Membership / Marketing Resources

Fee Structure

• $ 200 for Cub Scouts, Scouts BSA, Venturing and Sea Scouting participants (effective Sep 1, 2025) 
• $ 80 Council fee for all adult volunteers (effective Sep 1, 2025) 
• $25 for Merit Badge Counselors 
• $100 for Exploring participants (effective Sep 1, 2025) 
• $100 for a unit charter fee
• $15 for Scout Life magazine subscription

Membership Resources

• Be A Scout Home Page - Boy Scouts of America
• Youth Applications
• Adult  Applications
• New Unit Application
• Uniform assitance form application
• Registration assistance form application (If requested registration assitance submiit the youth  application on paper do not apply online)

Used the bottons below for sending forms to Western Massachusetts Council. Merit Badge Counsellor Applications, Training Awards and recognitions, Youth or Adult Applications if they need sent via paper, registration assistance form, Uniform assitance form.

Online Forms Processing Submit here 

Submit Registration Assistance Form Here

Submit Uniform Assitance form here

for more forms or spanish version of the form uses this link: Scouting Forms from the National Council | Scouting America.

Renewal Resources

If you need more steps by steps instruction on how to do units and individuals renewals, tranfers/multiple and registration online click here

Marketing Resources

• Request Recruitment Supplies
• BSA Marketing and Membership Hub
• WMC Media Center - Local Photos
• BSA Brand Center   Source for graphics, photos, videos
• Marketing Webinar Series
• Use Geofencing to Recruit
• BeAScout Pin Instructions 
• Cub Scout "Invite a Friend"  Business Card
• Scouts, BSA Peer to Peer Invitation

See Downloadable Resources Below