Our Story
Where it Started
The mission of the Scouting America is 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.
For more than one hundred years, the Scouting America has provided programs with a mission of preparing every eligible youth in America to become a responsible, participating citizen and leader who is guided by the Scout Oath and Law. Scouting offers exciting programs designed to inspire, build character, and instill the values boys and girls need to succeed today.
Where We Are Today
The South Texas Council is the local office for the national Scouting America brand. We’re a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization providing support, training, and corporate governance to the programs of the Scouting America operating in South Texas. We own and operate two camping properties as well as the Lucian Flournoy Service Center. Our council is made up of a small number of full and part-time staff members and hundreds of volunteer members, all tasked with ensuring you have the resources you need to make Scouting fun and successful in your community.
We partner with churches, schools, PTAs/PTOs, service clubs, local agencies, and more to offer programs in your area for girls and boys ages 5-20 that have been proven to foster and strengthen self-confidence, ethics, respect for others, academic skills, and leadership abilities that stay with them their entire lives.
Our council began in 1919 and has grown over time to support Scouting programs in 17 South Texas counties: Nueces, Kleberg, San Patricio, Jim Wells, Aransas, Brooks, Duval, Webb, Jim Hogg, Bee, Refugio, Goliad, Victoria, Calhaun, and Jackson counties.
Scout Oath and Law
Scout Oath
A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent.
Scout Law
“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.”
