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Earn William D. Boyce Award

Extend the opportunity to join Scouting to a new group of young people by organizing a new unit and you will be recognized with the William D. Boyce Award.

William D. Boyce brought the Boy Scout program to the United States following a visit to England and his encounter with the “Unknown Scout” and meeting with Baden Powell.

Boys want to join Scouting, want the adventure, want to learn the skills taught in Scouting.  You can help make that possible by organizing a new pack, troop, crew, or post.

Contact your district leadership today to get more information about how you can help make Scouting possible for more youth and earn this recognition.

Invite New Members- Leaders

“Scouting is a game,” said Baden Powell. 

The score is kept by counting the number of new members and leaders who are registered into your pack, troop, crew, or post.  Scouting is a membership organization and is kept vibrant through new leadership and youth.

The Conquistador Council has a fall membership growth goal.  If each pack adds 15 new Cub Scouts, each troop adds 5 new Boy Scouts, and each Crew adds 3 new Venturers, we will achieve the goal.  But that’s just a number measurement.

A more important goal is that each pack organizes a Tiger Cub den that delivers a quality experience, and adds new Wolf, Bear, and Webelos members, and that den leaders, and other pack leaders, are trained. 

A more important goal is that each troop has added a new Scout patrol from last spring’s Webelos crossover and that Boy Scouts are inviting their friends to join every week (Add A Scout A Month).  It is critical that patrol leaders, and new troop leaders, are trained this fall.

A more important goal is that Venturers are so excited about their program that they are inviting friends to join, and that troop leaders are organizing Venturing crews to keep their older youth (and girls!) active in a Scout program.

Most important is inviting every boy to join.  There are 80 elementary schools in our council and less than half have a Cub Scout pack available to join.  A major goal this fall is that boys in every school will be invited to join the nearest Cub Scout pack and that sets the stage for organizing new packs.

Keep these numbers in mind:  15 new Cub Scouts, 5 new Boy Scouts, 3 new Venturers.  A new Tiger Cub den!

And trained leadership.

You are making a difference.