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Journey to Excellence

A Boy Scout is taught to always “Do Your Best” and the Boy Scout Program encourages personal growth. As a Council, we believe that we should set the example by constantly striving to improve the council.

The BSA National Council has provided a measuring tool that provides guidance for our improvement called Journey To Excellence (“JTE”). All 292 Councils in the Boy Scouts of America are evaluated monthly in 17 criteria and may be classified as gold, silver, bronze or below standard in each of the 17 criteria as well as an overall council score.

We will provide a regular update here as to our progress towards becoming one of the best small councils in the Boy Scouts of America. Please choose the Journey to Excellence page to see a detailed discussion of where we are in each category.

 

Current Status
(December 31, 2011)

1125 Points

Last Year

950 Points

JTE SilverJTE Silver

 

 

Eagle ScoutUpdates to the Trail To Eagle Process

Recent changes have been made to the Eagle Scout Service Project Workbook that Scouts and leaders need to be aware of.  The changes have been highlighted on our "Trail to Eagle" web page HERE.

You can also attend a FREE Life to Eagle Seminar on January 9th.  Pre-Registration is required to attend.  Details are HERE on nepabsa.org

For other questions on the process, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

 
Silver Beaver

2011 Northeastern Pennsylvania Council
Volunteer Recognition Dinner

Honoring
Scouting’s Greatest Resources
. . . Our People

On November 4th, The Northeastern Pennsylvania Council, BSA, honored four outstanding Scouters with the Silver Beaver Award.  This is very distinguished and restricted national award is presented annually by the Council for noteworthy service of exceptional character to youth.

This year’s honorees are:

Sheila Bender – Troop 106, Mountain Top;
Mike Jurkowski – Troop 1, Honesdale;
Ray Staudenmeier – Two Mountains District; and
Bill Fiore – Troop 251, Clarks Green.

Also presented were two Venturing Leadership Awards.  Honored with the awards were Cara Specoski and John Sepcoski for their unending support in developing and promoting the Venturing program in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

Congratulations to all our honorees.

2011 Silver Beaver Honorees 2011 Venturing Leadership Award

 

 

Be at the 2013 National Jamboree

2013 National Jamboree

It’ll be here before you know it…..

The 2013 National Scout Jamboree will be held at the brand new Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia July 15-24, 2013. The area has some of the best whitewater rafting and kayaking, miles of great mountain bike trails, and awesome rock climbing opportunities, in addition to hundreds of other scouting activities at the new Summit. This will be one of the biggest highlights of anyone's scouting career.

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BSA Must Read: Journey To Excellence Service Hours

You can now enter your service hours at http://scouting.org/awards/journeytoexcellence. Scroll down the page to see the link on the right hand side. Users of www.goodturnforamerica.com will be redirected to the Journey to Excellence page. If you have any questions, please contact the Scout Service and Training Center.

 

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Scout Service and Training Center

If you need help with your Scout unit, or just a new uniform, the staff of the Scout Service and Training Center is here to help you make Scouting successful in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

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