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Cub Scouting is a family-centered program designed for children in Kindergarten through fifth grade. Activities promote character development, citizenship, and personal fitness.
Scouts BSA provides young people opportunities for leadership and engagement in community service. Members work toward earning ranks, including the highest rank of Eagle Scout.
Venturing supports teens aged 14-20 in character development and leadership preparation. Exploring offers youth real-world experiences and mentorship to explore careers and future opportunities.
Sea Scouting is a maritime program for boys and girls ages 14-20 providing a fun, safe environment for Scouts to learn, build friendships, and develop character while earning advancement. We are currently building this program out here at HTC.
You can click on the events below to be taken straight to a registration page if the event is open to register.Â
Our cub scouting program is filled with kids of all ages – from our young cubs to our young-at-heart adult leaders!
A den is a small group of girls or boys in the same grade level who meet weekly.
Many exciting adventures await including fishing, swimming, Target and Range activities, Scout Craft, Ecology, STEM, camping under the stars, and much more!
A detailed list of what you can expect out of our cub program for 2025. Download the pdf and mark your calendars!
All dens, from Kindergarten – 5th grades make up a Pack. Once a month, the dens, with their families, come together for a Pack meeting, where the scouts show off their skills and are recognized for the badges they’ve earned.
Lots of fun and transferable skills between your unit, your career and yourself! The Wood Badge course centers upon the concepts of servant leadership and leaving a legacy. The key elements are then taught with a clear focus on the “why, what and how.” The skills come alive during the two weekends as the participants put intro practice what is modeled during course.Â
Lots of fun and transferable skills between your unit, your career and yourself! The Wood Badge course centers upon the concepts of servant leadership and leaving a legacy. The key elements are then taught with a clear focus on the “why, what and how.” The skills come alive during the two weekends as the participants put intro practice what is modeled during course.Â
NYLT teaches youth what a leader must BE, KNOW, and DO through hands-on outdoor adventures. Instead of sitting in classrooms, participants go on a Quest for the Meaning of Leadership where they practice real skills with their patrol.
This action-packed week gives youth practical tools they can use in their troop, at school, and at home. They learn to run meetings, solve problems, and lead teams through fun outdoor activities. Parents see their teens return with new confidence and leadership skills that help them succeed in everything they do.
• Be a registered Scout in good standing
• Have a current health form (parts A, B, and C)
• Get a recommendation from their unit leader
• Be at least 13 years old
• Hold First Class rank or higher
• Complete Introduction to Leadership Skills for Troops (ILST)
• Be 14 years old (or 13 if you’ve finished 8th grade)
• Have at least one year of camping experience
Because it works. For over 100 years, Scouting’s leadership methods have created amazing youth leaders. NYLT teaches these same proven skills that make units truly youth-led.
• Your unit runs smoother with less adult help needed
• Youth and adults use the same leadership language and methods
• Less confusion and drama about who does what
• Youth leaders gain confidence to take on bigger responsibilities
• Adult leaders can step back and let youth truly lead
Not at all! NYLT teaches leadership skills you’ll use for life, not just in Scouting. Many graduates say their NYLT training gave them a big advantage in college, jobs, and other leadership roles after high school. Whether you’re 13 or 18, these skills will help you succeed wherever life takes you.
“NYLT gave me the confidence to step up as Senior Patrol Leader”
“The skills I learned helped me not just in Scouting, but in school leadership too”
“It was the most fun I’ve had while learning something this important”
Nischa Chuppecat Lodge, Order of the Arrow
As Scouting’s National Honor Society, the Order of the Arrow is an integral part of the council’s program. Our service, activities, adventures, and training for youth and adults are models of quality leadership development and programming that enrich and help to extend Scouting to America’s youth.
