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One source reports that there were 72 members of the board in 2001. [1] The board is led by the national chair, a volunteer elected by the National Council. Board members include regular elected members, regional presidents, and up to five appointed youth members. The Chief Scout Executive is the board secretary and non-voting member.
Local councils of the Boy Scouts of America The Ideal Scout, a statue by R. Tait McKenzie in front of the Bruce S. Marks Scout Resource Center, the former headquarters of the Cradle of Liberty Council in Philadelphia Scouting portal The program of the Boy Scouts of America is administered through 248 local councils, with each council covering a geographic area that may vary from a single city ...
The Boy Scouts of America is an organization run by volunteers, however the day-to-day administration is performed by a staff of professional (or career) Scouters. The organization has professional staffing at every level—district, council, regional and national.
The council was formed in 1972, following the merger of the former Piedmont and Blue Ridge councils into one consolidated council serving 21 counties. [3] The Piedmont Council's headquarters had been in Lynchburg, Virginia, and after the merger the Blue Ridge Council's headquarters in Roanoke, Virginia, became the merged council's headquarters for its 13,562 members.
All Boy Scouts of America units are owned and operated by chartered organizations. Of the 42,822 units (Boy Scout troops, Cub Scout packs and Venturing crews) and 1,670,028 youth members in 2010: 65% of all youth members are chartered to faith-based organizations; 23.5% of all youth members are chartered to civic organizations
The Boy Scouts of America have always relied on volunteers to make the organization run. [1] Among the volunteers who provide troop level adult leadership and support, there are Scoutmasters and their uniformed adult leadership (including assistant Scoutmasters and unit chaplain), and committee members.
The board of review is a group of three to six members of the troop committee and is the final approval process for Scout rank advancement. The board reviews the Scout to ensure all requirements are met and attempts to determine the Scout's attitude and their acceptance of Scouting's ideals and their application.
Camp William B. Snyder or just Camp Snyder is an 405-acre (1.64 km 2) Cub Scout Camp in Prince William, Virginia, owned by the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. [28] It is one of the largest Cub Scout Camps in the United States, with a dining hall that can accommodate 600 dinners at one time. [ 29 ]