Join Scouting
You can join any time! To contact a staff member about getting
involved email
info@northernstarbsa.org or call 763-231-7201. Outside the local calling area
call toll-free 1-888-213-0364.
To find a Cub Scout Pack (boys 7-10) in your area now, visit our
JoinCubs.org website and search by zip code or school.
Cost of Scouting
Membership with the Boy Scouts of America is
a prorated national fee of $10 per year. Beginning February
1, this fee will increase to $15. Scholarships are
available so that cost is not a barrier to participation.
See the prorated fee schedule.
Members are encouraged to subscribe to Boys' Life
magazine, an award-winning publication for only $12 per year for
12 issues.
Other costs are shared by a combination of the sponsoring organization, the Northern Star
Council, the greater community, units (through fund-raisers), as well as parents and youth members.
Leaders
Scouting is a volunteer-led program.
Parents and the organizations who charter (sponsor) Scouting groups select
the leaders who they would like to work with their children.
Many tools are available to assist unit leaders be effective and
enjoy their experience including training, monthly workshops
(known as roundtables), and printed and online
literature.
How to Become a Volunteer
Scout Leaders have the opportunity to work with
young people and their families, improving your community by enriching
participants' lives through fun-filled, worthwhile programs that teach
values. By making the commitment to serve as a leader, you can help make a positive difference in the kind of
adults they will become and build a better future for our nation.
Learn more about volunteering.
How to Start a Scouting Group
Community-based organizations receive national charters to use
the Scouting program as a part of their own youth work.
Learn more about sponsoring Scouting.
Recruiting Materials
Support material for current unit leaders to extend Scouting.
The most important element of the Scout
Round-Up is to ensure that every boy is extended an invitation to
join Scouting. Our goal is to enroll prospective Tiger Cubs, Cub
Scouts, Webelos and Boy Scouts into existing packs and troops,
to enlist parent participation as unit leaders and committee
members, and to organize new units to take care of boys in areas
we are not currently serving.
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