June 3, 2024 Scouts Honor Shawn Gorman and L.L.Bean at 45th Annual Distinguished Citizens Dinner at Holiday Inn by the Bay On a pleasant spring day on May 16th in Portland, Maine, more than 200 business leaders and Scouts gathered at the Holiday Inn by the Bay for the 45th Annual Distinguished Citizens Dinner. The […]
Author: Matt Dubois
Update on Mandatory Leader Training
June 1, 2024 Continuing with the goal of ensuring all Scouts have a trained leader, the Council Training Committee has announced the next training requirement for 2025. Before the 2025 recharter is submitted, all assistant Scoutmasters must be fully trained. This is in addition to the current mandates of required training for Cubmasters, Scoutmasters, Venturing […]
Boy Scouts of America to become Scouting America
May 17, 2024 The Boy Scouts of America announced that it will rebrand to Scouting America, reflecting the organization’s ongoing commitment to welcome every youth and family in America to experience the benefits of Scouting. The change will go into effect on February 8, 2025, the organization’s 115th anniversary. Read the Aaron on Scouting article […]
Camp Hinds Centennial Capital Campaign
April 1, 2024 Want to leave your mark at Camp Hinds? Donate a brick to pave a walkway into the Dining Hall! Commemorate your Scouting memories as a part of Camp Hinds 100th anniversary! 100% of proceeds will be invested back into Camp Hinds facilities. Click here for more information and to order your brick
Scout Shop Hours
March 1, 2024 Effective March 1, 2024, the Pine Tree Scout Shop will be closed on Thursdays. Online Ordering!You may purchase Cub Scouts and Scouts BSA Advancement related products online, and have the order gathered, bagged, and set aside for you to either pickup in-store, or have the items shipped directly to you! Please allow […]
Friends of Scouting 2024
January 1, 2024 Our current Friends of Scouting patch series celebrates the four districts of the Pine Tree Council. 2024 will feature the Abnaki District. Contribute at least $175 to receive one of these limited patches! When they are gone, they’re gone forever. Click here for more information on Friends of Scouting Donations
Pine Tree Council Announces Council Fee
August 10, 2023 The Pine Tree Council will implement an annual council fee as a part of the membership registration fee. The new fee will be implemented for new and renewing registrations starting on January 1, 2024. The fee for youth members in Cub Scouts, Scouts BSA, Venturing and Sea Scouting will be $80, and […]
Council President’s Message, May 2023
May 25, 2023 Greetings, Pine Tree Council will be adding a council membership fee. It costs over $400 per Scout for us to operate Pine Tree Council. Like most Scout councils, we must raise our budget every year. Pine Tree Council has a small endowment, but in the current stock market we are unable to […]
Council President’s Message, February 2022
February 4, 2022 Greetings, Pine Tree Council is trying to sell Camp Bomazeen. At the Pine Tree Council Annual Meeting, a leader from Kennebec Valley District presented the members of the Executive Board a packet of letters that he had collected in support of Camp Bomazeen. There were 29 letters, including his own. The letters […]
Council President’s Message, November 2021
November 12, 2021 Greetings, I hope that you have been having a nice fall. What is Pine Tree Council? As a Scout and a unit leader I didn’t clearly understand what council did. The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes […]
