Scouting Overview
The Boy Scouts of America offers a range of programs for youth of many ages. Please follow the links below for an overview of each program.
The Mt. Diablo Silverado Council serves over 21,000 youth a year in five counties: Contra Costa, Solano, Napa Valley, Lake and Northern Alameda. There are numerous ways individuals can make a difference in the lives of youth in these communities. For those that are interested in volunteering, helping with funding or just want their child to obtain all the benefits of membership please contact the Council Office.
Cub Scouts - A family and home-centered program that develops ethical decision-making skills for boys in the first through fifth grade (or who are seven to ten years old). Activities emphasize character development, citizenship training, and personal fitness.
Boy Scouts - A program for boys aged 11 through 17 designed to achieve the aims of Scouting through a vigorous outdoor program and peer group leadership with the counsel of an adult Scoutmaster. (Boys also may become Boy Scouts if they have earned the Arrow of Light Award or have completed the fifth grade.)
Varsity Scouts - An active, exciting program for young men 14 through 17 built around five program fields of emphasis: advancement, high adventure, personal development, service, and special programs and events.
Venturing - A program for young men and women who are 14 (and have completed the eighth grade) through 20 years of age to provide positive experiences through exciting and meaningful youth-run activities that help them pursue their special interests, grow by teaching others, and develop leadership skills.
Exploring - A worksite-based program of Learning for Life, a subsidiary of the Boy Scouts of America, for young men and women who are 14 through 20 years old. Exploring units, called "posts", usually have a focus on a single career field, such as police, fire/rescue, health, law, aviation, engineering, or the like, and may be sponsored by a government or business entity.
Hispanic Initiative - With the creation of the Hispanic Initiative Division and the National Hispanic Initiative Committee, the Boy Scouts of America has demonstrated its commitment to a progressive and innovative strategy that will engage Hispanic youth and their families in Scouting. We want to interweave Hispanic culture throughout the Scouting program and make this collaboration a solid fit.
