Scout Week Needs You: Where We Stand and Where We Have Gaps

The Schools Are Set. The Calendar Is Locked. We Still Need Volunteers.

Back in the spring we announced Scout Week – our district-wide push to welcome new families into Scouting at every Leander ISD elementary school during the week of September 14-18. The response so far has been encouraging. Several units have already stepped up, and we have confirmed volunteers at a number of schools.

But we are not there yet.

As of today, the majority of our 30 schools still have gaps – nights where we have no confirmed volunteers, or only an adult with no youth presence, or a team that needs one or two more hands to run well. Join Scouts Night only works when there is a friendly, uniformed presence in the room. Empty tables do not recruit families. You do.

This article lays out exactly where we stand, school by school, so you can see precisely where your help is needed.

A Quick Reminder of Why This Matters

Last fall, this coordinated approach helped our district recruit more new Scouts between August and October than the entire previous year. Every child who walks through the door on JSN night is a family deciding whether Scouting is for them. When a Webelos parent sees a confident Scout running an activity station, it answers the most important question: “Where does this lead?”

The Membership Team is handling the heavy lifting – principals, LISD scheduling, materials, and coordination. Your unit does not need to plan the event. We need you to show up and do what Scouters do best.

Why We Are Asking Now: Teams Need Time to Form

Here is the real reason we are pushing hard this summer instead of waiting until September: a JSN team is only as good as how well it works together. The volunteers at each school are not a random collection of names on a list – they are a team. And teams do not come together on the night of the event.

We want every school’s volunteers to know who they are serving with, what their role is, and how the night will flow long before they walk in the door. When the team has met, talked through the plan, and knows where the resources are, JSN runs smoothly and families feel it. When volunteers meet for the first time in a school cafeteria at 5:55 PM, it shows.

That is exactly what our Round Table trainings are for. We are hosting Scout Week training at the July, August, and September Round Table meetings – held the second Thursday of each month: July 9, August 13, and September 10, 2026 – and we want every volunteer there. These sessions are where we:

• Introduce the teams so the people covering each school meet each other face to face
• Walk through what actually happens at JSN – the flow of the night, station setup, and the parent presentation
• Show you the resources – the materials, signage, activity kits, and registration tools we are providing
• Practice using them so nothing is unfamiliar on event night
• Answer the questions every volunteer has before they are standing in front of a new family

The sooner you register, the sooner we can place you on a team and get you to a Round Table where it all comes together. Every month you join earlier is another training cycle to get comfortable and connected.

Each JSN runs 6:00 to 8:00 PM (including setup and breakdown). Two hours. That is the ask.

Where We Need You Most

The listings below show every school, its JSN night, its assigned Pack, and the volunteers we currently have confirmed. “NEEDED” marks a gap we must fill. Our target for every school is 2-4 adults, plus a few uniformed Scouts to run activity stations.

⚠️ Scout volunteers should come from a Troop. The youth presence at JSN is about showing Cub families where Scouting leads, so the Scouts we list here are older, uniformed Troop Scouts (T- units). Troop Scouts should help support wherever they are needed – running activity stations, demonstrating skills, and interacting with the kids and families who come to the JSN. Cub Scouts are expected to support their own Unit’s JSN and are a critical part of the evening – their energy and presence show visiting families exactly what Cub Scouting looks like.

Scouts are listed by first name and unit. Adults are listed by name and unit. If you see your school below with gaps – or if you can flex to a school that has none confirmed – please reach out today.

Reading the List

• Schools marked NEEDED have no confirmed volunteers for that role. These are our highest priority.
• “Team forming” schools have a start but need one or two more to be comfortable – especially youth presence where only adults are confirmed, or adults where only Scouts are confirmed.
• Troop volunteers can flex across schools and nights. If your unit can cover a school that currently shows all NEEDED, you will have an outsized impact.

How to Help – Today

1. Find your school (or a school you can reach) above.
2. If it has a gap, claim it. Talk to your Cubmaster, Committee Chair, or Scoutmaster about which night your unit can cover.
3. Register through the Volunteer Registration Form so we can confirm your spot and get you the materials.
4. Come to a Round Table training. We are running Scout Week training at the July, August, and September Round Table meetings (second Thursday of each month: July 9, August 13, and September 10, 2026) – meet your team, learn the flow of the night, and get hands-on with the materials and resources. You do not need to be an expert. You need to be a parent or Scout who believes in what this does for families, and we will get you ready for the rest.

The Missing Piece Is You

The schools are scheduled. The materials are being built. The Membership Team is handling the coordination. Look at the list above: every NEEDED is a family who might walk into an empty room in September.

Two hours on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday evening. That is all it takes to change a family’s trajectory.

If you have questions or want to talk through where your unit fits, reach out to the Membership Team at membership@northshoredistrict.org. We will get you connected.

Register your volunteers today. Let’s fill every gap before September.