Piedmont Council (California)
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| Piedmont Council (#042) | |||
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| Owner | Boy Scouts of America | ||
| Headquarters | Piedmont, California | ||
| Location | Piedmont, California | ||
| Country | United States | ||
| Founded | 1921 | ||
| Founder | Reverend John Stuchell | ||
| Membership | 1048 | ||
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| Website piedmontbsa.org | |||
The Piedmont Council (California) of BSA serves chartered organizations and BSA units located in the city of Piedmont, located in the East Bay hills and surrounded by the city of Oakland. The council was first chartered in 1921, and by some measurements is the smallest in the BSA, but has a high level of activity and serves a high percentage of the available youth living in Piedmont. The Council is home to unit's of Scouts BSA, Cub Scouts, Venturing Crews, Police Adventures and Sea Scouts.[1]
Piedmont Council is one of the six councils that serves the San Francisco Bay Area.
History
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In 1910 the newly formed Piedmont Community Church with it's the Reverend John Evans Stuchell, first pastor of the church and an avid outdoorsman, was seeking a new type of organization for the boys of Piedmont. He had heard rumors of a new organization inspired by General Baden-Powell in England and decided to start one of his own.
The first organization meeting, held on October 1910, included 25 boys and parents who began a camping tradition every other weekend that sparked a movement that has impacted thousands of youth for generations.
On March 21st 1921 the Council was Chartered by The Boy Scouts of America as the 42nd Council.
Today the Piedmont Council serves over 1048 youth in diverse programs ranging from Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts to coed teen programs including crews for Community Service, Sea Scouts & Police Explorers. One of the Famous Ships of the Local Sea Scouts is the 33 feet long Sailboat the SSS Revenge operated by Ship 16[in the Sea Scouts Ship acts as Troop] has Participated in a United States Coast Guard Safety at Sea Events,Explored the Bay and Delta of San Francisco, and Competed in Old Sea Salt regattas.
Order of the Arrow
- Hungteetsepoppi Lodge #466[2]
See also
References
- ^ Hook, James; Franck, Dave; Austin, Steve (1982). An Aid to Collecting Selected Council Shoulder Patches with Valuation.
- ^ http://www.oa466.org/