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The National Council announced that the National Registration Fee will increase effective August 1, 2020 for all new members and will impact all current members during recharter.  Since COVID-19 ruined most Spring Recruitment plans, we are inviting you to join our July campaign to “Beat the Fee!” Any new Scout that joins any Scouting program...

On Friday, July 3, the Mechanicsburg and York Service Centers will be closed in observance of Independence Day.  Both the Mechanicsburg and York Scout Shops will be OPEN on Friday, July 3, for their regular business hours (10 AM to 6 PM, closed from 1:30-2:00 PM for lunch). Both Service Centers and Scout Shops will...

  For those Units and Families camping on Saturday,  July 11 is a Special Hidden Valley Program Day Shooting Sports is one of the most popular activities at camp.  The Council Shooting Sports Committee has been hard at work planning a day of fun range activities while maintaining COVID safety.  On Saturday, July 11th they...

“A Scout is…” Those three words of the Scout Law are just as important as the 12 points that follow. They mean that all Scouts and Scouters strive to exemplify those 12 traits at all times — both tranquil and turbulent. The Boy Scouts of America’s National Executive Committee released this statement last week on...

The Council’s Camping Committee and Executive Committee have determined those activities that can take place this summer at Hidden Valley Scout Reservation, Camp Conewago, and Camp Tuckahoe in the absence of our usual summer camp programs. All Council Camps Reopen on July 1 For Tent Camping Currently, all six counties in our Council area are...

Dear Friend of Scouting, Do you miss Summer Camp at Tuckahoe and Hidden Valley? We do too! Please take a look at the attached video with some great shots of Hidden Valley. As a valued stakeholder and contributor to our Friends of Scouting campaign, you’ll be pleased to know Scouting in the New Birth of...

As our country reckons with racial injustice, we all must consider our role and our failures and commit to meaningful action. The twelve points of the Scout Law that define a Scout are all important, but at this moment, we are called on to be brave. Brave means taking action because it is the right...

As counties served by the New Birth of Freedom Council move from the “yellow” to the “green” phase of the Governor’s plan to re-open Pennsylvania, we know that some units are eager to resume Scouting activities.  We have assembled guidance for Scouting units to follow as they consider holding in-person meetings, activities, service projects, and other...

In the 23 years since I became Scout Executive for the former York-Adams Area Council, I have enjoyed the privilege of getting to know and working with some of the most exceptional people in the community you could ever hope to meet.  One such person was Bob Kinsley, a member of the New Birth of...

Thank you to everyone that joined us for the June 2020 Council-wide Virtual Roundtable.  We had a great meeting and we hope that all of the participants were able to get get a lot of good information on how to KEEP SCOUTING and to do so safely. We shared that during the prevention we would...