It’s time to begin preparations for the 2023 Wizard Safari, coming September 29 – October 1 at the Wizard Ranch Nature Preserve in Hellam, PA. If you’re interested in serving on staff for Safari, you can submit your application today!…
Year: 2023
A Closer Look At Our Council’s Financial Health
At the Council’s Program Launch event on June 1, Council President Jan Wagner and Immediate Past Council President Matt Haar presented our Council’s current financial challenges, including a detailed look at the financial side of our Council’s camping operations. Given …
“We Are the Caretakers of the Scouting Movement”
Greetings, Fellow Scouters,
I hope you and your family are doing well and enjoying the summer weather.
Today, I’d like to provide information and stimulate discussion about our most important threat to Scouting. This is a particularly worrisome dilemma for …
James E. West Fellowship Award
The James E. West Fellowship Award is a national recognition for contributions of $1,000 or more to the New Birth of Freedom Council, Boy Scouts of America’s Endowment Fund in excess of a donor’s Friends of Scouting support. The interest …
Service Center and Scout Shop Closed July 4
The Council Service Center and Scout Shop will be closed on Thursday, July 4, to celebrate Independence Day. The Council Service Center and Scout Shop will operate at normal hours on Wednesday, July 3, and Friday, July 5.
Independence Day, …
Council Service Center and Scout Shop Closed June 19
The Mechanicsburg Service Center and Scout Shop will be closed on Wednesday, June 19, commemorating the Juneteenth holiday.
Classroom textbooks have taught us that Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863, marked the end of slavery in America. Although this …
NOVA and Supernova Awards Can Now be Ordered Directly
Recently the Boy Scouts of America changed how units and councils can obtain the NOVA and Supernova Award recognition items. The items available are listed below by each vendor. Unfortunately, our Council can no longer provide these materials, and ordering …
Additional Public Funding Committed to Conserve Buffer Acreage at Camp Tuckahoe
Throughout 2022, we’ve shared information with our Scouting family about our efforts in concert with the Central Pennsylvania Conservancy to preserve “buffer acreage” at Camp Tuckahoe – parts of the property that we don’t actively use for camping and programming …
New Birth of Freedom Council
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