The Natural State Council, BSA is the largest local Council in the State of Arkansas, serving over 6,000 scouts and 3,200 adult volunteers from Northwest, Central, & Southeastern Arkansas extending all the way east through the Delta region. The Natural State Council is our regions premier youth serving and character development organization which provides families with a goal-oriented, time-tested program for young men and woman, ages 5-20.Our MissionThe mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.Scout LawA Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent.Scout Oath“On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; to help other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.”