Scouting and the
Ozark Trails Council
The Boy Scouts of America, founded in 1910, was based on
the principles of duty to God, country, family and self.
Today, the Ozark Trails Council continues that mission.
The Council serves more than 16,000 youth and volunteers
throughout 31 counties in South Central and Southwest
Missouri and Southeast Kansas.
The Council is guided by a volunteer
Executive Board composed of leading business
professionals and community leaders. The Executive Board
employs a Scout Executive, who in turn hires and directs
a staff of 9 professionals, 10 support staff, and 2 camp
rangers to carry out the day-to-day management of the
Council.
The Council charters over 400 local
organizations to conduct the Scouting program.
These include churches, civic, community, service,
fraternal, labor, business, and industrial organizations,
schools and facilities for the handicapped.
Scouting strives to instill values in
our young people - values that are essential to the
future of our communities, nation, and world. Our members
are trying to do their best to live by the promise and
oath they recite at each meeting. These are not just
words, they are a way of life.
The Ozark Trails Council is committed
to providing the best possible Scouting experience to all
of our members. Our mission is to prepare young people to
make ethical choices over their lifetimes by instilling
in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.
Scout
Oath
On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my
countryand to obey the Scout Law; to help other people at
all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally
awake, and morally straight.
Scout
Law
A Scout is: Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly,
Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave,
Clean, Reverent.