Our Heritage

For 100 years, Scouting has been helping the youth of America find - in themselves and in the world around them - more than they thought possible. A century of building confidence and character is worth celebrating.

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Our Promising Future

We have laid out an assertive strategic plan for moving the Boy Scouts of America into our next century of service. A purpose-driven 100th Anniversary Celebration is critical to fulfilling that vision.

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Program Ideas for Unit, District, and Council Activities
Involve Scouts and their entire families in the BSA 100th Anniversary Celebration with Generations Connection. Create a new event, or give a creative new twist to an existing membership, program, or fundraising event. Here are some ideas on how to do that.

Unit Leaders
When you gather your unit committee, review the materials and ideas on this site. Then, get started!

  • Use Generations Connection materials like the Scouting Family Tree or the Tree Planting Ceremony Guide in pack, den, troop, and crew meetings—or as a stand-alone event.
  • Modify the Family Ceremony for use in a meeting or group activity with all the families in your unit.
  • Be creative! Brainstorm other ideas to use Generations Connection to help others appreciate how Scouting makes families better and stronger.
  • Watch your council Web site and newsletter for Generations Connection activities you may want to join.

District and Council Leaders
For more ideas, read "Integrating Generations Connection into council, district, unit, and community activities."

More Generations Connection information, materials, and ideas can be found on the Planning Materials page of YourSource. To get a YourSource username and password, ask your council 100th Anniversary Staff Adviser to enroll you in the BSA 100th Anniversary National Leadership Team.

BSA 100th Anniversary Trees

The tree is an important symbol of the family—a family tree, the life of a tree that spans generations, the belief that a tree will continue to provide, long after we're gone.

Because of that symbolism—and a shared mission for service and environmental stewardship—we could think of no better Generations Connection partner than the Arbor Day Foundation! Arbor Day has designated official BSA 100th Anniversary trees for anyone to enjoy. Order yours at http://www.arborday.org/boyscouts.

For every BSA 100th Anniversary tree purchased from Arbor Day, another will be planted in Montana at the newly created Boy Scouts of America Centennial Forest. The Centennial Forest will aid replanting of the Flathead National Forest following recent fires.

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