Local Scout Anniversary Week Ideas

Posters. Let every Cub Scout or den make posters to describe their program and the fun they're having. Put them up in prominent places around town (store fronts, public library, community bulletin boards, etc.). Always provide a name, phone number, website or other means that a prospective member or family can contact you about joining Scouting.

Window Displays. Virtually every downtown has a few vacant storefronts that could be utilized for Scouting displays during Scout Anniversary Week. Consider a Pinewood Derby track or a model campsite. Uniforms, handbooks, posters, props, equipment-whatever helps tell the Scouting story. If not in a vacant store, how about one where the owner lets you use his or her window for that one week?

News Blitz: Make sure that your local media outlets are aware of Scout Anniversary Week and that they have news bits or PSA's to run for you.

Take a Cake. Here's a sure-fire way to get in the newspaper: take a cake to the editor to thank him/her for the support the newspaper gives to Scouting and other youth programs. Have a Scout IN UNIFORM present the cake to the editor and take a photo of the presentation. Chances are high that the editor will run that photo and probably with a nice article to boot!

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