Buckeye Council
Welcome to the Boy Scouts of America
Buckeye Council
located in Canton Ohio
Serving Wayne, Holmes, Stark, Tuscarawas, Carroll, Columbiana and parts of Hancock County W. VA.
Find a unit near you at www.beascout.org
For the 4th time out of the last 5 years, The Buckeye Council has been designated
a Quality Council by the National Council for 2011.
The subject of child abuse has been very prevalent in the media lately. We wanted to remind everyone of the new policy regarding mandatory reporting for the Boy Scouts of America.
Any persons involved in Scouting shall report to local authorities any good faith suspicion or belief that any child is or has been physically or sexually abused, physically or emotionally neglected, exposed to any form of violence or threat, exposed to any form of sexual exploitation including the possession, manufacture, or distribution of child pornography, online solicitation, enticement, or showing of obscene material. No person may abdicate this reporting responsibility to any other person. This policy is found in the online Guide to Safe Scouting.
Please notify David Truax, Scout Executive, of this report, or of any violation of BSA’s Youth Protection policies, so that he may take appropriate action for the safety of our Scouts, make appropriate notifications and follow-up with investigating agencies. We can be reached at bsamail.org or 330-580-4272.
Thank you for all you do for Scouting.
Whether you are new to scouting or a seasoned volunteer, we hope that this Website will meet your needs.
Each district and key council committee has a site where programming, announcements, and key volunteer contacts are accessible.
The current events tab is accessible on each page of the site and will contain current information similar to the Trail Signs newsletter that was mailed to volunteers in the past.
As you navigate through the site you will want to know that you could be directed to a BSA National web page. Some page links are to the BSA national web site as their material is up to date and maintained by them… such as
The Guide to Safe Scouting.
Once directed to a national site from our Buckeye Council site you can easily navigate back to the Buckeye Council site by selecting the page return button. We hope as we get more experience with this format that navigation between the two sites will feel seamless to you.
The council calendar on this new site is the same as our prior site. The functionality of the calendar provides the opportunity for district and council volunteer committees with scheduled program dates to provide easily accessible content for their event. We hope to be able to add an event reservation package in the near future.
If you have a comment on how we can improve this site or whether you like the new site and would like to share this with us please click here to Email Comments 
Dave Truax
Scout Executive