Report to the Nation: 2011

Each year, as part of the BSA’s congressional charter, the Boy Scouts of America® is required to present a report to the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. This report covers who the BSA is as an organization; the programs and initiatives it supports; and its major accomplishments and contributions over the past year.

This report is a presentation of who we are and what we do as a community—from the organization as a whole down to each individual unit. Thus, we each own a little piece of it.

To bring that important point home, each year, we select a delegation of six to 10 Scoutsis selected to travel to Washington, D.C., to deliver the report to our nation’s leaders. This represents all areas of Scouting, and delegates come from every region of the country.

The delegation typically includes:

This year, the delegation will be in Washington, D.C., from Feb. 11-16 and the 2011 Report to the Nation will be delivered to the Speaker of the House on Wednesday, Feb. 15. While the agenda varies from year to year, past delegations have visited the Pentagon, White House, CIA, Smithsonian museums, congressional offices, and the U.S. Supreme Court, among others.

THE OPPORTUNITY

The Report to the Nation presents a significant opportunity for local councils, districts, and even units to tell your story to your communities, media, elected officials, current and potential donors, council board members, schools, and other Scouting advocates. Our accomplishments are a mark of pride for us as an organization and should be communicated to our local peers.

VIEW THE REPORT

Here is a graphic representation of the report: 2011RTNInfographic.pdf

Here is the report itself in written format: 2011RTN.pdf