The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) provides the nation’s foremost youth program of character development and values-based leadership training, which helps young people be “Prepared. For Life.®” The Scouting organization is composed of approximately 2.2 million youth members between the ages of 5 and 21 and approximately 800,000 volunteers in local councils throughout the United States and its territories.
BSA programs are divided by age and activity:
Cub Scouting is for boys and girls in kindergarten through 5th grade;
Scouts BSA is open to young men and young women in grades 6 through 12;
and co-ed Venturing and Sea Scouting are available for young men and young women age 14 through 20.
The BSA also offers career-oriented co-ed Exploring programs to youth age 10 through 20.
Read more about BSA Scouting at scouting.org.
BSA programs are divided by age and activity:
Cub Scouting is for boys and girls in kindergarten through 5th grade;
Scouts BSA is open to young men and young women in grades 6 through 12;
and co-ed Venturing and Sea Scouting are available for young men and young women age 14 through 20.
The BSA also offers career-oriented co-ed Exploring programs to youth age 10 through 20.
Read more about BSA Scouting at scouting.org.