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- EIN 23-1708585
- (610) 264-8551
- 991 Postal Rd Allentown PA 18109-9516 USA
- www.minsitrails.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Boy Scouts of America, Children & Youth, Unknown
Mission: Our mission is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the scout oath and law. Minsi trails council has served young people for over 107 years, and today serves more than 10,100 youth in six counties. Scouting promotes outdoor fun and adventure while inspiring lives of leadership, character, achievement, and service. We serve young people ages 6-20, and provide positive experiences through volunteer leaders in local neighborhood settings. Scouting helps young people form individual identities, grow in personal responsibility, and participate in active citizenship. Scouting's advancement and recognition programs are designed to introduce young people to lifelong skills and interests that have driven many toward their career paths and life ambitions. Scouts develop critical thinking and stronger communication skills, and grow to understand how decisions they make today will affect them throughout their lives.
Programs: Comprehensive youth development - principal group activity includes various camping programsour success as a youth-serving organization is best measured by the success of our scouts. During 2017, we had 233 scouts achieve their eagle scout rank a record number for our council. These 233 scouts gave back to their local communities through their eagle scout services projects, contributing over 45,000 hours in community service. That's service; that's achievement; and that's success. Minsi trails council serves more than 10,100 youth in six counties carbon, lehigh, luzerne, monroe and northampton counties in pennsylvania and warren county in new jersey. For 2017, our council was recognized by the boy scouts of america as a gold council the highest ranking for a scout council. Other key accomplishments include: over 5,000 scouts advanced in rank and earned 9,200 merit badges during the year 10,000 scouts camped in our three nationally-accredited council camps and camper satisfaction scores were among the highest ever scouts collected over 163,000 pounds of food during our annual scouting for food campaign to help fill local food banks expanded our scoutreach urban scouting program, adding three new schools and serving nearly 1,200 at-risk, disadvantaged youth grew our career-based, co-ed exploring program by adding four new explorer posts and over 170 youth, a 26% increase to this much-needed programscouting is about building character, teaching responsibility, instilling leadership skills, creating engaged citizenship, and achieving success while having fun in a great outdoor experience. With a solid mission and vision, minsi trails council is making a positive difference for our youth. # of individuals served : cubs 5,834 scouts 3,169 venturers 319 explorers 824 total 10,146