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MESSAGE TO ALUMNI: RECONNECT
With the recent launch of its Alumni Connection program www.bsaalumni.org, the BSA is encouraging alumni across the United States to reconnect — in time to take part in the celebration of the organization’s 100th anniversary in 2010.
The goal of the program, according to Bill Steele, director of alumni relationships, is to have people whose lives have been positively influenced by Scouting demonstrate their “dedication and commitment to the next generation of Scouts.”
“This is an opportunity for our alumni to impact the next century of Scouting,” Steele says. Reconnected Scouts and Scouters represent a potential boon to current leaders.
According to Steele, a surge in alumni involvement could mean more volunteers, ambassadors for Scouting, and even donors.
The invitation to participate in the Alumni Connection program extends to former Scouts and also their family members, BSA volunteers, professional Scouters, community leaders, and the tens of millions of Americans who benefit from Scouting every day.
Scouts and Scouters wishing to reconnect can go to www.bsaalumni.org. Alumni will soon be able to search the site for old Scouting friends and mentors, upload photos and stories to an online scrapbook, and learn how to get involved in centennial activities.
Through the Year of Celebration program that launches in September 2009, alumni also will be able to earn commemorative patches as part of the celebration — something that, for the past 100 years, only active Scouts could do.
With the recent launch of its Alumni Connection program www.bsaalumni.org, the BSA is encouraging alumni across the United States to reconnect — in time to take part in the celebration of the organization’s 100th anniversary in 2010.
The goal of the program, according to Bill Steele, director of alumni relationships, is to have people whose lives have been positively influenced by Scouting demonstrate their “dedication and commitment to the next generation of Scouts.”
“This is an opportunity for our alumni to impact the next century of Scouting,” Steele says. Reconnected Scouts and Scouters represent a potential boon to current leaders.
According to Steele, a surge in alumni involvement could mean more volunteers, ambassadors for Scouting, and even donors.
The invitation to participate in the Alumni Connection program extends to former Scouts and also their family members, BSA volunteers, professional Scouters, community leaders, and the tens of millions of Americans who benefit from Scouting every day.
Scouts and Scouters wishing to reconnect can go to www.bsaalumni.org. Alumni will soon be able to search the site for old Scouting friends and mentors, upload photos and stories to an online scrapbook, and learn how to get involved in centennial activities.
Through the Year of Celebration program that launches in September 2009, alumni also will be able to earn commemorative patches as part of the celebration — something that, for the past 100 years, only active Scouts could do.
