CHARTERED
PARTNERS AND THE B.S.A.
CHARTERED
PARTNERS AND THE B.S.A.
The Boy Scouts of America does not operate Cub Scout Packs, Boy Scout Troops, Varsity Teams or Venturing Crews. The BSA charters organizations to use the program as a resource for children, youth and families.
Following its incorporation in 1910 in Washington, D.C., the BSA became increasingly popular across the United States. Congress recognized Scouting’s potential as an educational resource and, in 1916, granted a federal charter to the Boy Scouts of America to make the program available to boys through community organizations. The BSA, in turn, issues two kinds of charters.
One charter grants a local Scouting council annually the authority and responsibility to provide services to community organizations, enabling them to use the Scouting program for their young people. There are more than 300 local councils throughout the United States. There is a council in Europe and another in the Far East.
The other charter is issued annually to a community organization granting it the use of the scouting program, operated under leadership it approves, to serve the children, youth and families for which it has a concern.
The educational program of the Boy Scouts of America is designed to help develop ethical values in young people. In fact, the purpose of the BSA is to provide a program that enhances citizenship training, character development and fitness of our country’s youth.
The support service of the BSA to the community organizations that use Scouting is provided by the local council, through its districts. The membership/relations committee is an important part of that support system.
The success of Scouting’s impact on young people can only be assured when both the chartered organization and the Boy Scouts of America cooperate and meet their respective obligations. It is the intent of the Klahaya District Membership Committee to continually cultivate this relationship.
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