The District Membership Committee is Ready to Serve You!

 

The district membership committee is busy helping units in all phases of Scouting retain and grow their membership. At this writing, the committee has three members.  Kim Hawkes, who lives in North Logan, is serving as our New Unit Organizer; Opal Jenks, who lives in Perry, is serving as our Webelos-to-Scouts BSA Transition Chair; and Darwin Sorensen, who lives in North Logan, is the Committee Chair. We are hoping to add a New Cub Scout Event Coordinator and a Scouts-to-Venturing Transition Chair in the near future. A district membership plan for 2021 has been prepared. The plan will be modified as new committee members are added and they prepare plans for their work and as the needs of units are recognized throughout the year.  Our year-round objectives include: populate pins for BeAScout.org, make sales calls for prospective chartered organizations, help new units organize, recruit leaders, and assure that families find units. We want to grow new Cub Scout Packs by 4 and add 276 new youth to the district enrollment this year. We will also encourage having a New Member Coordinator in each unit's committee. These are ambitious goals and we will be very grateful for every Scout leader and every youth who helps recruit members and leaders. We are delighted that Cub Scout Pack 30, in Preston, has chartered and will be the first new pack in our district in 2021.

We will be  building and employing a district Save-a-Scout taskforce to contact dropped Scouting families over the next several weeks.  If you would like to help with this effort, please contact Darwin Sorensen at 435-760-4148 or darjo3@comcast.net.

We hope that all adult leaders in our district, both at the unit and district levels, were able to access and learn from the Crossroads of the West Council's Membership Webinar that was held the evening of January 27th.  If you would like to view or review this information-rich and helpful webinar, it can be accessed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e1C3NUErxg&feature=youtu.be.

Thanks for helping Scouting Grow!

Klondike Derby 2021!

The tradition continues! Old Ephraim district is sponsoring the annual Klondike Derby. It will be held February 19-20, 2021 at Sunrise Campground up Logan Canyon just before you descend to Bear Lake.

There will be plenty of activities to test your Scouting skills with a particular focus on fire building and first aid. Attendees may find it helpful to bring their Scout Handbook and download the American Red Cross First Aid app (Click on buttons below to download).

The fun starts with a cracker barrel at 8 pm Friday night. The activities start Saturday morning with a flag ceremony at 8:30 am and ends with the Klondike race at noon. 

Parking will be tight so please avoid bringing trailers if you can. Be sure every one is dressed and prepared for the cold. Remember to clean up after yourself and leave your camp area clean by hauling out all of your trash and following Leave No Trace practices including taking appropriate care of your ashes. Please use the restrooms at the Bear Lake overlook. 

There will be a fee of $5/person to cover the cost of the patch and supplies. A downloadable flyer is available and contact information is available at https://www.utahscouts.org/OEKlondike. You can register your unit online now.

Update: There are 19 stations planned. Anyone who can come up on Saturday to help with those stations would be appreciated and will receive a free patch.

Online Chartering Tips

 It's time for chartering units for next year. Here are a few tips to help make the process go smoother and maybe even save some money

• Accessing the online rechartering system 
• Go to utahscouts.org/recharter
• Recharter codes have been emailed to the COR of each unit
• Erik can provide codes if you need them
• Adding youth who have been Scouts in the past
• Use a paper registration form instead of the online registration system
• Be sure to include their BSA ID to avoid the $25 new member fee
• Erik can look up BSA IDs for youth
• Adding adults who have been registered in the past
• Use a paper form instead of the online registration system
• Do NOT use old adult registration forms. They have the incorrect background check authorization form. 
• Contact Erik for a PDF application form that can be filled out on the computer then printed to be turned in
• If you need assistance with rechartering contact your Unit Commissioner or Erik