT ACTIVITIES AND TROOP MEETING VISITS • INVITE TROOPS IN AREA TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN SPECIALPACK • • EVENTS • ENCOURAGE WEBELOS II LEADRS TO CROSS TO TROOP LEADERSHIP ROLES • PLAN CROSS-OVER

WEBELOS II DEN LEADERS • BE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE TRANSITION TOBOY SCOUTS • SPEAK TO YOUR WEBELOS II AND THEIR PARENTS IN SEPTEMBER ABOUT TROOP VISITS • ENSURE THAT PARENTS OF WEBELOS II UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TROOP THEIR SON CHOOSES • EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BOY SCOUTS AND CUB SCOUTS AND THE DIFFERENT ROLES OF PARENTS • ENSURE THAT EVERY WEBELOS II RECEIVES AN INVITATION TO JOIN ONE OR MORE TROOPS

UNIT COMMISSIONERS • HELP EVERY TROOP CONNECT WITH ONE OR MORE PACKS AND EVERY PACK CONNECT WITH ONE OR MORE TROOPS • EDUCATE UNITS ON NEED FOR THEWEBELOS TO BOY SCOUT TRANSITION PLAN AND EXECUTION • • • PROMOTE COMMUNICATION AMONG UNITS PROMOTE COMMUNICATION OF PACKS WITH WEBELOS FAMILIES HELP KEEP UNITS FOCUSED ON THE SCHEDULE ENSURE ALL ELIGIBLE WEBELOS ARE IDENTIFIED ENSURE ALL ELIGIBLE WEBELOS ARE INVITED TO JOIN ONE OR MORE TROOPS ENSURE THAT UNITS FOLLOW-UP WITHWEBELOS THAT DO NOT CROSS

TIMELINE • AUGUST – COMPILE WEBELOS LISTS, PLAN FOR TROOP/WEBELOS II CAMPOUT, APPOINT DEN CHIEFS • SEPTEMBER – FIRST CONTACT (TROOP LETTER, CHECKLISTS, NEWSLETTERS) • OCTOBER – TROOP/DEN ACTIVITY, INVITATIONS, DISTRICT-LEVEL WEBLEOS/TROOP EVENT • NOVEMBER – TROOPS VISIT WITH DENS, DENS VISIT TROOPS

TIMELINE • • • DECEMBER – DENS VISIT TROOPS JANUARY – DENS VISIT TROOPS, CROSS-OVERS FEBRUARY – CROSS-OVERS, FOLLOW-UP MARCH – CROSS-OVERS, FOLLOW-UP APRIL – JUNE – INTEGRATION AND TRAINING OF NEW SCOUTS, SUMMER CAMP PLANNING/PREPARATION

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