January 1, 2024 Our current Friends of Scouting patch series celebrates the four districts of the Pine Tree Council. 2024 will feature the Abnaki District. Contribute at least $175 to receive one of these limited patches! When they are gone, they’re gone forever. Click here for more information on Friends of Scouting Donations
Author: Matt Dubois
Pine Tree Council Announces Council Fee
August 10, 2023 The Pine Tree Council will implement an annual council fee as a part of the membership registration fee. The new fee will be implemented for new and renewing registrations starting on January 1, 2024. The fee for youth members in Cub Scouts, Scouts BSA, Venturing and Sea Scouting will be $80, and […]
Council President’s Message, May 2023
May 25, 2023 Greetings, Pine Tree Council will be adding a council membership fee. It costs over $400 per Scout for us to operate Pine Tree Council. Like most Scout councils, we must raise our budget every year. Pine Tree Council has a small endowment, but in the current stock market we are unable to […]
Council President’s Message, February 2022
February 4, 2022 Greetings, Pine Tree Council is trying to sell Camp Bomazeen. At the Pine Tree Council Annual Meeting, a leader from Kennebec Valley District presented the members of the Executive Board a packet of letters that he had collected in support of Camp Bomazeen. There were 29 letters, including his own. The letters […]
Council President’s Message, November 2021
November 12, 2021 Greetings, I hope that you have been having a nice fall. What is Pine Tree Council? As a Scout and a unit leader I didn’t clearly understand what council did. The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes […]
