ICYMI – Roundtable July 2024

Hightower Trail’s Membership Kickoff included demonstrations and tips for recruitment events.  We discussed tactics for welcoming visitors, choosing games and activities, and creating an elevator speech about your unit.  Andy Strain, Charter Organization Representative and past Cubmaster 007, drew from his lifetime of experience with EHUMC to present a fantastic Membership Moment on the relationships among the units and the charter org.  

Scouters also experienced first-hand that our Roundtable takes its hashtags seriously!  #SnacksSupportSupplies Pizza was accompanied by a presentation and membership materials from Toni Carter, District Executive.  Scouters discussed and shared ideas for recruiting middle schoolers, acknowledged by many as a special group.  Lalith Silva, whom that day was recognized as the District’s recipient of the Whitney M. Young, Jr Service Award, delighted the attendees by contributing his incredible homemade zucchini bread.   Paul Knighten was the lucky winner of one of our coolest door prizes to date – a travel grill with a cooler bag!  

District Updates noted the Cub Scout STEM event is earmarked for around Sept. 19th.  Barry Deutsch requested insights from HT Scouters.  There will be a Council Jamboree in March 2025, so District planners would like to hear your thoughts of whether and how a District event of some kind would be utilized by units.  Please reach out to barryjdeutsch@gmail.com.