YPT/Barriers to Abuse Change
Effective September 1, 2023, two registered adult leaders 21 years of age or over are required at all Scouting activities, including all meetings. All adults staying overnight in connection with a Scouting activity must be currently registered in an adult fee required position as listed or as an adult program participant in Venturing, Sea Scouts or Exploring. Limited exception below for Cub Scout overnight Programs.
Cub Scout Programs – Overnight Exception: Cub Scout parents or legal guardians taking part in an overnight Cub Scout program with their own child or legal ward are not required to register as leaders. All adults must review the “How to Protect your Children from Child Abuse: A Parent’s Guide” that can be found in the front of each Cub Scout Handbook. In addition, the parent or legal guardian must be accompanied by a registered leader at any time they are with youth members other than their own child/ward. All other overnight adults must be currently registered in an adult fee required position.
Additional information can be found on the BSA Youth Protection and Adult Leadership page.
Unit Resources
Cub Scouts
- Cubmaster Resources - Literature, Tools, Digital Tools, Den Tracking/Records and Certificates
- Den Leader Resources - Literature, How to Run a Meeting Video, Youth Leadership
Scouts BSA
- Leader and Youth Resources
- Leader Resources - Guide to Safe Scouting, Unit Program Planning, Troop Program Resources, Webelos Transitions, and much more
- Youth Resources - Uniforms, Youth Publications, Outdoor Adventures, and much more
Council Service Center Conference Rooms
The Council Service Center has a large and small conference rooms that can be reserved for meetings. The large conference room can be split into two smaller rooms.
To reserve a room, please print the Conference Room Reservation Form, fill it out, and return it into the Council Service Center. They will let you know if there are any conflicting reservations.
Newsletters
Weekly Newsletters contain news, upcoming events, registrations, and trainings.
If you would like to receive the newsletter by email, you can Subscribe.
Council Courier Newsletter
Journey to Excellence
Journey to Excellence (JTE) is the Boy Scouts of America program to help units to plan, monitor and evaluate their performance and their ability to serve youth. For more information and to get your programs scorecard, see BSA JTE website.
- To log service hours or print service hours report, see this Service Hour Logging/Report
- To log hiking miles or print hiking miles report, see this Hiking Logging/Report
- To log camping nights or print camping report, see Camping Logging/Report
Unit Pin
Your Unit Pin shows up on BeAScout.org when someone searches by zip code. For this to happen, the Unit Pin needs to be turned on and contact and unit information needs to be set up. Only the unit's key 3 can update the Unit Pin. See How to Update Unit Pin for step-by-step instructions.
It's hard to find your unit if it doesn't show up. Update your Unit Pin as fall recruitment begins!
Recruitment
100 Years of Scouting Recruitment Program.
Marketing and Membership Resources can be found on the BSA Hub. Tips, tricks, guides, videos, and more.
Recruitment Leaders Guides provides ideas for unit recruiting. Includes information on types of events and how to organize and run them.
Parent Guides help parents find a way to support their child, their scouting unit, and the Council.
- Cub Scout Parent Guide
- Scouts BSA Parent Guide - Newly crossed over Webelos
Peer-to-Peer cards (Adventure On) can be downloaded and filled out. The scouts can hand them out to their friends to invite them to a unit event.
Bookmarks (Adventure On) can be placed at the local and school libraries. You can write your unit's information on the back of the bookmark.
Postcards (Adventure On) can be handed out or mailed. You can write your unit's information and message on the back.
Fliers (Adventure On) can be handed out or posted in locations. You can add your unit's information on the bottom.
Rechartering Information
All adults registering as volunteers must be trained for their position. New volunteers can create an account on my.scouting.org and take online trainings for the position they are registering for. Remember to print the training certificate to submit with the BSA adult application.
See required training on the Training page
Membership Forms
Membership forms can be found at Membership Forms.
Membership News
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