History

Scouts BSA, formerly the Boy Scouts of America was founded in 1910  and since then, about 110 million Americans participated in Scouts BSA programs at some time in their lives. The scout troop now known as Troop 380B at St Peters Catholic Church was founded on or about 1920 shortly before the BSA became a founding member organization of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1922.  

Scouts BSA is committed to bringing the scouting movement to previously under served groups including girls.  Thus Troop 380G was founded 100 years after the boy troop was founded.

The stated mission of the Scouts BSA 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." Youth are taught responsible citizenship, character development, and self-reliance through participation in a wide range of outdoor activities, educational programs, and, at older age levels, career-oriented programs in partnership with community organizations. For younger members, the Scout method is part of the program to instill typical Scouting values such as trustworthiness, good citizenship, and outdoors skills, through a variety of activities such as camping, aquatics, and hiking. 

Scouts BSA holds a congressional charter under Title 36 of the United States Code.  On behalf of the BSA, Paul Sleman, Colin H. Livingstone, Ernest S. Martin, and James E. West successfully lobbied Congress for a federal charter for the BSA which President Woodrow Wilson signed on June 15, 1916.  The 1916 statute of incorporation established this institution among a small number of similarly chartered patriotic and national organizations, such as the Girl Scouts, Civil Air Patrol, the American Legion, the Red Cross, Little League Baseball, and the National Academy of Sciences.