In a few short weeks, posters will be made available to every Troop and Crew so that you can actively promote the event at your spring “Open House” for new Scouts. At the Camporee the State Police Superintendent will be awarding a special commemorative “Super Recruiter” patch to each Scout that recruits a friend to join Scouting between now and the camporee date Oct 5, 6, and 7^th, 2007.  This can be either a Webelos Scout that they encourage to “cross over” to Boy Scouts, or it can be a brand new boy who has never been a Cub Scout or Boy Scout before.  Venturers, Sea Scouts, and Law Enforcement Explorers can also take advantage of this opportunity by asking a new boy or girl to join their Crew, Ship, or Post.  The patch is great –

but the even bigger deal is that the newly recruited Scouts get to attend the Camporee with their friends.  They will not want to miss this opportunity. It only comes around once every 3 years!

 In the months of March and April we want to get the word out about this special “Super Recruiter” program, and share general information about the Camporee with as many Troops and Venture Crews as we possibly can.  If we can get our District volunteers up to speed quickly on many key details, we stand a good chance of having Commissioners and District Volunteers come to visit individual Troop and Crew meetings to do a short presentation and engage in a question and answer dialogue.