Scouting Leaders and Parent Volunteers

Scouting needs dedicated volunteers to help provide fun and exciting adventures for our youth. You can get involved as a leader working with your child and other children in the community, or as an administrative support volunteer working behind the scenes. We provide all the training and resources you need to help provide the adventure of a lifetime.

Why volunteer ...

There are many different reasons to volunteer. Share the adventure of a lifetime with your kids... make memories you'll keep forever:

• Enjoy the outdoors
• Learn new skills
• Make new friends
• Be part of a team
• Spend quality time with your children

It's interesting...
There is no limit to what you can learn! Outdoor camping techniques, crafts, games, and leadership training are only a few of the valuable skills you'll gain as a parent volunteer or leader.

Best of all ... it's FUN !
You'll meet other parents and be part of a great team committed to providing safe, fun and interesting activities for kids.

Lots of Roles ... Lots of Opportunity

There are many different volunteer roles for all interests and abilities:

• Group Committee volunteers help with the administration of a Scouting group, including registration, fundraising and providing service and support to section leaders
  
  
• Scouters and their assistants work directly with young people to plan and provide weekly programs.
  
  
• Parent Helpers provide invaluable assistance with delivering specific portions of activity programs and assist with the operation of Camps.

Scouters and their assistants

Delivering the program to the youth is the responsibilities of the leaders within the Section:

• Section Scouter is reponsible to the Group Commissioner for the effective delivery of a fun and dynamic youth program. The Section Scouter leads a team of Scouters, Scouters in Training (SIT), Activity Leaders (AL), parent assistants, and older youth. Scouters must be at least 21 years of age, preferrably have served a minimum of one year as a Scouter, and have completed Woodbadge One. The Section Scouter represents the Section by attending monthly Group Committee meetings.
• Scouter an registered adult who has completed the necessary screening. Scouters must be 18 years or older, and should complete Woodbadge One and First Aid training within their first year. Scouters assist the Section Scouter with delivering fun and dynamic activities.
• Parent Assistant are parents who volunteers to assist with delivery of specific portions of the activity program at regular meetings.
• Scouters in Training are registered youth (Venturer), 16 to 17 years old, who volunteers to work as part of a Section leadership team. SITs can attend Woodbadge One and First Aid training.
• Activity Leaders are registered youth (Venturer), 14 to 15 years old, who volunteers to work as part of a Section leadership team.
• Kims and Keeos and registered members who volunteer with a younger Section. Kims are Scouts who volunteer with a Cub Pack, Keeos are Cubs who volunteer with a Beaver Colony.

Parent Volunteers

Many parents get involved as casual helpers, assisting at occasional meetings or camps, or taking on a specific short-term task. Coordinators accept the responsibility for the successful completion of a task on behalf of the Section. This involves working in cooperation with the Leaders and coordinating efforts of other parents. It involves planning, delegating, accomplishing the task, and reporting on the outcome. It is important work that frees the Leaders to focus on providing an interesting and exciting program for the youth:

• Parent Helpers has the largest and most flexible job description. Basically he or she operates in a parent participation fashion. They work under the direction of the leaders at the occurring event (meeting, fieldtrip, etc.). In scouting it is very important that a certain ratio of adults (leaders and helpers) to youth is maintained. The parent helper helps the Section maintain such concerns. On meeting evenings the parent helper would stay in the background and possibly assist in the craft, prepare the snack and drink, and stay to help with cleanup.
• Fundraising Coordinator works with the Group Treasurer and Group Popcorn Coordinator to plan and organize the conduct of fundraising drives at the Section level.
• Camp Helper can work as a camp cook, cook's helper, first aider, photographer, and assist leaders with running specific activities during the camp.
• Section Photographer attends regular meetings and special activities like tours, hikes and camps to take photographs and write articles for the Group website and/or newsletter.
• Camp Coordinator works with the Group Commissioner and Administrator to help coordinate parent involvement with Group and Section camps. This important role frees the Section Scouters to plan and run youth activities.

Group Committee

Our more experienced and trained Scouters may choose to take on support roles as a member of the Group Committee:

• Group Commissioner
• Group Administrator
• Registrar
• Treasurer
• Secretary
• Quartermaster
• Sponsor Rep