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What Is A Parent’s Role In Scouting?

Scouting With Your Child

As a parent, you’re a primary role model for your child. Scouting provides a time-tested structure that helps bond parent/child development through group and individual activities, recognition and advancement. Your child needs your encouragement, guidance and participation along his or her Scouting path.

Scouting also recognizes that the make up of a family or who plays a parental role can vary greatly. We are a program for Dad, Mom, Grandparents, Uncles, and any other individual who is active in the boy’s life.

Volunteering

New volunteer leaders in Scouting can take their initial Fast Start training at the BSA’s Online Learning Center (OLC) at www.olc.scouting.org. Fast Start training is required before volunteers can participate in youth activities.

The OLC brings together essential volunteer learning in a single package and allows volunteers to take courses at their convenience at home, and to download and print a certificate of completion. It also keeps a personal training history for each volunteer, showing courses completed, started and unfinished courses.

How Parents Can Help in Scouting

There are many volunteer positions in Scouting that parents can help fill, working directly with Scouts or in support roles to the unit. Here’s a partial list:

Cub Scout

Activities Leader, Assistant Leader, Award Coordinator, Camping Participant, Car Pool Coordinator, Construction Support, Den Leader / Assistant, District Committee Member, Field Trip Planner, Refreshment Provider, Secretary, Skills Expert, Supply Coordinator, Youth Protection Coordinator

Boy Scout

Activity Leader, Assistant Leader, Advancement Committee, Fundraising Coordinator, Hobby Instructor, Interfaith Religious Coordinator, Merit Badge Counselor, Librarian, Printer, Publicity Chair, Snorkeling and Scuba Instructor, Unit Webmaster

Venture Crew

Crew Advisor, Crew Consultant, Secretary, Unit Treasurer, Outdoor Activities Coordinator, Training Coordinator, Crew Public Relations Coordinator, Associate Advisor for Administration, Associate Advisor for Program, Provide Equipment Transportation

2020 Training Calendar

Every Scout Deserves a Trained Leader! The Hawk Mountain Council training committee is prepared to help adult volunteers lead a great scouting program. Attend one of our live training sessions led by an experienced scouting volunteer. We also offer outdoor training to prepare you to take a cub scout pack camping or to help a […]

National Youth Leadership Training

National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) is the premier youth leadership program offered by Hawk Mountain Council. NYLT is an exciting, action-packed program designed to provide youth members with leadership skills and experience they can use in their home troops and crews, and in other situations demanding leadership of self and others.

Hawk Mountain Scout Reservation

The Hawk Mountain Scout Reservation is a 700-acre tract of land in eastern Pennsylvania dedicated to offering Scouts the chance to experience the … [Read More...]

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Virtual Scouting Hub

Face-to-face meetings may be on hold, but Scouting continues, and great ideas for units can be found here at the "Virtual Scouting" … [Read More...]

Geo-Fencing

As part of our Fall 2019 Membership Drive, Hawk Mountain Council will be implementing geo-fencing to help promote your signup night on social … [Read More...]

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