Youth Organizations Based in Pennsylvania - Scouting in Pennsylvania, Minsi Trails Council, Chester County Council, Camp Archbald, Cradle of Liberty Co (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Scouting in Pennsylvania, Minsi Trails Council, Chester County Council, Camp Archbald, Cradle of Liberty Council, YMCA Camp Fitch on Lake Erie, Camp Ramah in the Poconos, Camp Watonka, Unami Lodge, Camp Westmont, Camp Galil, Tyler Hill Camp, French Creek Council, Neighborhood Bike Works, Camp Stone, PONY Baseball and Softball, B'nai Brith Perlman Camp, Delaware County Youth Initiative, Hawk Mountain Council. Excerpt: Minsi Trails Council is a council of the Boy Scouts of America that serves Scouts of eastern Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley and Pocono regions as well as parts of western New Jersey. The council was formed in 1969, after the merger of the Bethlehem Area Council, Delaware Valley Area Council, and Lehigh Council. The council consists of six districts and maintains two camps: Camp Minsi and Trexler Scout Reservation. During the past 25 years, Minsi Trails Council has experienced substantial growth. Youth participation has grown 118% to over 31,4000 members. Camp attendance has kept pace, rising 115% to over 3,800 campers. Over 36% of all local Scout-age youth are involved in the program. The council is divided into six districts. A seventh "Urban Scouting District" runs the national Scoutreach program. Districts are divided by county and school district boundaries based on geographic location and size. Minsi Trails Council has three camps which they run and maintain. Camp Minsi, a Boy Scout camp, is the largest of the three camps, encompassing over 1,200 acres (5 km). The other two camps, Akelaland (Cub Scout camp) and Settlers Camp (Boy Scout camp), both share the almost 900 acres (3.6 km) of Trexler Scout Reservation. Camp Minsi is a located on the shores of the 314 acres (1 km) Stillwater Lake in Pocono Summit, Pennsylvania. The camp was formerly owned by Bethlehem Area Council prior to the...