Verify Contact Information
Prepare now for renewal to make it a quick and easy process. Unit leaders should verify the correct mailing address and email for all leaders and parents/guardians for each youth in the unit. This will help ensure that everyone is getting the renewal emails being sent out by the National Council.

Renewal Window Update
Unit-initiated renewal may now be completed up to 90 days in advance, rather than the previous 60-day window. Please note, this extended timeframe applies only when the renewal is initiated by the unit. Individual members are still only able to initiate their own renewals 60 days prior to their expiration date.

Text Reminders
In support of renewals this fall, the National Council will be adding direct texting to the notifications sent to members. The text reminder process will begin in August. Members will start receiving text messages 45 days before their registration expiration.

In-Person Initial Registration 
Any youth or adult registering in-person must provide the proper signed and dated paperwork with payment to process their registration.

• Youth
  • A completed Scouting America Youth Application signed by a member of the unit’s Key 3 and the youth’s parent/guardian.
• Adult
  • A completed Scouting America Adult Application signed by the applicant and the unit chartered organization representative (COR) or COR Delegate.
  • Criminal Background Check authorization form signed by the applicant.
  • The applicant’s Safeguarding Youth Training certificate. (Email submissions of the certificate will no longer be accepted.)

Please note: Members may use the online application process rather than submitting applications in-person. Scouting America Tidewater Council charges a 3% processing fee on all membership registration transactions paid by credit or debit card. Incomplete applications will not be accepted. Payment must be remitted at the same time the application is submitted. 

In-Person Renewal Registration
To renew membership in-person, individuals may submit an individual Scouting Registration Renewal Form or membership application with payment.

Units may renew multiple members by submitting Unit Payment of Membership Renewal Paperwork with payment. The National Council has updated the process for printing manual paperwork for unit paid membership renewals to make the process more intuitive and avoid units creating renewals by mistake. Now, when the unit selects the person to renew from Roster > Renew, there is a “Click to print for manual pay” button.