Hawk Mountain Council, BSA

  • Home
  • About
    • Programs
    • Districts
    • Scouting Alumni & Friends
    • Order of the Arrow
    • Forms & Links
    • Join
    • Cancellation & Refund Policy
    • News
    • Council Staff
  • Give
    • Give Now
    • Friends of Scouting
    • Herbie Hawk Society
    • Special Events
    • Endowment – A Gift that Will Last a Lifetime
    • Planned Giving
    • Memorials and Tributes
    • In-Kind and Pro Bono Donations
  • Calendar
    • Detail Calendar View
  • Volunteers
    • PA Clearances
    • Renewal Process
    • Scoutbook-BSA Internet Advancement
    • 2024 Fall Product Sale
    • 2025 Program Launch
    • Scout Wire
    • Certificate of Insurance Request and Medical Forms
    • Black Pug Login
  • Training
    • Training Calendar
    • National Youth Leadership Training
    • Wood Badge Training
    • Youth Protection Training Information
    • Online Training – Login
    • Resources and More Training Info
  • Camping
    • Hawk Mountain Scout Reservation
      • Cub Scout Camping
      • Summer Camp 2025
      • Summer Camp Staff 2025
      • Year-Round Camping at HMSR
      • HMSR Facility Rentals
      • HMSR Conservation Corps
    • Places to go with your Scouts
  • Contact
  • Join Today
    • Online Registration
    • Hawk Mountain Council 2025 Scholarship Form
    • Welcome to the Hawk Mountain Council, BSA
    • The Hawk Mountain Council
  • CUB SCOUTING
  • Scouts BSA
  • DEIB
  • Scout Shop
You are here: Home / Digital Resources / 2025 Program Launch

2025 Program Launch

 

For an interactive, fillable program calendar provided by the BSA to help you plan your unit’s calendar through December 2024, click HERE!

As part of the Hawk Mountain Council Annual Program Launch, we have compiled a list of resources that can assist your unit as you plan your upcoming Scouting year.  Most of these resources are located on the Scouting.org website to provide the latest information.

Please visit the tabs below to help you have a successful and safe Scouting year!

Transferring Youth / Adults

Check out the handy guide for transferring members HERE.

If you have any questions or run into any issues, please contact Vickie or Cole at the main office at 610.926.3406 or you can click their names to send them a quick email!

*Special notes for transfers around a member’s renewal time*

Individual member renewal windows are two months prior to expiration – there are sometimes issues with transfer during this period. If able, please either do it before the window opens, or after their new membership year begins.

For AOL Scouts: If you are a Pack, don’t assume the Troop is paying for the youth crossing over – check in with them to make sure the youth are renewed somewhere so there is not a lapse in membership.

Member and Charter Renewal 2025

 

Visit the newly updated Renewal Process tab here.

Peer Cards, Posters, & More!

For ready made templates, click the links below to download a selection of landscape or portrait orientation cards. To have cards made, fill out and “print to PDF” using the steps below:

  • Fill out selected cards
  • Select the “Print” option in the menu
  • Set the page range for the specific cards you filled out
  • Select “Microsoft Print to PDF” from the list of installed printers
  • Click the “Print” button. You’ll then be asked to provide a name and location for your new PDF file
  • Attach it to an email to your District Executive and we’ll get them printed for you! If you have any trouble, we can help!

Landscape Orientation Peer Cards All Themes

Portrait Orientation Peer Cards All Themes

Landscape Orientation “Adventure On!” Theme Peer Cards (click links below)

“AdventureOn!” Hiking Theme
“AdventureOn!” Uniform Theme
“AdventureOn!” Selfie Theme
“AdventureOn!” Pinewood Derby

We also offer fully customizable ones on easy to separate perforated sheets – 10 cards to a sheet (example depicted below). For the fully customizable option, please work with your District Executive.

To print your own lollipop labels on Avery 5160 30 per sheet labels, click HERE

 

Unit Money Earning Application

Please fill out a Unit Money Earning Application and submit it to your District Executive for all fundraising endeavors.
This form is NOT required for the Council Product Sale (popcorn and nuts).

If you have any questions, please contact your District Executive.

Incident Reporting

What gets reported?

  • Any injury or illness at a Scouting function where first aid or additional medical treatment at an outside facility is needed.
  • Any known or suspected case of Youth Protection violations.

Why report?

  • Reporting helps us to identify potential gaps in program safety and allows us to make the program better while also making it safer.

To download a sheet of 10 incident reporting cards that you can print out, click HERE. They print great on 8.5 x 11 paper but are also sized to print on Avery 28371 (business card) sheets for easy separating.

Please fill out the form below. If you have any questions, please call the main office at 610.926.3406.
Thank you for doing your part in making Scouting safer!

Registration, Applications & More

Click to download the latest Scouting forms from the National Council (registration forms, Eagle Scout materials, unit resources, and more!).

