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Thanks to everyone who attended the Program Launch event on June 20 at Camp Tuckahoe.  It was great to see so many dedicated Scouters in attendance. We’ve provided links below to each slide show used at the event in response to requests to provide them. General Session New Cub Scout Program New Registration & Rechartering ...

Council Executive Board leadership will host a webinar on Monday, June 24, at 7 PM to discuss the Executive Board’s recent decision to discontinue summer camp programs at Hidden Valley following the 2024 summer season.  The webinar is open to everybody, but registration is required through this link.  Prior information from the Executive Board...

While Mother Nature decided to interfere with our original plans to hold our annual Program Launch event on June 6 by dropping a tree on the electric wires into Camp Tuckahoe, we’re ready to give it another try with Program Launch 2.0 on Thursday, June 20. Note: We are aware that June 20 is Jubilee...

Around 1 PM today, we learned that a tree fell across Tuckahoe Road, cutting electric and internet service to Tuckahoe. Unfortunately, local authorities have informed us that the power at Tuckahoe will likely not be restored until after dark this evening. As a result, we are canceling tonight’s Program Launch event. We looked forward to...

While Scouting programs rarely occur in offices, our council service centers provide a foundation for our operations and outreach. Now that our York Service Center building has been sold, I want to thank our stakeholders whose generosity allowed our council to construct and make outstanding use of our service center on White Street in West...

The New Birth of Freedom Council honored our 2024 Silver Beaver and District Award of Merit recipients at the Council Recognition Reception on Saturday, May 4 at Camp Tuckahoe. Silver Beaver Award Honorees Please check out the brief biographies and videos for each of our 2024 Silver Beaver Award honorees. Matthew Phillips Joseph Robinson Raymond ...

The New Birth of Freedom Council is pleased to announce that our 2025 council-wide camping event will be a Civil War-themed camporee on a family farm a quarter mile from the Gettysburg battlefield. This theme will be familiar to some units in the Council, as Battlefield and Heritage Trails District held a joint fall camporee...

The New Birth of Freedom Council is thrilled to announce that on Saturday, May 4, we will be recognizing three new Silver Beaver Award recipients at the Council’s Recognition Reception at Camp Tuckahoe, located at 400 Tuckahoe Road, Dillsburg, PA 17019. We look forward to celebrating these outstanding Scouters and their contributions to our community. Matthew...

To the New Birth of Freedom Scouting Family, The past several years have been challenging, as Scouting in south-central Pennsylvania continues struggling to recover from youth membership decline during the COVID pandemic. Since 2012, when the council’s youth membership peaked at 11,376, we have experienced an ongoing decline, ending 2023 with 5,455 youth members.  With...

You can watch the recording above if you missed our council-wide roundtable on April 4.   If you want to jump to a specific topic covered on the agenda, the starting time in the video is listed below: Safety Moment – “Hazard Trees” (4:19) March 2024 Membership Recap (7:28) National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) Course...