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Both the Mechanicsburg and York Service Centers will be closed on Friday, April 19 in celebration of Good Friday. The Mechanicsburg and York Scout Shops will be operating on Friday, April 19 and Saturday, April 20 following their normal schedule. Thank you!...

The deadline to register for the Council Volunteer Recognition Banquet and District Receptions has been EXTENDED to April 26th, register today at Council Volunteer Recognition Dinner. Nearly 200 Scouters have registered for this great event on May 4 at the Scottish Rite Cathedral in Harrisburg!  We hope you will consider joining us as we...

The 2019 Spring Recruitment Campaign is here!  As families get thinking about spring and getting into the outdoors, it is a great time for active packs to recruit new Scouts into their program.  It is also a great time for units to get current members and new members signed up to attend one of a...

The New Birth of Freedom Council is excited to announce that on Saturday, May 4, we will be recognizing five new Silver Beaver recipients at the Council’s Volunteer Recognition Banquet and District Receptions at the Scottish Rite Cathedral in Harrisburg. Richard Hess – Chartered Organization Representative for Pack and Troop 51; Assistant District Commissioner, Pioneer District...

Please join us, Saturday, May 4, 2019 for the first annual Volunteer Recognition Banquet and District Receptions.  This brand new event is a reimagining and redesign of the Council Recognition Dinner....

There is a TON of information available about Scoutbook, but that can also mean that there is a TON of information to wade through.  We’ve helped to compile some of the most important information on Scoutbook in one place....

As of March 1, Brian DeBease will join the New Birth of Freedom Council as our new Director of Development. Brian has been a Scouting professional for over 22 years and has been involved in Scouting for over 32 years.  Brian is coming to us from the Del-Mar-Va Council where he served as the Director of...

In 2018, representatives from the Council Executive Board, Council Camping and Properties Committee, Camp Strategic Planning Committee, Commissioner Cabinet, and Council Unit Relations Taskforce embarked on engaging unit leaders and parents in discussions about their Scouting experiences in the New Birth of Freedom Council.  The objective of the group was to gather feedback in two...

Scoutreach Program Job Opportunities in York and Harrisburg! Are you an energetic and passionate individual who loves Scouting and would like to make a difference in the lives of boys and girls and young men and women?  If this sounds like you, the New Birth of Freedom Council has openings in its Scoutreach Program Staff...

We’re now just days away from the launch of Scouts BSA. In anticipation of the program’s February 1 debut, Scouts BSA uniform items and the Scouts BSA Handbook for Girls have begun arriving at Scout shops and will soon be in stock at scoutshop.org. You’ve been asking for details about these new items, and...