Welcome to BPSA and Traditional Scouting!

Scouting for Everyone

Scouting for youth and adults, boys and girls

Scouting is one of the best programs for developing character, improving resourcefulness, and learning responsibility and skills in public service; and BPSA believes this program should be available to everyone, youth and adult, boy and girl.

Make scouting a tradition for your whole family!

Traditional Program

Scouting as it was meant to be played

Traditional Scouting is not historical re-enactment, but for the most part an attempt to present Scouting as the game that was played prior to the 1960s; and following principles and practices laid down by Scouting's founder, Robert Baden-Powell. Our aim is to promote good citizenship, discipline, self-reliance, loyalty, and useful skills.

We have a full range of training and proficiency badges for all program sections.

 

  • Otters (ages 5-7)
  • Timberwolves (ages 8-10)
  • Pathfinders (ages 11-17)
  • Rovers (age 18+)

 

 

Outdoor Skills

Scouting is an Outdoor Movement

Scouting is an outdoor movement and that is part of its character. The appeal of true scouting has always been to that element of the vagabond, pioneer and explorer which is part of our nature, and is at its most evident in youth. BPSA focuses on this aspect of the program; and encourages our scouts, parents and volunteers to plan programs that take advantage of being out of doors, whenever and wherever possible!

Hence the significance of the opening sequence of B.-P.’s “Explanation of Scouting” in “Scouting for Boys”:

“By the term ‘scouting’ is meant the work and attributes of backwoodsmen, explorers and frontiersmen”.

Public Service

Putting Service before Self

Scouting is a community oriented experience, in that scouts provide a function of public and community service.

Scouting's aims and practices train the youth to put service before self, whether by participating in community service projects with the group, organizing a public service project with their patrol or even helping out around their school and home.  

BPSA's program encourages leaders and volunteers to motivate the scouts, no matter what section, to give back to the wider community in which they live.  Service isn't something done as a requirement for a badge, it's something we do because we're scouts!


Click one of the categories above to see what BPSA has to offer!

Scouting for Everyone!

The BPSA offers an alternative and community oriented scouting program for youth and adults, boys and girls in the United States. We are not affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America or the Girl Scouts, USA; but are members of the World Federation of Independent Scouts and as such are not in competition with other American Scouting Associations, we are only their brothers and sisters.  Our association is volunteer run and we have no full or part-time paid staff – this allows us to keep costs down for parents and youth interested in the scouting program.

So, how do you find out more and get active in playing the game of Scouting?

To find out more about our Association and program check out our About page, which gives some history and aims of the program;  and our Resources page, which provides program and uniform resources for both scouts and leaders. You can also check out our Program pages, and get information on each program section based on age range: Otters (5-7 yrs. old), Timberwolves (8-10 yrs. old), Pathfinders (11-17 yrs. old) and Rovers (adults, ages 18+).

You can also ask us a question or request someone to contact you via phone through our Contact Form. We’re more than happy to have someone give you a call and talk about the program and answer questions in a more personable fashion than email!

How do I get involved with a BPSA Group?

Where do you start in getting active and participating with a BPSA group? You have three primary choices:

(1) Join an existing BPSA Scout Group
(2) Start a new BPSA Scout Group in your area
(3) Join our Lone Scouts Program

(1) Joining an existing BPSA Scout Group – You can use our Find a Group page to find a local group in your area. Use the contact information there to get in touch with the Group Scoutmaster (GSM). The GSM or local contact for the group can help get you registered and provide you with the resources and materials you’ll need to get scouting.

If you don’t see a BPSA Scout Group in your area, don’t worry, there are still two more options available to you:

(2) Start a new Scout Group – If you don’t see a group in your area, BPSA can help you start up a new group!  Traditional Scouting through the BPSA can only grow if people take up an interest in getting the program active in their local area.  Check out our Starting a Group resource and/or Contact Us for ideas, resources and information!

(3) Join our Lone Scouts Group – the BPSA Lone Scouts program is for individual Timberwolves, Pathfinders and Rovers who might live in rural areas or just don’t have the interest locally in starting a new group up; but still want to participate in traditional scouting through BPSA. As part of the Lone Scouts program, you or/and your scout will be part of the BPSA’s 1st Lone Scout Group, along with many others in our Lone Scout program.  This provides an opportunity to participate in scouting without the need for a fully chartered Scout Group.

 

Contact Us

Support Traditional Scouting in the US

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To inquire or find out more about B-PSA US, fill out our contact formand someone will get back to you as soon as possible!Nat’l Commissioner: David Atchley, info@bpsa.org 

 
You can also help support the BPSA and the growth of Traditional Scouting in America by clicking the donate button below. Donations go toward providing resources, materials, patches, uniforms and other necessary items that scouts, parents and groups need to run a program in their local communities:Donate with WePay 

 

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