GKlose Posted June 30, 2008 Author Share Posted June 30, 2008 YMCA is another obvious one, although it somehow feels different. It is not just solely a youth organization, it has a much wider appeal than that. Even so, 9.4M youth (as of 2006) and over 20M total members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RememberSchiff Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Don't know about Little League, Cal Ripken, Pop Warner, soccer, etc., but Boy & Girls and 4-H are larger and growing. 2007 - Boy's & Girls Club 4.6 million youth, coed, 2007 - 4H, 6.5 million members, coed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob White Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 It is interesting to not that YMCA nd Boys and Girls Club are chartering organization s for the BSA units, and that the YMCA was instrumental in the development of the BSA program. You also need to remember that betwwen the BSA , 4-H, All the youth sport program, Boys and Girls Clubs, etc, there is a lot of membership overlap. Finding larger youth organizations in the US is not a challenge by any means. Finding another youth organization with a simimilar Mission, Aims and Methods is a far more difficut task. Certainly in some other countries tthe Scouting movement is likely to be the largest organized activity for youth, however few countries have the abundance of program opportunities that youth in the US have. When you consider that after nearly 100 years there are still millions of members, over 120,000 units, and over 800 camps in the BSA it is still pretty amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John-in-KC Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Heart of America is a 300 series Council. 19K Cubs 11K Boys 2K Venturers 10K LFL 1K Explorers 19K Scouters 980 Packs, Troops and Teams; (I'm wary of the Crew #). Professional Staff is SE + 36 15 Districts +LFL 7 Districts are multi-exec. Two Reservations. Reservation Directors, Rangers, and Assistant Rangers are all FT Professionals. The H Roe Bartle Scout Reservation also has 6-8 maintenance craftspeople FT on the payroll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Winger Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 "Heart of America is a 300 series Council." What! Bob was wrrrrr . . .. wrrrrr ...... wrooooo . .. . wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evmori Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 As of May 2008, total youth membership is 3,863,733. Total units is 128,171. That makes the average/unit 30 youth. National Capital Area Council is a Class 200 council with 75,481 youth membership and 1,807 units. That makes the average/unit 41 youth. Yankee Clipper Council is a Class 600 council with 7,049 youth membership and 267 units. That make the average/unit 26 youth. Sam Houston Council is a Class 200 council with 74,079 and 2,052 units. That makes the average/unit 36 youth. Great Salt Lake Council is a Class 300 council with 68,963 and 5,391 units. That makes the average/unit 13 youth. Chicago Area Council is a Class 500 council with 40,948 and 542 units. That makes the average/unit 75 youth. Atlanta Area Council is a Class 200 council with 40,943 and 848 units. That makes the average/unit 48 youth. Greater St Louis Area Council is a Class 200 council with 58,499 and 1,534 units. That makes the average/unit 38 youth. Orange County Council is a Class 200 council with 32,134 and 1,326 units. That makes the average/unit 24 youth. All figures are as of May 2008. Ed Mori 1 Pster 4:10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John-in-KC Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 My Membership cards says Heart of America Council #307. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evmori Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Heart of America Council is a Class 300 council with 38,183 and 1,205 units. That makes the average/unit 31 youth. As of May 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKlose Posted July 2, 2008 Author Share Posted July 2, 2008 Thanks, Ed. Where did those 5/2008 numbers come from? The latest I could find on the BSA site were 2007 figures. I also find it interesting that in the 2007 figures, youth membership was 2.8M and the 2008 numbers have it at 3.8M. That's a nice increase! Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKlose Posted July 2, 2008 Author Share Posted July 2, 2008 Also -- the notion of Class is new to me. Is it just a relative measure of council size? Does it have any other hidden meaning? Thanks...Guy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkale Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 NCAC 2007 Annual Report came out with the following numbers: 86,116 youth members registered 23,355 adult volunteers 1,710 packs, troops, teams, and crews 1,188 Scouts achieving rank of Eagle in 2007 500,000 pounds of food gathered for Scouting for Food Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprocket Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 John-in-KC, the council number (on your membership card) doesn't have anything to do with the size class your council is in. For example, the Greater St. Louis Area council is a Class 200 council, but it is council #312. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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