Annual report 2015

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In 2015 our Council’s theme was Prepared. For Service. This coincided with the centennial anniversary of the Order of the Arrow, the Boy Scouts’s honor society dedicated to the ideal of “cheerful service.” For more than a century Scouting has taught young people the importance of civic service. Our Scouts are out there every day learning to serve others, whether that means holding the door, picking up trash, or even serving in our nation’s military. People know everywhere – and especially here in the National Capital Area Council (NCAC) – that the Scout uniform is a sign of strong character and commitment to others.

In 2015, our Scouts performed 463,761 hours of service – 9.67 hours per Scout – with an estimated value of $11,500,000 to local communities. In addition, our annual Scouting for Food drive collected over one million pounds of food for local food banks, and 47 Scouts and leaders received awards for heroic or meritorious action.

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Scouting uses the outdoors as a laboratory to build character, develop leadership, and build positive relationships with adult role models. Through the outdoor adventure program young people build conďŹ dence while having fun. In 2015, more than 15,500 of our Scouts attended Scout camp, many at one of NCAC’s own camp properties: Goshen Scout Reservation in Goshen, Va., Camp William B. Snyder in Haymarket, Va., and Camp Howard M. Wall in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Last year Goshen set a 15-year attendance record, and this year they broke it with 7,249 campers; 3,402 Cub Scouts attended one of 25 day camps (including four in the U.S. Virgin Islands); and Camp Snyder served 15,174 youth and leaders throughout the year. Camp Wall launched their summer camp program, and is already completely booked for summer 2016!

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The skills and self-confidence young people learn through Scouting prepare them for academic success. For the past three years NCAC has led the nation in incorporating S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) into our program; this year that included launching a S.T.E.M. Spring Break Day Camp that will expand to two sites in 2016.

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In 2015, Scouts earned 17,989 S.T.E.M. merit badges – including Programming, Digital Technology, Robotics and Game Design – learning skills that will lead to future careers and hobbies.

Local Scouts earned 2,037 NOVA awards and 250 Scouts earned the highly rigorous SuperNOVA awards, more than any other Boy Scout council in the country. These challenging awards use exciting activities to expose Scouts to a wide range of S.T.E.M. fields.

In 2015, our Council achieved Silver on Journey to Excellence, the National BSA benchmarking and goal-tracking program. Here are some highlights of that journey: • 1,400 new Eagle Scouts – enough to fill the seats on 17 Metro cars!

• Balanced budget with a surplus • 9 Venturing Silver Awards & 1 Summit Award • $3.6 million popcorn sales – the largest in the country • 2.96 unit-to-commissioner ratio • Launched a redesigned website and streamlined event registration system • Grew endowment fund by $1.7 million

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COUNCIL OPERATIONS. Executive Board Mr. Leslie O. Baron II Mr. Karl Bauknight Mr. Robert A. Bedingfield Mr. Jonathan A. Bjorson* Dr. Michael L. Bourke Mr. O. Ray Bourland Mr. Stephen J. Caldeira Mr. Louis E. Caldera Mr. George F. Cave Rev. Dr. Robert Chance Mr. Charles P. Charpentier Mr. Michael A. Daniels Col. Kenneth P. Davis, USA (Ret.), Ph.D. Ms. June L. DeHart Mr. Dan R. Dixon Col. David T. DuHadway, USAF Mr. Peter C. Forster Mrs. Catherine Gangsaas Mr. Jack N. Gerard Mr. John H. Graham IV, CAE Mr. W. Scott Gray IV Mr. Dennis M. Gurtz Mr. Ronald T. Harrison Ms. Laura Herbig* Mr. Guy M. Hicks CAPT Forrest Horton, USN (Ret.) Mr. Paul Huey-Burns Mr. Perry N. Ives Mr. Anthony R. Jimenez Mr. Freeman Jones Mr. Daniel Kotter Ms. Grace K. Lee Mr. Garry Lewis Mr. Michael K. Lowman

Advisory Committee Dr. Kevin B. Marvel Hon. John Mason Mr. Chauvon McFadden Mr. Thomas J. McKeever, Jr. Mr. James E. Mitchell Mr. John B. Montgomery Mr. David C. Nagel Mr. Vincent Napoleon Ms. Julia L. O’Brien Mr. David N. Parker Mr. John Peloquin Mr. Michael N. Pocalyko Mr. Eric W. Rasmussen Mr. Hugh Redd Mr. Joseph A. Reyes Mr. William E. Roberts Dr. John R. Rotruck Mr. Sean Ryan Ms. Rebecca T. “Becky” Sczudlo Ms. Monica L. Silbas Mr. James E. Smith, Ph.D. Mrs. Nicole Smith Mr. William B. Snyder Mr. Morgan H. Sullivan Dr. James T. Sundeen RADM William G. “Woody” Sutton, USN (Ret.) Mr. Nhan Thanh Vo Maj. Gen. Craig P. Weston, USAF (Ret.) Dr. James S. Wilson Mr. Gary W. Winch, Jr. Mr. Daniel A. Witt Mr. Dexter E. Wood, Jr. Mr. Robert D. Wood Mr. Edwin Yarbrough *Youth Member

