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Team up with USPS
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Each time I move after I change my address the post office sends me a confirmation/welcome letter filled with coupons and ads for various businesses. I understand that the Home Deport coupons likely help defray the cost of such mailings but I wonder if the BSA could leverage a deal with the USPS to get our local council contact information included in these mailings. At the very least perhaps we could be included in the list of vendors you are asked to select from when you change you address online. This might help keep Scouting on families' radar during the entire moving process and prevent some boys from slipping through the cracks. It might also spark interest in some families who had never contemplated Scouting where they were before.
Idea # 358Recruiting
Moderator Comments
1/7/09
From: Gary Butler, Council Solutions Group Director

Sounds like the idea would work best for new youth recruitment. We have several task forces going on evaluating methods on connecting with potential new members. I will pass this on to them to explore the possibility. I would be curious to hear of any success with mailer type promotions such as an electric bill stuffer
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Judy Sizemore 5 months ago
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Judy Sizemore 5 months ago
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