It’s one thing to attract new members into a troop, and quite another to keep them there! A long-standing, national goal, and a key to increasing a unit’s rate of retention, is to ensure that both adult and youth Scout leaders plan, prepare, and present meetings and outings that are fun with positive outcomes.
Scouts should come away from their Scout meetings and outings feeling uplifted — happy about Scouting and happy about themselves. When it comes to creating fond memories that last a lifetime, the following pages include several concepts and approaches with proven track records for success.
In order to apply these concepts and approaches, featured in this Troop Retention website is a selection of eight Action Points for implementation by a unit’s planning team.
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