The Theodore Roosevelt council will be the premier Boy Scout Council in the Northeast, where individuals and organizations are seeking us our for partnership.

The council executive board is headed by the council president and is made up of annually elected local community leaders. The board establishes the council program and carries out the resolutions, policies, and activities of the council. Board members serve without pay and some are volunteer Scouters working at the unit level.  Council committees are established to advise the board on program and policy.

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Activities Committee

Advancement Committee

Camping Committee

Catholic Committee

Jewish Committee

Properties Committee

Protestant Committee

Risk Mgmt. Committee

Training Committee

FUNDRAISING

Fundraising Events

Friends of Scouting

Popcorn Sales

Who Pays for Scouting ?

E-Service

Center

E-Calendar

E-Charger

E-Forms

E-Photo Album

Eagle Scout Information

My Scouting Portal

Service & Alumni ORGANIZATIONS

Council & District Commissioners

OA-Buckskin Lodge

Sagamore Service Troop

NESA - A.Eldred Chapter

Onteora Alumni Association

Wauwepex Society

COUNCIL

BOARD

What's That - A Glossary and FAQ about Scouting

District Committee Responsibilities

Volunteer Positions in Scouting

TR AND SCOUTING

TR was an enthusiastic proponent of the Scouting movement. Theodore Roosevelt was no longer President of the United States when the Boy Scouts of America was started in 1910.    He was a troop committeeman of Troop 39, Oyster Bay, N.Y., and  the first council commissioner of Nassau County Council .  As a former President he was elected an Honorary Vice-President of the Boy Scouts of America and the first and only  designated  "Chief Scout Citizen."  For many years after his death in 1919, several thousand Scouts and leaders in the New York area made annual pilgrimages to his grave in Oyster Bay. One early Scout leader, Julian Salomon, said, "The two things that gave Scouting great impetus and made it very popular were the uniform and Teddy Roosevelt's jingoism."

The National Council, Boy Scouts of America, chartered the Nassau County Council, Boy Scouts of America in 1917.  In September 1997, the council changed its name from the Nassau County Council to recognize and honor Theodore Roosevelt, its founder and first Council Commissioner.

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