• Some issues that face our young people are random violence, infectious disease, fierce economic competition, rapid technological change, and negative peer pressure.
  
  
• Today’s youth are likely to acquire their values and ethics from television or peer groups. One in four American adolescents engages in high-risk behavior.
  
  
• You and your organization can provide leaders, mentors, and role models for your youth. You can help youth in today’s world and prepare them to be responsible adults for the future.
  
  
• The Boy Scouts of America can help you build on the positive values taught at home. Take better care of the environment. Get along with others. Always give your best effort. Have confidence in yourself. Set goals for yourself. Care for other people. Treat others with respect. Be a good team player. Always be honest.
  
  
• The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.

Scouting programs help fulfill your mission of outreach to youth and to the community.

• Cub Scouting.       Boys ages 7-10.
  Fun with a purpose. Outreach through families in neighborhoods. Boys meet weekly in dens and monthly in packs. Learn cooperation. Master new skills. Family centered. Fun activities. Day Camps. Uniforms. Songs. Games. Academics.
  
  
• Boy Scouting.       Boys ages 11-17.
  Learning by Doing. Outreach through outdoor
  activities. Vigorous outdoor hiking and camping. Personal achievement and leadership. Self-government and citizenship. Positive adult role models. Summer Camps. High Adventure. Team building. Boys meet weekly and have monthly campouts.
  
  
• Venturing.       Young men and women ages 15-20.
  Outreach through youth leadership. Contemporary program
  that helps youth make intelligent decisions. Positive adult relationships and interaction. Leadership skills. Ranger program. Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards. Personal and mental fitness. High adventure and sports. Crews meet usually twice a month and have monthly activities.
  
  
• Special outreaches.
  Scouting for Food gathers canned food items for families.
  Drugs/ A Deadly game helps prevent drug abuse.
  Youth Protection helps parents protect their children.
  Liability insurance is provided.
  Accident insurance is available.
  Guide to Safe Scouting ensures safe and fun programs.

You can deliver the promise of Scouting to young people by becoming a chartered organization. Follow these three steps.

1. Ownership.

• Have the head of your organization and other staff or board members meet with a Scouting representative.
• Select an organizing committee and appoint a chartered organization representative.

2. Leadership.

• Recruit qualified and approved adult leadership.
• Scouting volunteers will help conduct orientation and training
  programs for parents, leaders, and youth.

3. Membership.

• Register your adult members. You need a chartered organization representative, committee chair, two committee members, and unit leader. Cub Scout packs also register a Tiger Cub den leader, a Wolf/Bear den leader, and a Webelos den leader. Adults register for $10 a year and receive the national Scouting magazine and the local The Courier newsletter.
• Register at least five youth members. Youth register for $10 a year.
• Boys’ Life magazine (12 issues a year) is also available to youth and adults for $10.80.
• Complete a new unit charter application and agreement to confirm the partnership between your organization and the Boy Scouts of America. The unit charter fee is $20.

Ten Reasons Your Organization Should Have A Cub Scout Pack, Boy Scout Troop, or Venturing Crew

• Positive Community Relations. Operating a Scouting unit will help your organization receive more visibility in your community.
  
  
• Educational Development. Congress chartered the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) as an educational program for youth. The life skills they learn through the programs help them develop into lifelong assets for their communities.
  
  
• Proven Youth Program. Since 1910, the BSA has provided strong, value-based programs that strengthen character, develop good citizenship, and enhance both mental and physical fitness in youth. These are traits that prepare young people to make the best decisions for today and tomorrow.
  
  
• Community Outreach. Reaching families first through Scouting is a good way to further your organization’s membership, spread your values in the community, and help achieve your goals.
  
  
• Service to Your Members. Many of your organization’s members have youth that will richly benefit from the Scouting program. Scouting will enhance the existing youth programs of your organization. It will help you better serve your members.
  
  
• Leadership Training. Scouting has highly developed leadership-training programs for youth and adult members. The benefits of these training programs can positively affect other areas of your organization.
  
  
• Outdoor Resources. Boy Scout councils maintain camps for the exclusive use of their units. The Greenwich Council has Camp Seton in the Town of Greenwich.
  
  
• Duty to God. The religious emblems program is available to all Scouting members. These programs allow them specific ways to deeply serve their faith and congregations.
  
  
• It is Your Scouting Unit. The Boy Scouts of America grants a charter to your organization. You operate the program in conjunction with your organization’s special needs and goals.
  
  
• Strong Code of Conduct. Youth are taught to live by the Cub Scout Promise, Boy Scout oath, or Venturing Code. These codes of conduct have stood the test of time and remain relevant today.
  

The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.

Scout Oath or Promise. On my honor, I will do my best. To do my duty to God and my country. And to obey the Scout Law. To help other people at all times. To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.

Scout Law. A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent.