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Mission: The council's primary purpose is to organize and supervise the scouting program. The scouting program provides education for youth and young adults led by trained volunteers. This is accomplished through community service, character building, citizenship training, career exploration and high adventure programs.
Programs: Boy scouting is a family- and community-centered program for boys 11 to 18 years of age. With the scout oath and scout law as guides, and the support of parents, community and religious organizations, these youth develop an awareness and appreciation of their role in the community and become good citizens. The program teaches leadership and character development through different methods, such as advancement, camping and training. This program served 7,364 youth in 2017.
cub scouting is a family- and community-centered program for boys 8 to 10 years of age. Cub scouts learn citizenship, compassion, and courage through service projects, ceremonies, games, and other activities promoting character development and physical fitness. This program served 9,413 youth in 2017.
venturing is a program for young men and women 14 (or 13 with completion of the eighth grade) through 20 years of age. Venturing provides experiences to develop youth to become mature, responsible, caring adults. Each program is specific to the youth participating. There are robotic groups, high adventure groups, computer groups, and ships. The one thing that is consistent with venturing is that the youth run the program. This program served 1,060 youth in 2017.
-exploring, a program for 14 to 21 year old boys & girls which focuses on career & hobby interests. -learning for life is a program for both boys & girls age 5 years through high school. It focuses on "at risk" elementary children & career exploration for older youth. These two programs served 406 youth in 2017. -children of incarcerated parents is another program boy scouts focuses on.
Chief Seattle Council discriminates against LGBT people in its hiring practices and service delivery, as widely reported in the news in the past couple years. It's public facing website is not current and its operations are currently below national standards for transparency.
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