Youth Education

Boy Scouts of America. In 1978, I took an Eagle Scout oath that included a pledge to “… give more back to Scouting than it has given to me” with the positive influence Scouting has been on me, my brothers and three sons, that would be almost impossible. I have found no more worthy organization in which to invest in our nation’s future than the Boy Scouts of America.

• BSA Joe Crafton Sportsman Complex
• Circle Ten Council circleten.org Council President 2016- 2017
• Gill Clements Shooting Complex. Spearheaded the expansion of the shooting sports complex at Camp Wisdom to provide opportunities for 57,000 local youth to learn about shooting skills and safety.
• University of Tennessee College of Business
• University of Tennessee Joe Crafton Family Terrace
• Harold Simon’s Park
• Board Member of Trinity Park Conservancy

A new place for scouts to shoot

The Boy Scouts  in the North Texas area have a new place to learn to shoot both shotguns and rifles. Volunteer Robert Higginbotham helped Dakota Scott take one of the first shots at a new shooting sports complex built in honor of the late Gill Clements. READ MORE

Summit Bechtel Reserve where clays are broken and lives are changed

The Boy Scouts of America’s $400 million Summit Bechtel Reserve opened with a bang at the July Jamboree. There were 32,000 Scouts, 532 from the Dallas-based Circle Ten Council, who fired about 2 million rounds of ammunition during the 10-day event. READ MORE

Joe Crafton – His aim: Leave Scouting Better than he found it.

For Joe Crafton, one of the most valuable benefits he got from Scouting was learning to work effectively with many different kinds of people with different backgrounds and beliefs. READ MORE

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