Parents & Scouts

Welcome to the Parents & Scouts section. This is your home base for everything family-facing in MySummitKeep — claiming your account, linking your scouts, keeping up with the troop, and paying what you owe. Each card below jumps to the guide for that task.

What you can do here

Claim Your Account

Set up your MySummitKeep account from the invite your unit sent, then sign in for the first time. See Claiming your account.

Link Your Family

If your unit’s roster lists you as your scout’s parent, you’re already linked. Otherwise a leader or your scout’s other parent invites you and you accept, or you find your scout on the My Family page and ask to be linked, and the Scout’s parent or a leader confirms. See Household linking.

Scout Progress

The Scout Profile viewer on My Family shows each linked scout’s rank, advancement, and details — all in one place. See Viewing scout progress.

RSVPs & Events

RSVP to campouts, meetings, and service events, and answer any RSVP questions your leaders ask. See RSVPing to events.

Payments

Pay dues and invoices, and track your balance and history. See Paying fees and dues.

Privacy Rights

Request a copy of your data or ask for it to be deleted from the Privacy Rights page in Settings. See the section below.

Your dashboard

When you sign in, the dashboard greets you with “Welcome back” and a line about what is happening with your family in your unit. Below it are My Children, Quick Actions, Upcoming Events, a Financial Summary and Recent Activity, so the most common questions have an answer on the first screen.

Start with My Family

Most parent tasks flow through the My Family page (the /family route in the app). It does three things, plus a card for any invitation or request waiting for you:

• My Household — lists the adults and scouts already linked to you. Each Scout shows a remove (trash) button so you can unlink them later.
• Scout Profiles — the Scout Profile viewer renders a card for each linked youth so you can review their advancement and progress without leaving the page.
• Find Your Scout — a search form (First Name and Last Name required; Date of Birth optional) that finds registered scouts so you can ask to be linked. Nothing is linked when you ask: the Scout’s parent, or a unit leader when the Scout has no parent who can sign in, confirms it first.

Can’t find your scout?

If your search returns no results, your scout may not be registered in the system yet. Double-check the spelling, then contact your unit leader to confirm they’ve been added. The search only matches scouts who already exist in your unit.

When you ask to be linked to a scout who is under 18, MySummitKeep shows a short parental-consent disclosure that you must acknowledge before the request is sent — this keeps the platform aligned with children’s-privacy rules. Adult-aged members skip that step. The same disclosure appears when you accept an invitation for a Scout under 18.

Multiple scouts

You can be linked to as many of your children as you have in the unit. Each appears under Scouts in My Household once linked and gets its own profile card. Full walkthrough in Household linking.

Pay dues and view your balance

Payments live in two places. The Payments page is where you pay open invoices and dues, and My Account shows your statement, balance, and payment history. Step-by-step instructions — including how checkout works — are in Paying fees and dues.

Manage your privacy and account settings

There is no single “Account Settings” home for parents — the controls are split across separate Settings pages so each one stays focused:

• Profile (/settings/profile) — your name and contact details.
• Privacy (/settings/privacy) — your privacy and visibility choices.
• Communications (/settings/communications) — which messages and channels you receive from leaders.
• Notifications (/settings/notifications) — how and when MySummitKeep notifies you.
• Privacy Rights (/settings/privacy-rights) — request a copy of your data or ask for it to be deleted.

The Profile page opens on Profile Information: first and last name, an optional nickname, email, an optional BSA Member ID and your address.

Updating contact info

Keep your contact details current under Settings → Profile so your leaders’ announcements and event notices reach you. To change which messages you receive, use Settings → Communications.

More guides in this section

• Account security — protect your sign-in.
• Communications from leaders — how unit messages reach you.
• Permission slips — sign and return slips for trips and events.
• Mobile app tips — using MySummitKeep on your phone.

Need help with something not covered here? Reach out to your unit leader or contact support, and we’ll point you in the right direction.