Scouting: Prepared. For Life.  Yankee Clipper Council - Boy Scouts of America
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Yankee Clipper Council
Programs

Camping

Organized camping is a creative, educational experience in cooperative group living in the outdoors. It uses the natural surroundings to contribute significantly to physical, mental, spiritual, and social growth.

And its just plain fun!    Yankee Clipper Council Camping Programs
 
Activities
Baden-Powell called Scouting a "game with a purpose." Our purpose is to help youth grow in citizenship, character, and mental, moral and physical fitness. Kids are attracted by the "game" portions--outdoor activities and just plain fun. Council and District activities are designed to be purposeful, age appropriate, safe and fun.

In addition to the general criteria, the following program-specific criteria apply. 
Age Appropriate Activity Chart
 

Cub Scouting

  • The activity is parent/youth- or family-oriented.
  • The activity is conducted with adult supervision.
  • Cub Scouts are asked to do their best.
  • The activity is discovery-based
 Yankee Clipper Cub Scout Activities
Arrow of Light Weekend (fall)
Tiger Cub Safari (fall)
Webelos Woods (spring)
Science Museum Camp-in (fall, winter, spring)

Boy Scouting

  • Activities are led by youth and approved and supervised by adults.
  • Activities are patrol- or troop-oriented.
  • Activities meet standards and advancement requirements.
  • Activities are experience-based.
 Yankee Clipper Boy Scout Activities
Eagle Recognition Banquet
Sea Base
Philmont
Jamboree

Venturing/Varsity Scouting

  • Activities are led by youth and supported by adults.
  • Youth participants develop and plan activities and set and meet their own challenges.
  • Activities are socially based with coed participation.

Yankee Clipper Venturing Activities
Sea Base
Philmont
Jamboree
Powderhorn
Check the Council Calendar and Clipboard the current year's Activity and Training Dates
Training

The BSA Training Continuum

The BSA Leader Training program is the culmination of more than two years of work by professionals and volunteers from throughout the nation. Their goal was to revise and update the volunteer leader training materials for the Boy Scouts of America. The result is a seamless training program that helps leaders easily graduate through the courses quickly and with little duplication.

The package provides the district training committee with tools to achieve 100% trained unit volunteers. It begins with the existing Fast Start training, continues through New Leader Essentials, Leader Specific training for each adult's role in the unit, and finally Wood Badge.

Adult Leader Training  -  Youth Leadership Training