Journey to Excellence

While retired by the national office of Scouting America, they are a great metrics to use to ensure unit success. Click your specific program link below for a copy of the 2024 Journey to Excellence scorecards.

Cub Scouts

Scouts BSA

Venturing

https://www.scouting.org/awards/journey-to-excellence/unit/

Unit Planning and Budgeting Resources

Below are links to budgeting and planning tools for your unit.

Pack Unit Budgeting & Planning

Troop Unit Budgeting & Planning

Troop Annual Planning Conference

Crew Unit Budgeting & Planning

Unit Money Earning Applications
(must be filled out for any fundraiser not sponsored by Hawk Mountain Council)

Missing Scout Life?

Scout Life magazine is an essential piece of every member’s Scouting journey. Research shows that Scout Life readers stay in Scouting longer and advance more quickly. Make sure those in your unit know that it’s easy to add a subscription if needed! Simply click HERE and use discount code DIRPAS to get the special Scout rate of $15 per year.
If it’s in a Scout’s Life, it’s in Scout Life!

Scoutbook

Click Here for Scoutbook

Scoutbook help

Advancement

Click for Advancement and Awards Resources

National Outdoor Challenge

The National Outdoor Challenge Award is a Scouts BSA troop award designed to encourage troops to do more outdoor trips and long-term camping, have an annual program plan, have an activity with a Webelos den, conduct a Leave No Trace program, and teach outdoor-related merit badges. Complete the application and turn it in to the Council office to receive a ribbon for your troop flag!

For a fillable PDF version of the application, click HERE!

Membership & Recruiting Resources

Scouting Wire Articles & Resources. A one stop shop for creating PROMOTIONAL Materials.

Volunteers

Marketing-Membership

Facebook – Geofencing to reach more families

Facebook – How to use Geofencing to recruit

See “Peer Cards, Posters, and More!” tab above for FREE promotional materials!

 

Other Helpful Links

Here are some additional resources to check out.

Council Event Registration System

Cub Scouting

Scouts BSA

Click below for the official BSA blog!

 

 

Hazardous Weather Training

Hazardous Weather Training Frequently Asked Questions In 2017, Hazardous Weather Training was made mandatory for all Direct Contact Leaders, however completion of this training has not been properly reflected in the training reports. Effective the week of December 2, 2024 this training will be reflected in training reports. We’ve created this FAQ to help answer […]

National Youth Leadership Training

National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) is the premier youth leadership program offered by Hawk Mountain Council. NYLT is an exciting, action-packed program designed to provide youth members with leadership skills and experience they can use in their home troops and crews, and in other situations demanding leadership of self and others.

2026 National Scout Jamboree

When the first National Scout Jamboree was held in Washington, DC in 1937, Dan Beard lit the opening campfire using flint and steel. Scouts from all … [Read More...]

More...

Hawk Mountain Council 2025 Scholarship Form

It is the position of Hawk Mountain Council that every Scout deserves a chance to experience what the program has to offer - please complete the form … [Read More...]

Places to go with your Scouts

Have you and your committee been stuck trying to pick out somewhere to take your pack or your den? Is that Patrol Leader's Council stumped for … [Read More...]

Join Scouting Today! Adventure is waiting for You! Click here to learn more.

Questions on Scouting? Just use the "Contact" link in the main menu and get in touch!

Download Forms

  • Scouts BSA Summer Camp CIT Program
  • NYLT Adult Staff Application
  • Citizenship in Society MB Requirements
  • Swim-Classification-Form.pdf
  • Year Round Camping Guidebook
  • National Youth Leader Training Scholarship Form
  • Venturing Peer to Peer Cards
  • National-Recruiting-Campaign-Kit-PowerPoint.pdf

Other Forms >>

Proud Member of the United Way of Berks County and the Schuylkill United Way

Keep in Touch!

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter

The Latest News…

  • PA Clearances
    CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES LAW AND ITS IMPACT ON […]
  • Hawk Mountain Council 2025 Scholarship Form
    It is the position of Hawk Mountain Council that every […]
  • 2024 Membership Kickoff
    Resources Available To You! As part of the Hawk […]
  • HMC Service Fee
    Updated August 1, 2023 The number one objective of the […]
  • 2025 Program Launch
      For an interactive, fillable program calendar […]
  • Submit PA Background Checks and Waivers
    Where do I submit my clearances once I have them? […]

How to Help

  • Friends of Scouting
    The annual Friends of Scouting campaign provides […]
  • Leadership Dinner 2025
      Join us for this special event, which […]
  • PA Clearances
    CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES LAW AND ITS IMPACT ON […]
  • R&R for HMSR 2025
    Join us for R&R for HMSR 2025! This key […]
  • Herbie Hawk Society
    Elevate local youth to new heights by joining the […]

Copyright © 2025 Hawk Mountain Council - BSA · Log in