Great Alaska Council continues to welcome boys & girls to join Cub Scouts and Scouts BSA Programs
Contributed by the Great Alaska Council, BSA
Families are invited to local events to learn more about Scouting and find out which local options are the best for their families.
Anchorage, AK 11/7/2023 – The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) continues to invite young people and families to join the Cub Scouts (ages 5-10), Scouts BSA (ages 11-18), Venturing, Sea Scouts and Exploring (Ages 14-20) programs. With the year ending, we welcome all families to participate in these programs, renowned for character-building fun and adventure. Through adventures big and small, Scouting embraces the outdoors and helps our communities through service projects and builds the confidence of our youth through our wide range of activities.
“The Great Alaska Council is excited to welcome all youth into any of our various programs,” said Sam Giacalone, Scout Executive of the Great Alaska Council. “After all, the values of Scouting – being trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent – are relevant and important for all youth.”
In Anchorage, the Mat-Su valley, the Kenai Peninsula, and throughout Southeast Alaska, scouting events are happening every day. To find a unit and to inquire about their activities, those interested are encouraged to visit beascout.org.
“For years, families in our community have seen how the program builds character and teaches children valuable skills and life lessons that prepare them for success,” said Giacalone. “The Scouting program is designed to make important life lessons, such as physical fitness, problem-solving and emotional growth, fun and memorable for children and families. We are thrilled that this invaluable program is available to all youth”.
The Great Alaska Council issues Charters for Scouting’s youth programs to organizations across Southeast, South Central, and Western Alaska. The council works to bring Scouting programs to youth who live in the many areas across Alaska. They provide resources to each Charter Partner and the Volunteers who run each Scout Unit. Such resources include training for volunteers, staff to coach and support volunteers, summer camp, a service center with a store that can ship supplies anywhere in Alaska, and so many more things we do not have room to name them all here.
The Boy Scouts of America provides the nation’s foremost youth program of character development and values-based leadership training, which helps young people be “Prepared. For Life.” The Scouting organization is composed of nearly 2.3 million youth members between the ages of 5 and 20 and approximately 960,000 volunteers in local councils throughout the United States and its territories. For more information on the Boy Scouts of America, please visit www.beascout.org.