The purpose of the Order of the Arrow is fourfold:
Lodge Programs & Resources
Order of the Arrow Resources on the Web
Troop Elections Packet
Lodge Leadership Position Descriptions
Get Ready for an Epic Leadership Adventure! 🚀
Beyond the high-energy activities and team challenges, you’ll master these game-changing professional superpowers:
•Master Listening– Develop ninja-level communication skills that make people feel truly heard
•Conflict-Whispering – Transform tense situations into opportunities for growth and collaboration
•Change Champion – Lead transformations with confidence and inspire others to embrace new horizons
•Team Dynamics Decoder – Understand the secret sauce of how great teams evolve and thrive
•Coaching Wizard – Unleash potential in others through powerful mentoring techniques
•Leadership Chameleon – Adapt your style to perfectly match what your team needs
•Servant Leader Supreme – Master the art of leading by lifting others up
•Project Planning Pro – Turn big dreams into achievable reality with expert planning skills
…And that’s just the beginning of your leadership transformation journey! 🌟
Each skill comes packed with real-world examples and hands-on practice, so you’ll be ready to rock these new abilities in your workplace! đź’Ş
The Wood Badge course centers upon the concepts of servant leadership and leaving a legacy. The key elements are then taught with a clear focus on the “why, what and how.” The skills come alive during the two weekends as the participants put intro practice what is modeled during course.
Our 2024 WB Course with 8 full patrols!
Participation in Wood Badge is open to all registered adult Leaders of Scouting America who have completed the prerequisites
Scholarships Available
Even though we co-council our course, we have scouters from 4 different councils on course. This promotes a very big scouting community and knowledge sharing you wouldn’t see on many other courses.
Wood Badge is an exciting, action-packed adult leadership program covered over the course of two weekends. Weekend 1 (Friday through Sunday) and Weekend 2 (Saturday and Sunday). Designed for councils to provide adult leader members with leadership skills and experience they can use in their Scouting positions and in other situations demanding leadership of self and others.
Our 2025 WB Staff. Scouting, representing the entire bottom half of Indiana!
Adult volunteer of over 15 years of scouting on 2024’s course
Jamboree is more than a destination. It’s the adventure of lifetime. And there is simply nothing else like it on the planet.
What’s a Jamboree? It’s not camp. National Jamboree is 360-degrees of fun, friends and fellowship with hands-on adventure that takes you places you never thought you’d go and challenge you to try things you never thought you could.
It’s the beginning of your own heroes’ journey that will challenge you to go farther than you ever thought possible. You’ll reach deeper and lift yourself higher to become the best version of yourself.
The next National Jamboree will be held at Summit Bechtel Reserve from July 22-31, 2026.
Hight Adventure events provide opportunities and challenges for youth and adults alike! You come back more confident and a lot better idea of just what you can do.
Local units will sometimes take on customized, smaller adventures rather than the big HA bases. Here are some things they have done:
Philmont Scout Ranch, Scouting America’s premier High Adventure™ base, challenges Scouts and Venturers with more than 214 square miles of rugged northern New Mexico wilderness. Backpacking treks, horseback cavalcades, and training and service programs offer young people many ways to experience this legendary country.
Northern Tier is the premier high adventure for wilderness canoeing and winter camping offered by Scouting America, providing a unique experience in the rugged wilderness of the Great North American Canoe Country. Our programs are renowned for their challenging and rewarding wilderness canoeing and winter camping expeditions.
Through Scouting America, Sea Base programs empower youth through ocean exploration, adventure, and education. Â Youth participants can choose from 20 different adventure treks which include options for camping, conservation, coral restoration, fishing, marine education, ocean paddling, live aboard sailing, scuba diving, and snorkeling.
The Summit Bechtel Reserve (or “The Summit,” for short) is a unique Scouting facility with an expansive main property spanning over 10,000 acres. We offer a variety of Scouting adventures that are exclusive to our location. Nestled in the heart of West Virginia, The Summit is strategically positioned within an eight-hour drive of 60% of the US population.
Getting ready and being successful for any high adventure trip takes a formula of the following ingredients:
Contact the VP of Programs to get your adventure started
Trail Signs is published bi-monthly to broaden awareness of programming and to serve the families engaged with the Hoosier Trails Council.
