The Boy Scouts of America
(BSA) provides the nation's foremost youth program of character
development and values-based leadership training, which helps
young people be “Prepared. For Life.�” The Scouting organization
is composed of nearly 2.3 million youth members between the ages
of 7 and 21 and approximately 960,000 volunteers in local
councils throughout the United States and its territories.
For more than a century, the BSA has helped build the future leaders of this country by combining educational activities and lifelong values with fun. The Boy Scouts of America believes
... and, through over a century of experience, knows ... that helping youth is a key to building a more conscientious, responsible, and productive society.
Preparing young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law . . . provides quality youth programs, including Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting, and Venturing.
Value Scouting
provides unique, life-changing experiences youth can't get
anywhere else.
Mission
The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young
people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by
instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Scout Law.
Vision The Boy
Scouts of America will prepare every eligible youth in America
to become a responsible, participating citizen and leader who is
guided by the Scout Oath and Law.
Scout Oath 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.
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