Pack Public Relations Chair
The Public Relations Chair of a Cub Scout Pack plays an important role in helping the pack thrive. They are responsible for identifying and promoting service projects within the pack's chartered organization, school and community. They should also encourage family participation in all pack events and suggest ways of showing an interest in the chartered organization's overall program.
Qualifications
- Be a U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age, appointed by the chartered organization and registered as an adult leader of the BSA.
- A person of good character, familiar with organization procedures, with a deep concern for the pack's success.
- Completes and maintains up-to-date position specific training and Youth Protection Training (YPT).
Responsibilities
- Identify and promote pack service projects in the chartered organization, school, and community.
- Promote family participation in all pack events.
- Urge pack participation in appropriate programs of the chartered organization. Suggest ways of showing interest in the chartered organization's overall program.
- Publicize and promote pack participation in Scouting Anniversary Week activities.
- Circulate Cub Scout recruiting flyers and brochures to invite youth to join. Along with the pack committee, promote new membership. Let the people in the neighborhood know that a Cub Scout pack is available.
- Consider using a monthly or quarterly pack newsletter to inform families of pack plans, guide new parents and guardians in pack policies, and create a feeling of unity among members of the pack family.
- Provide pack announcements for regular release in the official bulletins, newsletters, Web sites, etc., of your chartered organization.
- Make use of the news media in publicizing pack events.
