The 1910 Society of the Boy Scouts of America

The 1910 Society of the Boy Scouts of America recognizes the year in which  several visionary leaders founded the Boy Scouts of America.  The fledgling program, begun in 1910 was patterned after the Scouting program that had been developed in England by Lord Robert Baden-Powell.

It is appropriate to honor the visionaries of American Scouting, who made such meaningful lifetime gifts, so many years ago by naming the membership recognition levels within the 1910 Society for them.  As these men helped to ensure the Scouting legacy for future generations there is a call today for new visionary leaders to do the same. To qualify, an individual, company or an organization must contribute $25,000 or more to the council's permanent endowment fund.

The names selected for the recognition levels of the 1910 Society were drawn from the  founders: Ernest Thompson Seton Member $25,000 

Daniel Carter Beard Member $100,000

Theodore Roosevelt Member  $500,000 

Waite Phillips Member $1,000,000

Monies contributed to the Endowment Fund through the 1910 Society are never spent, only the interest is used to further the programs and outreach of the Sam Houston Area Council.

Names of members of the Sam Houston Area Council's endowment societies will be  etched in beautiful glass panels that are located in the lobby of the Cockrell Scout Center. For more information on this or other endowment societies, please call Jim Head, Endowment Director at (713) 756-3319.