Benefit to the Organization

[Lone-Scout 10]

What do you consider the benefits to the Chartered Organization that a scouting unit brings? Thanks!

[AlFansome 10]

Depends on the Chartered Organization:

 

Ideally, a CO has an actual reason for chartering a Pack, Troop, Crew, Ship or Team. In reality, there are alot of COs that have no clue about Scouting, have no real hand in guiding the unit's leaders, and otherwise exist only on paper. In these cases, I'd say that the unit doesn't really provide any benefit to the organization.

 

Now, for those CO's that are actively running/guiding/overseeing/opeating their units, you've got alot of different benefits that can be gained:

 

- If a CO is a service organization like my Kiwanis Club which sponsors 3 packs and 2 troops, then you get the benefit of being able to extend your mission in your community to hopefully help provide more service to your community, while at the same time helping another generation of youth become involved and active in their community in general.

 

- If a CO is a church or religious institution, then Scouting can be used to help instill the values that are espoused by the CO in the youth that are in the program.

 

- If a CO is an community group with a specific focus (boating, outdoors, hobby trains, historical societies), then a Venturing Crew can again help extend the interest and visibility of the CO in the community while also providing Scouts with skills and interests that the CO may tap into later.

 

- In general, COs can also benefit from the visiblity of the units in the community and also try to recruit the parents of the scouts as possible members in the CO (Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, etc...).

 

...and the list goes on.