| Del-Mar-Va Council, BSA | | Council Mailing Address: Del-Mar-Va Council, Inc.
100 W. 10th Street, Suite 915
Wilmington, DE 19801 302-622-3300
800-766-SCOUT (7268)
302-622-3308 FAX 8:30 am to 5:00 pm M-F | Wilmington
Customer Service Center
(In the Ship Yard Shops) 912 Justison Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
302 622-3300
800-766-SCOUT (7268)
302-622-3306 FAX 8:30 am to 5:00 pm M,T,R,F
8:30 am to 7:00 pm W
9:00 am to 3:00 pm S | Dover Office
Outdoor Programs Department
Mailing Address: 1910 Baden Powell Way
Dover, DE 19904 Office Location: Del-Mar-Va Council, Inc.
101 W Loockerman ST STE 2C
Dover DE 19904
302-622-3300
800-766-SCOUT (7268)
302-622-3308 FAX 8:00 am to 5:00 pm M-F | |
CLICK HERE to request more information about Scouting or the Del-Mar-Va Council | | Wilmington Scout Shop 912 Justison ST
Wilmington, DE 19801
302-622-9120
800-766-7268 ext. 300
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8:30-5:00 M, T, R, F
Until 7pm W, 9-3 S | Henson Scout Shop 5700 Nanticoke Rd
Rhodesdale MD 21659 410-202-0053 ext. 509
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About the Del-Mar-Va Council The Del-Mar-Va Council provides Scouting opportunities throughout the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula, serving approximately 388 units and over 4,500 volunteers who are delivering the promise to over 10,000 youth in traditional Scouting programs. An additional 1,500 youth are being served through the Learning for Life Division of the Council. The Council covers fourteen counties and is divided into 8 Scouting districts and three areas:  Cecil District - Serving Cecil County, Maryland Choptank District - Serving Dorchester, Queen Anne’s, Talbot, Caroline Counties, Maryland Iron Hill District - Serving Bear, Delaware City, Middletown, Newark, New Castle, Odessa, and Townsend Powder Mill District - Serving Claymont, Hockessin, Wilmington and Yorklyn Sussex District – Serving Sussex County, Delaware Tri-County District - Serving Worcester, Wicomico, Somerset Counties, Maryland Two Bays District - Serving Kent County Delaware, Kent County Maryland and upper Queen Anne's County Virginia District - Serving Northampton County, Accomac County, Virginia The eight districts are also grouped into one of three areas within the council. Area 1-Cecil, Powder Mill, Iron Hill Area 2-Two Bays, Choptank Area 3-Sussex, Tri-County, Virginia
Vision Statement
The Boy Scouts of America is the Delmarva Peninsula’s foremost youth program of character development and values based leadership training. In the future Scouting will continue to: - Offer young people responsible fun and adventure;
- Instill in young people lifetime values and develop in them ethical character as expressed in the Scout Oath & Law;
- Train young people in citizenship, service, and leadership;
- Serve America’s communities and families with its quality, values-based program.
Mission Statement
It is the mission of the Boy Scouts of America and the Del-Mar-Va Council
to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes
by instilling in them the values of the Scout oath and law. Scout Oath
On my honor I will do my best
To do my duty to God and my country
and to obey the Scout Law;
To help other people at all times;
To keep myself physically strong,
mentally awake, and morally straight. Scout Law
A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful,
friendly, courteous, kind, obedient,
cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. |
