Program areas at Boy Scouts of America - 405 Rip Van Winkle Council
Camping program - the Rip Van Winkle Council operates one outdoor facility, camp tri-mount. This camp offers short term parking and weekend programs year-round. Tri-mount serves as our outdoor lab to teach life skills utilizing nature, scoutcraft, aquatics, shooting sports, sports and high adventure activities. It is also the place where our Scouts can learn the patrol method and practice citizenship and leadership skills.
Council program and unit support - to provide the proper support to the units, the Council employs a full time executive and three support personnel. They provide training, fundraising, activity, advancement and administrative support to serve 467 families thru the 33 units they belong to. This past year, the Scouts of the Rip Van Winkle Council provided their communities with over 20,000 hours of community service.
Council activities - during 2022, the Rip Van Winkle Council provided scout mall show, virtual round tables , first aide meet and klondike derby
Other activities include cub leader basic training, webelos outdoor training, den chief training, pow-wow training, new leader essential training, scoutmaster fundamentals training, patrol leader training, algonquin first aid meet, Council scout show and Council camporee.