Mr. Robert E. Ackerman Ms. Alexandra Armstrong Mr. Peter A. Arntson Mr. Robert J. Atwater Mr. Norman R. Augustine LTG Joe N. Ballard, USA COL Michael J. Barron, USA (Ret.) Mr. Carl T. Berquist Mr. R. Thomas Buffenbarger Mr. Lynn C. Chapman Mr. Carl D. Cox Mr. Clarence Crayton, Jr. Dr. Charles N. Davidson LTG Russell C. Davis, USAF (Ret.) Mr. Edward G. Feddeman Mr. Gerard T. Gabrys Mr. Patrick W. Gross Mr. William R. Hairston Mr. Frederick F. Hillenbrand III Mr. Robert F. Kelleher Mr. Kim A. McLeland Mr. J. Randall Minchew COL Charles H. Mitchell, USA (Ret.) Mr. Kenneth J. Moore Mr. William D. Murphy Mr. Christopher C. Murray III Mr. José F. Niño Mr. Daniel Palenscar Mr. Phillip Ramsey Mr. Charles J. Roy Dr. Jorge Ribas Mr. Gary Silversmith Mr. Robert G. Sterne Mr. John C. Tuck Mr. Thomas E. Watson, Jr.

INCOME (in thousands) Sale of Supplies (Net) $457 – 5%

Endowment Earnings $265 – 3% Camping Revenue $3,198 – 32%

Special Events (Net) $1,205 – 12% CFC/Foundations $119 – 1% Other $921 - 9%

Friends of Scouting (Net) $1,584 – 16% Activity Revenue $971 – 10%

Product Sales (Net) $1,391 – 14%

Total Income: $10,114

For Year Ending 12/31/2015 (unaudited)

EXPENSES (in thousands) Charter & National Service Fee $105 – 1%

Management & General $610 – 6% Fundraising $750 – 7%

Program $8,612 – 85%

Total Expenses: $10,079 For Year Ending 12/31/2015 (unaudited)

District Chairs

Honorary Committee

Membership

Mr. Marvin L. Arthur, Jr. – White Oak District Ms. Jennifer Bell – Aquia District Mr. David Blanchard – Piedmont District Mr. Dave Byrne – Occoquan District Mr. Weldon J. “Jack” Campbell, Jr. – Patriot District Mr. Dominick S. Caridi – Colonial District Mr. Lynn Chapman – Goose Creek District Mr. Hondo Davids – Sully District Mr. Robert H. Deaderick, Jr. – Mattaponi District Mr. Michael C. Dudzik – Powhatan District Mr. Jonathan L. Etherton – Chain Bridge District Dr. Shawn M. Landry – Bull Run District Mr. Ronald Marchessault, Jr. – Washington, D.C. District Judge C. Philip Nichols, Jr. Prince Georges District Mr. Paul F. Phillips – Western Shore District Mr. David S. Place – Catoctin Mountain District Mr. Roy S. “Rick” Rogers IV – Appalachian Trail District Mr. Gene Schaerr – Seneca District Mr. Jim Schleckser – Potomac District Mr. Dean K. Stinson III – Old Dominion District Mr. James S. Thomas – Zekiah District CAPT Kent S. Webber, USN (Ret.) – George Mason District U.S. Virgin Islands District – VACANT

Mr. Ronald L. Adolphi Mr. Thomas J. Donohue Mr. Louis A. Holder BG Karl R. Horst, USA Mr. John E. Katzenmeyer RADM Patrick J. Lorge, USN Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick Hon. Colin L. Powell ADM Carlisle A.H. Trost, USN (Ret.) GEN Larry D. Welch, USAF (Ret.) Hon. Togo D. West, Jr.

In 2015, we served 47,951 youth in 1,580 units, with a 81.6% youth retention rate, one of the best in the nation!

Program

Members

Units

Cub Scouts

24,056

613

Boy Scouts Varsity

20,575 641

670 91

Venturing

1,656

227

Sea Scouts

114

15

Total Traditional

46,401

1,525

Exploring

1,550

55

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47,951

1,580

Our council has 21,007 registered adult leaders for a 2.28 youth-to-leader ratio.

Fellow Scouts and Scouters, with one simple question: In 2015 we challenged our members What is the value of service? . Based on a national statistic, the The answer came back in many ways rmed in their neighborhoods perfo ts Scou our ce servi 463,761 hours of n of 680% on every dollar retur a – n millio 5 had a dollar value of $11. the Arrow answered with of r Orde The donated to Friends of Scouting! for 100 years of “Cheerful Service.” And of n ratio celeb a l, nnia cente their nized for performing heroic and recog were who rs leade and ts the 47 Scou e and tude of the people they went abov meritorious actions, it is the grati y. safet own their to risk at beyond to help, sometimes reach service is measured in the lives we Beyond that, though, the value of d serve we 2015 In es. uniti comm in our with the support of people like you your commitment, those young ugh Thro en. wom and men g 47,951 youn ed dships, made memories, and learn people developed skills, built frien ” Prepared for ared!

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Prep be to ing learn In short, because of you they are g people in our community. We look youn for do you all Thank you for p. as we are Prepared. For Leadershi 2016 in you with forward to working

BSA Mission 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, and Reverent.

Yours in Scouting,

nt Robert D. Wood, Council Preside

r Garry Lewis, Council Commissione

Les Baron, Scout Executive/CEO

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