Thanks for dropping by to take a look at our new Council Website. We've tried to rewrite and incorporate all the kinds of things that you need to see and know about and make this site a useful tool and resource that you will visit again and again. After you've taken a good look around, we'd appreciate it if you could give us some feedback. At the bottom of this page there is a chance for you to send us what you think - and your opinion matters because we're here to serve YOU!

Here's a list of some of the new features we've added to the site.

Interactive Calendar

We've developed an on-line calendar with "interactive" capability. By clicking on any month in the dropdown calendar menu, you'll go right to a detailed calendar that displays all the events for that month. In addition to allowing us to update the calendar when circumstances force a change in the original printed version, we can add an additional layer of detail by providing you with links to further information or PDF documents about that particular event. Just click on any underlined event to go to any additional details.

QUICK LINKS to Key Sites and Important Pages

Repeat visitors will love this one. When you get used to finding certain information, our Quick Links will help you get there quickly. These dandy short-cuts are terrific navigational tools, but there is also a redundant set of links and drop down menus so that you can find your way to just about anywhere on the website quickly. If you can't find what you're looking for, try going to our SITE MAP located on the menu bar to your left. This new version of the Site Map is laid out like an index in the back of a book with multiple links to everything in the site - and we plan to keep adding to all this to make navigating our site easier still.

On-Line Registrations

New to this version of the Council Website is an On-Line registration capability. We have several items already connected so that you can register to be part of the Council's new Alumni Associations for each of the Camps, register to be a "found" Eagle Scout, join our Campmaster Corps or respond to a survey. In the months to come, this capability will be expanded further with the ability to be able to order items on-line as well as register for camp or events on-line. That's in the future, but that future is nearer now than ever before!

New NEWS page

A new NEWS page has been added with the hope that this will expand into a record and archive of events in our council and camps. Be sure to visit this regularly to see what's new!

New SCOUT SHOP Page

Instead of just telling you that we have a Scout Shop, we've decided to tell you what's new in the shop instead! Visit the Scout Shop page regularly to see what new items are available or how to be first in line for soon-to-arrive patches and other Scout stuff. There is more in the shop than ever, so get the lowdown on what's new and exciting on the Scout Shop page.

New PHOTO GALLERIES

Got photos? We do! Scouting is all about having fun in the great outdoors and we have an abundance of both - FUN and GREAT OUTDOORS! You can access photo galleries on the NEWS page or visit the PHOTO GALLERY INDEX to see what photo collections are there. And we have plans to expand this feature. If you have old photos of any event, great photos of our scenic camps, or historic photos, be sure to share them with us so we can post them on the site. There is no better way to share and preserve our great heritage than seeing it in the images we can publish here.

Click here for photo gallery

New VIRTUAL PATCH COLLECTION

With such a rich history, our Council has a terrific selection of patches - but they are all scattered throughout the region and there is no single resource or repository of patches that the public can see - that is until now! We are beginning to put together a virtual patch collection from scans and photos sent to us by our local Scouters. If you have a patch collection you would be willing to share, simply click here and read up on the submission instructions. You get to keep your patches while sharing them with the world - how cool is that!?!

Click here for patch gallery

MORE Information

Finally, we've tried to provide you with more information, better information, information that is not only easy to use, but fun to get at and read. The effort has been to produce something we can all be proud of, but this is just the start. Like everything in our council, Scouting is a collaborative effort, better because of the variety and volume of effort poured into it. This is YOUR website, so don't be shy about letting us know what you need, what you want to see, and what can make this better. Most of all, CONTRIBUTE! The work always goes better when we do it together!

Let us know what you think by taking part in the survey below, or by e-mailing the webmaster at tbongard@nepabsa.org . Thanks!