About Us

Scouting is designed to promote good behavior while arming our kids with the skills and knowledge they need to make wise decisions. Scouts, families, and communities, are helped through education on:

• Physical and mental health
• Setting and achieving goals
• Citizenship
• Helping others in need.
• Career preparation and education
• Fighting child abuse and substance abuse
• Environmental stewardship

Scouting teaches children the skills that help prepare them for a lifetime of ethical leadership.  Scouts BSA gives a scout training in leadership skills and then gives the age-appropriate responsibilities to learn and build skills.

Scouting alumni are more likely to assume leadership roles in jobs, clubs, school organizations, and are.:

• Almost 90% of all Senior Class and Student Council Presidents
• More than two-thirds of all Rhodes Scholars
• More than two-thirds of military academy graduates

Research conducted by Louis Harris & Associates showed that when a random sample of Scouts was asked what Scouting had taught them, almost nine out of ten responded with the following:

• get along with others (88%)
• always give your best effort (87%)
• have confidence in yourself (87%)
• set goals for yourself (87%)
• care for other people (86%)
• treat other people with respect (86%)
• take better care of the environment (86%)

In addition, Scouts were found to be more likely to:

• put the needs of others before themselves. (sign of a good leader)
• make the most ethical, not necessarily easiest, decisions
• value education and the environment