Did you know you can use a Year-End Stock Gift or Required IRA Distribution to help secure Scouting’s future? Please help make a difference for our Scouts by contributing to the Minsi Trails Council Endowment Fund and becoming a Heritage Society member today. Gifts to the Endowment Fund help to ensure our local Scouting programs will have the financial resources needed to keep Scouting strong. Click here to learn more.

Minsi Trails Council, Stover Scholars of Waynesburg University, and First Presbyterian Church of Allentown presents Patriot and Professional Merit Badge Day.            

Date:  February 6th (no weather date)
Time:  8:30 am until 4pm     
Location: 1st Presbyterian Church Allentown

The following merit badges will be offered:  Citizenship in the Nation, Citizenship in the World, American Business,  Scholarship, Crime Prevention, and Fingerprinting.

Check the Minsi Trails Council Website for more information.  

University of Scouting is an all day training for all program areas with over 70 courses to choose from. This year it will be March 12, checkin beginning at 7:30 am, and held at Lehigh Carbon Community College (LCCC), 4525 Education Park Drive, Schnecksville, PA 18078.

Bring your Leadership, your Senior Scouts, and invite your Committee and Parents.

Registration is open. Please follow the link below to see a full course catalog and to register:

https://minsitrails.doubleknot.com/event/1806913

The registration deadline is Friday, March 4th. 

August 19-21, 2016

Powderhorn training is for ALL Scouters who wish to learn more about High Adventure opportunities, opportunities to expand experiences for older Scouts by training adults to lead youth who have experienced it all.

Please click here for attached flyer and contact the course directors for any questions.

Campership Program for 2016

While the pinnacle of any Scouting experience is attending Summer Camp, the leadership of Minsi Trails Council realizes the cost of providing this experience can be too much for some families to bear alone.  Therefore, funds have been made available to assist those families in need so that the Scout may have a camping experience.  These funds are made possible from individuals and organizations who understand the lifelong impact Summer Camp has on a youth. This assistance is provided in the form of a “Campership” through the application and review process.

For more information, visit the campership page on the Minsi Trails website by clicking here.  All applications are due by 5:00pm on May 2, 2016 in the Minsi Trails Council office. 

You’re invited to help honor and recognize Scouting volunteers from throughout Minsi Trails Council. Enjoy great food and good fellowship along with these highlights:

• Silver Beaver Court of Honor
• Awards and Special Recognitions
• Council Annual Business Meeting and Election of Officers

Click here for an information flyer.

Claude E. Kohl, Jr. to Receive Council Alumnus of the Year Award

The Minsi Trails Council Alumni Committee is proud to announce that Claude E. Kohl, Jr. is the 2015 recipient of the Council Alumnus of the Year Award. This award is reserved for those local Scouting alumni who make a lasting positive impact on Scouting, in their community and career, and service to others.  Please click here for more details.

Nyles Possinger and Jerry Still to receive Outstanding Eagle Scout Awards at Council Recognition Dinner in January 2016

The Minsi Trails Council NESA Committee is proud to announce that the Outstanding Eagle Scout Award is being awarded to these two deserving Eagle Scouts.  This award is a prestigious recognition granted by the local council’s NESA committee to Eagle Scouts who have demonstrated outstanding achievement at the local, state, or regional level.  Please click here for more details.

Witauchsoman Lodge #44 & Heritage Collection Committee of Minsi Trails Council are hosting the 17th annual Allentown Trade-O-Ree on Saturday, April 2, 2016 from 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.  It will be held at the Jordan Lutheran Church, 5103 Snowdrift Rd., Orefield, PA  18069 (near Allentown, PA).  Scouting Memorabilia will be available to Buy / Sell / Trade / Browse.  Witauchsoman Lodge #44 will be selling their patches and OA merchandise.

Admission is $2.00 per person.  Youth Scouts in uniform will be admitted free.  Food and Refreshments will be available for purchase.  Tables are available for $22.00 each.  Table set-up will begin at 8:00 A.M.  For more information or to reserve a table click here.

Save the date for your special evening! All Eagle scouts from the Class of 2015 will be honored at a special dinner on Tuesday, May 24, 2016, 6:00 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Conference Center, Fogelsville, PA. Eagle scouts, watch your mail for more details but mark your calendars now!

You won't want to miss this great event. All Eagle scouts, parents, family, Scout leaders and friends are invited!

Upcoming Events