A message from Roger Krone, Chief Scout Executive: Scouting has thrived for more than a century because families from every background trust that our movement is about youth—never politics. Our Rules and Regulations are clear: ‘The Boy Scouts of America must not… involve Scouting in political matters.’ That applies to national, councils, units, volunteers, and […]
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Catholic Committee Scholarship
For Immediate Release 06/21/2021 National Catholic Committee on Scouting® Announces Scholarships Julia Amendola Awarded $2,000 Scholarship Irving, TX – 06/21/2021 – Julia Amendola of West Nyack, NY has been awarded a $2,000 scholarship by the National Catholic Committee on Scouting® (NCCS) through the Emmett J. Doerr Memorial Scout Scholarship Fund. She is a member of St. Francis of […]
Westchester-Putnam Council Boy Scouts of America registers first girl den
Hawthorne, NY – Feb. 12, 2018, – The Westchester-Putnam Council Boy Scouts of America has its first official girl den. Six girls, ages 9 and 10, have been registered and will form a single gender den of “Webelos” as part of Pack 164, Yorktown Heights. The girls, many of whom have been unofficially participating in […]
Mystery Baseball, Signed by Babe Ruth, Connected to the BSA, Up For Auction
Hawthorne, NY – Oct 16, 2017 – The year was approximately 1948 when Eagle Scout Jack Coughlin, in his early 20s and recently home from serving in WWII, stumbled upon a mystery. The Scoutmaster of BSA Troop 6 in Larchmont, no longer chartered, he saw two Scouts tossing a baseball around the Murray Avenue School […]
