Rhode Island Boy Scouts

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name =Rhode Island Boy Scouts


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location = Rhode Island
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f-date = September 6, 1910
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prev =The Rhode Island Boy Scouts (RIBS) was a Scouting organization in the United States from 1910 until its merger with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) in 1917. [ [http://www.troop97.net/bsahist1.htm A Brief History of the Boy Scouts of America 1910 to Today] ] RIBS still exists as a trustee organization. [http://www.narragansettbsa.org/volunteers/council/docs/History%20of%20the%20Council.pdf]

RIBS was founded as a volunteer association on September 6, 1910 and was was chartered as a state corporation on April 13th, 1911. Between 1910 and 1917 RIBS managed the majority of Rhode Island and the BSA managed Blackstone Valley, Newport and Woonsocket. In 1917 RIBS merged with the BSA with the BSA granting all members of RIBS back service. [http://www.narragansettbsa.org/volunteers/council/docs/History%20of%20the%20Council.pdf]

RIBS kept its corporate identity after the merger allowing it to continue receiving bequests, funds, and properties, creating the RIBS trustee organization. [http://www.narragansettbsa.org/volunteers/council/docs/History%20of%20the%20Council.pdf] The trustee organization exists today and owns much of the properties and camps operated by the Narragansett Council. This excludes Camp Cachalot which the council owns outright as a result of a merger with the former Moby Dick Council in Massachusetts.