Agency Details:

Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America

The mission of the Boy Scouts of America 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.

Scout Oath
On my honor I will do my best
To do my duty to God and my country
and 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

History:
The council was organized in 1917, serving the Greater Providence area. Throughout the 1930s, 1940s and subsequent decades additional towns and communities were added to the growing council. In 2001 the Moby Dick Council, serving the southeastern Massachusetts area, merged with Narragansett Council. Today the council territory includes the State of Rhode Island and 18 communities in Massachusetts and Connecticut.

The Narragansett Council provides the Scouting program to 19,073 youth, including over 1,300 at-risk, marginalized, and “inner city” youth within the Scout Reach Program component. Over 5,000 volunteers work with our youth in nearly 430 program sites (Scout Units) throughout the council territory.

Providing community service is at the “core” of the Scouting program. Annually the Scouting for Food Good Turn collects over 320,000 pounds of donated food that is then distributed throughout the council territory to dozens of food pantries and kitchens. Scouting for Food is the largest food collection event for the Rhode Island Food Bank. 247 Scouts earned Scouting’s highest award, the Eagle Scout rank. Their collective community service performed, as part of their requirement, amounts to over 27,600 hours donated to non-Scouting organizations.

Contact people:

Jonathan Widmark, Program Coordinator, (phone), (email) Peter Ashworth, Program Coordinator, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (401) 351-5515

Address:

10 Risho Avenue East Providence, RI 02914 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.narragansettbsa.org

Last updated on August 11, 2009