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As of January 1, 2024, the following changes to Scouts BSA requirements become effective.  Rank Requirements There were minor changes to Scout (6) and Star (6).  The Cyberchip has been phased out. Scouts should use the Personal Safety Awareness training at https://www.scouting.org/training/youth-protection/scouts-bsa/ for both Scout and Star ranks.  Eagle Palms Scouts BSA will no longer...

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 through these vendors is the only way to obtain patches, medals, and pins for these...

Through the generosity of the Adams County Community Foundation’s Shirley Smith Youth Service Fund, prospective Eagle Scouts now have a new potential source of funding for their Eagle Scout Service Projects. Eagle Scout candidates from anywhere in the New Birth of Freedom Council can apply for up to 75% of the cost to do their...

Scouting’s Journey to Excellence (JTE) is the BSA’s planning, performance and recognition program designed to encourage and reward the success of our units.  It is meant to encourage excellence in providing a quality program at all levels of the BSA. The National Council announced updates to the unit scorecards for 2020 that take into consideration...

One of the characteristics of Scouting—for over a hundred years—is that no matter when you join, however long you stay, or the rank you attain, the Scouting experience prepares you for life. And for some, the pinnacle of their Scouting experience is achieving the highest rank of Eagle Scout. The policies of the BSA indicate...