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The 2018 New Birth of Freedom Council’s University of Scouting will take place on Saturday, November 17  at Trinity High School in Camp Hill.  Registration will open up at 8am and the opening ceremony will begin at 8:45am.  Classes will begin at 9am and run until 4pm.  This year’s event has ...

The New Birth of Freedom Council will be offering Climbing/COPE  Instructor training courses over two weekends (October 19-21 and November 2-4) at Hidden Valley Scout Reservation for volunteers, particularly for those individuals who have an interest in staffing council-level climbing events.  Class size is limited to 12 participants both weekends. ...

The City of Harrisburg Holiday Parade will be held on Saturday, November 17 and we just received word that the City is interested in having local Scouting units join the parade as participants this year. The parade attracts over 10,000 attendees from Harrisburg and the surrounding communities. It features floats, ...

The Ninth Annual Eagle Scout Recognition Dinner will take place on Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. at the Hershey Lodge in Hershey, Pennsylvania.  The event will recognize the 2018 Eagle Scout Class for attaining the highest rank in Scouting, with many prominent business and community leaders in attendance.  Dr. Craig Hillemeier, Dean of the Penn State College ...

The 2018 New Birth of Freedom Council’s University of Scouting will take place on Saturday, November 17  at Trinity High School in Camp Hill.  Registration will open up at 8am and the opening ceremony will begin at 8:45am.  Classes will begin at 9am and run until 4pm.  This year’s event has ...

The wait is over, and we now know what we’ll call the program for 11- to 17-year-old youth when girls can begin joining during the scheduled launch on Feb. 1, 2019. Let’s hear it for Scouts BSA! Boys and girls who are part of Scouts BSA will be known as Scouts. Just ...

  Our new 38′ climbing tower at Camp Tuckahoe is now in use by our Webelos Scout campers and the 700′ zip line across Memory Lake will make its debut in less than two weeks when Boy Scout sessions get underway.  Personally, I think our Scouts are going to love ...