A special national recognition program known as the 1910 Society was created in 1995 to encourage significant gifts to local councils endowment funds. This support is vital to the financial stability of the French Creek Council, and will ensure our Scouting legacy for future generations of young Americans.

To qualify as a member of the 1910 Society, an individual donor, company, or organization must contribute $25,000 or more to the French Creek council endowment fund. Recognition will be given for gifts of cash, stock, bonds, lead trusts, or other assets that could readily converted to cash. The gift to endowment may be in the form of a pledge, but the pledge must be paid within five years of the pledge date.

The 1910 Society was named for the year in which the early, visionary leaders of Scouting founded the Boy Scouts of America. Those who have made endowment gifts to further the Scouting movement are, themselves, modern day visionaries.

There are four levels of recognition in the 1910 Society:

    $25,000 Ernest Thompson Seton Member

    $100,000 Daniel Carter Beard Member

    $500,000 Theodore Roosevelt Member

    $1,000,000 Waite Phillips Member

Members receive a leather-bound edition of the Boy Scout Handbook with their name embossed in gold on the cover, an attractive personalized parchment certificate and a distinctive lapel pin or charm. They also receive invitations to special members only events and receptions at National Meetings, Jamborees, and other major Scouting events.

Membership applications are available by calling the French Creek Council 1-800-851-2392,

Steven Charboneau, Scout Executive.