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 The Cape Cod & Islands Council
is chartered by the Boy Scouts of America to administer
the Scouting program throughout Barnstable County. The
council is divided into four geographical divisions serving
the Upper Cape, Lower Cape, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.
Scouting in the Council's four districts is administered
through a voluntary association of citizens which includes
district members at large and representatives of the
organizations chartered by the Boy Scouts of America
to use the Scouting program. Four major functions are
involved in achieving the purposes of the district: finance,
membership, and program, (all administered through
a volunteer District Chairman), and direct unit service
(under the volunteer District Commissioner).
 Finance - Each district within the
council has finance goals based on a fair-share formula.
Financing
within
the district is accomplished by participation in the
campaigns conducted by the fundraising committees of
the council.
Successful
financing of the council is the direct result of conducting
the fundraising programs within each district. These
include Friends of Scouting and an annual product sale
such as Trails-End popcorn.
 Membership - The Federal charter from
Congress charges the Boy Scouts of America to make its
program available
to all who are eligible, while recognizing that young
people must become members in order to derive the benefits
available from the Scouting program. Those who administer
this program serve by actively recruiting new chartered
organizations (our partners) and new members.
 Program - Volunteers who work within
the program function concentrate on one or more specific
areas including camp
promotion, outdoor activities and civic service, training
youth and adult leaders, and advancement and recognition.
Unit service - The primary objective
of the Commissioner's staff is to make good Scouting
happen in the lives of
youth members. As friends and counselors of unit leaders,
unit commissioners provide the resources of the district
and council to the units they serve and the chartered
organizations, which operate those units through charters
from the Boy Scouts of America. Service to units is critical
to unit success and longevity.
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