Council News

June 2024: Join District Executives Brandon Blatz (North Star District) and Jessica Bonham (Great Trails District) talk about the summer camp experiences to be had at Camp Scout Haven and Camp Sam Wood with host Bob Confer.

May 2024 The Boy Scouts of America today announced that it will rebrand to Scouting America, reflecting the organization’s ongoing commitment to welcome every youth and family in America to experience the benefits of Scouting. The change will go into effect on February 8, 2025, the organization’s 115th anniversary. This announcement also comes as the organization celebrates the fifth anniversary...

May 2024: Hosted by Bob Confer, Scout Executive Gary Decker provides a Scouting 101 presentation to introduce viewers to Scouting.

January 2024 One of the main benefits of Scouting is leadership experience. In Scout Troops, youth have the primary leadership responsibility for the Troop’s operations. The Senior Patrol Leader (SPL) is the highest leadership level in a Scout Troop for a youth member. He or she runs Troop meetings, leads the Patrol Leader’s Council, and oversees all Troop activities. SPLs...

December 2023 Scout Troop 84 Boys and Girls in Horseheads, NY continued their annual Aquanaut Adventure this past December at the Horseheads High School swimming pool. Cub Scouts in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades from six different Packs came to learn swimming strokes, rescue methods, boating safety, and earn swim classifications needed to advance to their next Cub Scout ranks....

November 2023 Cub Scout Pack 30 in Troy, PA literally made trash into treasure in the fall of 2023, and helped their chartered organization remember a beloved member at the same time. Darrell Chumard, a long-time member of the Olde Covert Church in Troy, PA and the Four-Corners Hunting Camp, passed away in September. To honor his memory, friends and...

October 2023 Brent Sharkey is a proud Eagle Scout, and it shows. Walk into his office at Hardinge, Inc. in Elmira, NY and his Eagle Scout certificate is right there on the wall. “I have my uniform in a shadowbox, it’s on my resume, my LinkedIn profile, everything,” he says. Brent is a successful entrepreneur and marketing executive who lives...

September 2023 Alex Kolpien’s family has a long history in Scouting. “It started with my grandpa; he was an Eagle Scout. And my father was in Scouting in high school and middle school, and my older brother started in Cub Scouts. He was enjoying it, so I also started Cub Scouts. And we both went into Scouts after getting our...