The Boy Scouts of America, Connecticut Yankee Council provides leadership opportunities for all youth through quality programs, mentors from trained adult volunteers and ongoing learning and personal development through outdoor experiences to more than 12,800 young people and 4,200 volunteers in Fairfield, New Haven and parts of Hartford counties of Connecticut. The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to serve others by helping to instill values in young people and in other ways prepare them to make ethical choices over their lifetime in achieving their full potential.