Submitted by: Christi M. Stonecipher
The Bismarck Rotary Club hosted the 102nd Annual Boy Scouts Report to the Governor at their meeting on February 14.
The Northern Lights Council (NLC) of the Boy Scouts of America includes the entire state of North Dakota, 18 counties in northwest Minnesota, and 2 counties each in Montana and South Dakota.
Included in the report were these statistics from the NLC’s 2023 scouting year:
- Over 3,000 elementery aged youth were involved in the program
- Over 3,700 merit badges were awarded
- 102 scouts earned their Eagle Scout award
- There were 5,000 nights of camping
- Boy Scout volunteers averaged 90 hours of work in 2023
Governor Doug Burgum thanked the parents and Boy Scout leaders present for their work in providing the scouting experience to our youth, and the Rotary Club for hosting this event for over 100 years.
The Bismarck Rotary Club has hosted all 102 Boy Scouts Reports to the Governor. Governor Burgum and most of the Boy Scout delegation attended the 2021 event virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
After the presentation of the report, the Boy Scouts delegation and their families get a tour of the State Capitol. Their tour and other activities are coordinated by Rotarian Dale Sandstrom.