Last Chance to apply for the

Belcher Scholarship

Applications Due by Monday, April 3, 2023

Do you know an Eagle Scout graduating from High School? The Donald D. and M. Marie Belcher Charitable Foundation have established a special scholarship fund for Eagle Scouts who have plans to attend a four-year college or university following high school graduation. The funding will be a 2-year $7,000 college scholarship awarded each year in the amount of $3,500 the first year, renewable for a second year, with at least 24 college credits completed and a college grade point average (GPA) of 2.5 or above.

Have you Registered for your Camporee?

There are four camporees taking registrations now!

Is your Scout Selling Camp Cards?

There is still time to signup to sell Camp Cards! This is a great opportunity for your Scout to work on their salesmanship and earn their way to camp. Order your Camp Cards today!

Need Something for the Cubs to

do this Summer?

Calling all cubs! Are you ready for an adventure that includes swimming, shooting sports, games, activities, crafts, nature, and much more?! We have several opportunities to enjoy a different theme each day: Trask Adventure, Art Explosion, Go for Gold Olympics, and Calling all Superheroes!

National Youth Leadership Training is Filling up Fast!

Scouts interested in attending or staffing NYLT this summer at Trask must sign up ASAP! Only a few spots left. 

A youth that has taken NYLT and is interested in being on staff must reach out today to get on the schedule. Adults can help, too. 

Greg Wittine, Once a Hero for Disabled Boy Scouts, Dies at 67

As a young man with cerebral palsy, he gained notice for his quest to be an Eagle Scout and changed Scouting. But his name had been mostly lost to popular memory.

Greg Wittine had a severe case of cerebral palsy. He could not walk or talk. In his wheelchair, he carried around a homemade keyboard on which he would point at individual letters and spell out words in order to communicate.

He devoted his youth in suburban Long Island to the Boy Scouts. Over nearly a decade, he earned merit badges in subjects like fire safety and wildlife. To get his hiking badge, he crawled down a wooded trail for a mile until his knees were too bruised and bloody for him to go on, at which point he wheeled himself another nine miles... Read More