Encourage youth members to invite friends to upcoming meetings, outings, and activities. Experience-based invitations can introduce prospective members to the adventure, leadership, and friendships your unit offers.

Give Scouts and families something to look forward to by highlighting upcoming outings, activities, service projects, and other fall opportunities. Sharing the program early can help bring families back engaged and ready to participate.

Plan how your unit will welcome and orient new families after fall recruiting. Prepare key information, identify who will follow up with parents, and make it easy for new Scouts to become involved right away.

Review leader roles, training needs, and upcoming responsibilities before the fall program begins. Address leadership gaps now and make sure volunteers know where to find the training and resources they need.

Confirm recruiting dates, locations, volunteers, materials, and follow-up responsibilities. Make sure your pack is ready to welcome families as soon as the new school year begins.

Saturdays, June - August

Allatoona Aquatics Base

Spend a Saturday on Lake Allatoona while working toward aquatic and outdoor-focused merit badges, with courses including Swimming, Lifesaving, Canoeing, Kayaking, Sailing, Fishing, and more.

Monthly, April–October

Aviation History & Technology Center

Explore the fundamentals of flight, aircraft design, model building, and aviation careers through a hybrid merit badge experience that includes an online class and a guided tour of historic military and civilian aircraft.

Weekly Sessions | June 6–July 3, 2027

Bert Adams Scout Camp

Spend a week at Bert Adams Scout Camp building skills, earning merit badges, exploring the outdoors, and making lasting memories through a full summer camp experience designed for Scouts BSA.

Weekly Sessions | June 6–July 24, 2027

Woodruff Scout Camp

Spend a week in the North Georgia mountains with merit badges, whitewater rafting, climbing, aquatics, shooting sports, mountain biking, and unforgettable outdoor adventures at Woodruff Scout Camp.

Invite prospective Venturers to an upcoming activity where they can experience the crew firsthand. Encourage current members to invite friends and give interested youth an easy way to stay connected.

Use summer camp, high adventure, service, and outdoor experiences to show prospective Scouts what your troop offers. Encourage Scouts to share their experiences and invite friends to upcoming activities.

Reconnect with returning families and create a welcoming first experience for new ones. Share your calendar, explain what is coming up, and help every family understand how to get involved.

Put your recruiting plan into action through schools, community outreach, recruiting events, and personal invitations. Make it easy for families to discover your pack, ask questions, and join.

Review advancement completed during summer camps, outings, and other activities. Make sure achievements are recorded and recognized, and help Scouts identify their next advancement goals for the fall.