Short link: volunteer.troop33.org
Volunteer
Troop 33 runs on parent volunteers. The Scouts lead the program, and adults make it possible: planning outings, keeping the books, tracking advancement, teaching merit badges and sitting on boards of review. Every family is expected to help.
What every family does
Each Troop year (June 1 to May 31), each family needs a currently registered BSA adult and one of these:
- an Assistant Scoutmaster or Troop Committee member; or
- both of these: coordinating an activity or chaperoning an overnight camping trip, and counseling, as a merit badge counselor or a Board of Review volunteer.
Sign in to the My Info app to see where your family stands. Not sure where to start? Contact the Troop and the Volunteer Coordinator will help you find a role that fits your time and skills.
Ways to help
- Troop Committee: the adults who run the business side of the Troop, from the treasurer to the registrar to the webmaster.
- Adult leaders: the Scoutmasters, Assistant Scoutmasters and Patrol Advisors who work directly with the Scouts.
- Other roles: coordinating an activity, sitting on a board of review, counseling a merit badge, and the roles behind Eagle Courts of Honor, summer camp and the picnic.
- Training: the training adults complete, and how to find it.
See also: Activity Coordinator, the most common first volunteer role.
Become a registered adult volunteer
Every adult who volunteers with the Troop registers with Scouting America. Do these steps in order. Scouting America will not take your adult application until your training and background check are done, and an adult who applies before finishing AB 506 is suspended until it is complete.
- Make sure you have a Scouting America profile. An adult profile is created automatically when a Scout is registered, so if you registered your Scout you may already have one. If not, create one at my.scouting.org before you start training. Avoid creating a duplicate: if you are not sure whether you have a profile, contact the Troop.
- Take Safeguarding Youth Training. Scouting America's required Safeguarding Youth Training is online at my.scouting.org. The full course takes about 90 minutes, and it is renewed every year with a shorter refresher.
- Complete AB 506. California's requirement has three parts: the state's two-hour mandated reporter training, a background check consent form, and Live Scan fingerprinting. Start the fingerprinting early, because results can take anywhere from a day to several weeks. The AB 506 page has the details, and the council's volunteer page has the forms and Live Scan locations.
- Submit your adult application. When steps 2 and 3 are done, apply at register.troop33.org, which takes you to the Troop's page on Scouting America's site. After the Troop accepts it, Scouting America runs its standard background check and emails you when it is complete. You are a registered adult when that check is done.
- Finish in the Troop apps. Once you can sign in to the Troop apps, upload your AB 506 certificate in the My Info app. The council emails the certificate with the subject line "Thank You for Completing AB506 Requirements for the Pacific Skyline Council". Then take any training for your role, and see the ways to help above or contact the Troop and the Volunteer Coordinator will help you find one.