As we are quickly approaching Scouting Anniversary Week & Scout Sunday, we are requesting for your unit to consider ways to engage and recognize your charter partner. Scouting would not happen without our Charter Partners and over the last year we have come to appreciate their loyal support even more. Let’s be sure to use the upcoming opportunities to recognize their support and strengthen our ties. Listed below are eight suggestions. Consider choosing four:
1. Post a Charter Partner shout out and thank you on all the unit’s social media profiles
2. Drop a thank you flyer with stats on the unit’s Scouting success in the bulletin
3. Do a volunteer project to benefit the Charter Partner (counts towards Journey to Excellence)
4. Write a thank you letter that all Scouts can sign sharing the success of the unit to the Charter Partner’s leadership committee
5. Piece together a collage of pictures from the scouting year the Charter Partner helps enable, frame it, and present as a gift to your Charter Partner’s committee
6. Be as involved in the Scout Sunday service as you possibly can (serve as ushers, provide a bulletin message, picture/video presentations, scripture reading, flag ceremony, recite the oath & law, lead a prayer, ask members of the congregation who were Scouts to stand, formerly present the annual charter, award religious emblems, connect Scouting for Food to the service, etc.). A full list of ideas can be found HERE
7. Invite the charter partner executive committee to a meeting
8. Have at least 50% of the unit participate in Scout Sunday
