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10 Reasons to Designate National Capital Area Council in your workplace giving program:

  Local Scouting gives back to the community. Last year our Scouts performed 463,761 hours of community service – 9.67 hours per scout with an estimated value of $11,500,000 Local Scouts collected over one million pounds of food for our Scouting for Food service project. Scouting prepares young people to make ethical and moral choices […]

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Lion Pilot Training

Lion Pilot Training 8:30-10:30 am Available Dates Saturday, July 16, 23, 30, August 6 NCAC is conducting training for Pack Lion Guides, District Lion Coordinators and anyone interested or involved with the new Lion Pilot.  The material will include the required training from the BSA along with information about the pilot that has been made […]

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NCAC Summer Climbing Update

We’ve had a positive response to the Top-Rope Kit, modularized training program, inter-troop Climbing Campouts and other program ideas developing over the the last two-years  Take a look at our most recent blog post for thoughts on how to develop rock climbing activities for your unit.  https://www.ncacbsa.org/blog/2016/02/17/how-to-get-your-unit-out-rock-climbing-in-2016/ The Committee is also very interested in your feedback on other […]

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BSA Changes Membership Policy

  BSA Changes Membership Policy During the 2015 Boy Scouts of America National Annual Meeting in May, Dr. Robert M. Gates encouraged the Scouting family to reflect on the challenges, primarily regarding adult leadership standards, facing the BSA and potential alternatives for addressing them. On Friday, July 10, the Boy Scouts of America Executive Committee […]

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