About the Sam Houston Area Council
Welcome to the Sam Houston Area Council, Boy Scouts of America! If this is your first contact with Scouting, “Be Prepared” to have a lot of fun and learn plenty about yourself. Scouting encourages young people and adults to become leaders and make their world a better place. Give us a little time, and we’ll give you experiences and memories that you’ll treasure for the rest of your life.
If you’re getting reconnected to Scouting, you’ll find a council ready to expand and prosper. We boast five different council-owned camps that offer everything from low-impact hiking and backpacking… to a wilderness fort, Native American village and treasure hunting adventure that are sure to capture the imaginations of young Scouts. If you’d like to learn more about our future plans, please read through the council’s
Strategic Plan and
Properties Master Plan.
Take your time and look through this website. If you need information about joining one of our Scouting units – including names, numbers and email addresses of our professional staff - look under the
“District Directory” section. If you want to learn more about our camps and special programs, look under
“Camping and Events”. We take pride in providing full training for all of our volunteers and leaders, and you’ll find information about that in the
“Training” section. Scouting wouldn’t happen without your support, and we invite you to learn about different ways to help in the
“Support Scouting” section.
We are proud to call Texas our home. We are proud of this council. We will keep working hard for the young people we serve now - and the ones we’ll serve in the future. It is our honor, and our privilege.
Yours in Scouting,
Rodney W. Eads
Chairman of the Board
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Thomas O. Varnell
President/Scout Executive
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