Boy Scouts of America

BSA Adopt-a-School

BSA Adopt-a-School Program

The hope at the heart of the BSA Adopt-a-School program is to build strong, sustaining relationships with your local schools, creating thousands of lasting community partnerships across the U.S. Through committed volunteer efforts — from school cleanup and landscaping to Scouts’ active participation in school events throughout the year — the BSA® will become a defined presence in improving our nation’s schools.

About

The BSA® Adopt-a-School program is an exciting and comprehensive undertaking that will connect Scout packs, troops, and crews across the country with schools in their communities. Participating Scouts then work, within clearly defined guidelines, to partner with school administrations and offer the volunteer services that most effectively meet their school’s needs. With each unit offering their school a minimum one-year commitment, meaningful community relationships are built and significant changes will happen in the schools. Units may use their service hours to count toward Journey to Excellence progress.

Project Scope

BSA Adopt-a-School is a project designed to begin to proactively address our community/school relationships. Often we are made aware of councils and districts with significant access issues related to promoting and recruiting youth from within specific school systems. When the proverbial doors are closed, we accept it and try to figure out additional means for youth recruitment, often at considerable expense to the local council.

BSA Adopt-a-School is a process by which we can begin to address the breakdown in relationship between Scouting and the school systems weserve. This process is where true community development work can begin. It truly is a win-win situation for both Scouting and our schools-

Volunteer Ideas

  •   Grounds Beautification
  •    Building Improvement
  •     Giving Tree Coordination
  •    Helpers during Festivals
  •     Book Drive Coordination
  •    Food Drive Coordination
  •     Green Effort Coordination
  •    Literacy Program
  •    Teacher Appreciation
  •    Cleaning up after School Events

Council and District Commitment

Promote and encourage units to begin adopting schools and submitting their commitment forms.

Units should target all schools to build stronger relationships. Remember, it is not essential that the school desire or initially acknowledge that it is in fact adopted.

Council and district membership chairs recruit a volunteer to handle and promote the BSA Adopt-a-School program.

Secure commitments from schools to be adopted.

Assist us in gathering success stories we can use to create marketing materials for this program.

Registration

Frequently Asked Questions

We request a year’s commitment, but our hope is to build strong, sustained relationships with these schools.

Your pledge would be to complete one project per year, but if you would like to do more, that would be encouraged and supported.

We expect the school representatives to be cooperative in identifying their needs and in helping to outline the projects that will best satisfy those needs.

Here are a few potential project ideas to get you started, but our priority remains to let your school’s specific needs determine how you serve.

Grounds beautification, Building improvements, Giving tree coordination, Teacher appreciation, Helpers during festivals, Book drive coordination, Cleaning up after school events, Green effort coordination, Literacy program and Food drive coordination

It might be a commissioner, a district executive, or a Scout leader, but we recommend that your contact person be the person who has the strongest connection to a local school.

We would encourage you to contact the principal first, then involve teachers and the PTA on an as-needed basis.

Yes, but we hope both parties will do everything possible to honor the one-year pledge.

 

Bray Barnes

Director, Global Security Innovative
Strategies

Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments

David Alexander

Managing Member Calje

David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.

Glenn Adams

President, CEO & Managing Director
Stonetex Oil Corp.

Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.