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- EIN 57-0314450
- (864) 585-4391
- 420 S Church St Spartanburg SC 29306-5232 USA
- http://www.palmettocouncil.org
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Causes: Boy Scouts of America, Children & Youth
Mission: The palmetto council, inc. , boy scouts of america is an affiliate of the boy scouts of america (bsa). The council is a not-for- profit organization providing service to boys, girls, young men and young women ages 7-21. The palmetto council is dedicated to developing values and life skills in spartanburg, york, chester, lancaster, union, and cherokee counties of south carolina. It maintains camping facilities (camp bob hardin) in saluda, north carolina and (conley clarke) near gaffney, south carolina. It is devoted to providing support through an efficient staff and many well trained adult volunteers. It's charter is renewed annually by its national affiliate. Its goal is to instill character in young men and women. They will learn to do things for themselves and others, receiving training in team work, survival and career readiness and learning patriotism, courage, self-reliance; and be prepared to make ethical choices over their lifetime and achieve their full potential using the meth
Programs: Providing support and service to adult leaders and youth members through character building youth development programs in six counties. Serving 4,804 scout members and 1,578 volunteer leaders, the council is deeply committed to helping every child develop lifelong skills and values, emphasizing such traits as respect,courage, self-reliance, service to others, good citizenship, duty to god and mental and physical fitness. In 2017, 134 young men earned scouting's highest rank,eagle scout and their project combined for over 18,500 service hours. For the fourth year, the palmetto council has placed in the journey to excellence program. Achieving a gold rating puts the palmetto council as one of the top 20% of councils across the nation.