Hot off the press! Our brand-new discount cards have arrived and are ready for distribution to units that signed up to participate in this fundraising opportunity!

Units can pick up their cards at the distribution time listed below for their district:

In case the district time isn’t convenient for you, two additional pick up times have also been scheduled:

1)      Wednesday, May 16; 2-6 PM; York Service Center

2)      Thursday, May 17; 9 AM-7 PM; Mechanicsburg Service Center

For other pick-up options, please contact your district executive.

The New Birth of Freedom Council wishes to sincerely thank Heritage Hills,  Karns Quality Foods, McDonald’s, Subway and the Mechanicsburg and York Scout Shops for participating in this initial discount card program.  We greatly appreciate your support!

Best wishes to all units participating in this exciting new opportunity to raise additional funds for summer camp fees, new camping equipment or whatever is needed to create better experiences for our Scouts!

April 11 – Registration for Cub Scout Resident Camp Week 2 (June 21-23) at Camp Tuckahoe has now exceeded capacity, and has been closed for further sign-ups.

Registration for Boy Scout Summer Camp Week #1 (June 24-30) at Hidden Valley and Webelos Resident #1 (June 25-29) at Camp Tuckahoe have now exceeded capacity, and those camp sessions are now closed to further sign-ups. Units are strongly encouraged to consider making a reservation for another camp session. If space becomes available in the currently closed weeks, units will be transferred in in the order their reservation was received.

For more information on summer camp reservations at either Hidden Valley or Tuckahoe, we encourage you to visit the camping section of our website. Summer camp sessions continue to fill so make your reservations as soon as possible!

It’s time to get our camps ready for another fantastic summer camping season! We are looking for workers of all skill levels to help with a variety of projects at both of our council camps on the following days:

• Hidden Valley Scout Reservation, May 5, 2012 from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Camp Tuckahoe, June 9, 2012 from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Please take some time and fill out the registration form to let us know how you would like to help. If you are interested in a specific project or have questions email the Hidden Valley Ranger, Josh Nimmerichter or Camp Tuckahoe Ranger, Scott Holbrook. This is a rain or shine event and lunch will be provided. Can’t wait to see you there!

At its regular meeting on Tuesday, March 20, the New Birth of Freedom Council’s Executive Board approved a study committee’s proposal that will change the number of districts in the Council from eight to six.  This study committee was comprised of four district chairs, four district commissioners and three Executive Board members, and was established to closely examine possible realignment of districts.  Each of the Council’s present eight districts was represented in this study process.

To provide detailed informed regarding this change in district structure to our units, adult leaders and the Scouting community, we’ve created a special webpage.  This page includes links to the study committee’s report, a map of the new district boundaries, and a listing of those school districts that will be served by each of the new districts.  Please take a few minutes to visit this page and review the available materials.  As new information about the implementation of this change becomes available, it will be posted on this webpage.

Each of the new districts will be selecting a new name in keeping with the historic importance of our area, which inspired the selection of the name New Birth of Freedom Council in 2010.  Stay tuned for the details on how to suggest new names for each of the Council’s new districts.

There’s been a date change for this fall’s “The Great Sherman’s Creek Rendezvous” that we wanted to let everyone know about.  All units in the council can now plan to the  “Great Rendezvous” at Hidden Valley from October 12-14, which is one weekend later than originally planned.  This change was approved by the Executive Board to avoid conflicting with Penn State’s homecoming football game against Northwestern on Saturday, October 5.

Planning for this event is well underway and the weekend is sure to be action-packed for Scouts of all ages.  Please update your unit’s calendar for the new dates because your unit won’t want to miss out on this “Great Rendezvous.”