Three Fires Council

 Here is a repository of the most current and official versions of membership applications available to download:

Application forms:

• New Youth Application: English and Spanish
• New Adult Application: English and Spanish
  

The Boy Scouts of America announces a new position in Scouting called the ScoutParent. The ScoutParent is an optional, non-registered position similar to the Tiger Cub Partner. A new radio button (circle to fill in) in the Parent/Guardian section of the Adult Application includes this wording for the new National Parent Initiative: “I commit to be an active ScoutParent.” A ScoutParent is an optional, non-registered position similar to Tiger Cub Partner.

What are

A ScoutParent is a parent or adult mentor of a Scout who enthusiastically participates with their Scout and also helps other volunteers to provide the best quality program experience to all youth in every unit.

A ScoutParent:
• Leads their family in obtaining the values, benefits, experiences and rewards from their family’s Scouting participation, and in sharing these with others;
• Enjoys participating with his or her Scout and inspires their child to persevere in Scouting with their tenure, activity participation and achievement;
• Helps enhance youth and parent-mentor recruitment, retention, enthusiasm, commitment and participation in the passionate GREAT Family FUN of Scouting!; and
• Helps Make It SO!

• Scout Parents Initiative Resource Guide

Recruiting New Leadership

Often when we need to recruit a new leader for our units, we use one of two methods. The first method is thinking of everyone that we know who we think would fit the bill. By recruiting new unit leaders this way, we either run out of people to recruit or we start asking the same people over and over again to fill our units' needs. The second method is simply hoping that a new Scout joins the troop and one of his family members volunteers to become a new leader.

Click Here>> Guide to Selecting Quality Leaders

The problem with these methods is that we either do not fill our unit's leadership needs or we recruit people who might not be the ideal match to the position.  The guide below outlines an effective process of finding the right person to fill your unit's leadership needs.