Give the gift of Scouting this holiday season!

Tis the season for giving... Let's give a youth the gift of Scouting!

After a quick review of our progress as a District towards our goal of program growth in 2009, we have come to realize that, after the youth we have identified as unregistered are finally all tallied, we sit tantalizingly close to program growth for the year (as a service area!)

Lenni Lenape District ended 2008 with 1936 registered youth in Scouting, which breaks down to 1191 Cub Scouts, 709 Boy Scouts and 36 Venturers. As of today, we have over 1830 registered youth in total, with another 70 or so on their way in (either from Fall Recruitment efforts, roster checks or Scoutreach recruitment.)

We are only about 35 youth away from serving more youth in Scouting than last year!

In order to inject some fun into the holiday season and to share the value of our programs with our community, we have decided to promote a challenge to our Scouting family: EVERY NEWLY REGISTERED YOUTH IN NOVEMBER THROUGH DECEMBER 5TH IS A CHANCE TO WIN A DECEMBER PIZZA PARTY!

This is an excellent opportunity for Troops and Crews to add youth who are interested, but perhaps have not committed. Also, for Packs with new Dens, this can be an opportunity to fill a partial den by having youth recruit a friend to join!

We will accept and track application in all youth programs for Lenni Lenape District that have come in with a joining date later than November 1st, and for every application received (with payment) the unit will have a chance in a live drawing at the December 10th Roundtable for a holiday Pizza Party. 5 applications = 5 chances to win! In order to have an effective drawing, we must receive the application with payment no later than Saturday, December 5th (at Charter day.)

Please direct any questions to Jim Langer at jlanger@bsamail.org.