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| Central New Jersey Council | |||
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| Age range | Ten years | ||
| Headquarters | Monmouth Junction, New Jersey | ||
| Location | Central New Jersey | ||
| Country | United States | ||
| Founded | January 1, 1999 | ||
| Scout Executive | Marc Richardson | ||
| Council President | Charlie White | ||
| Assistant Scout Executive | John Gliot | ||
| Affiliation | Sakwuit Lodge 2 | ||
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| Website http://www.cnjcbsa.org | |||
Central New Jersey Council is the local Boy Scouts of America council that serves the central New Jersey area, spanning across the Counties of Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and Warren. Created on January 1, 1999 after the merger of the former George Washington and Thomas A. Edison Councils, Central New Jersey Council offers year-round camping for local scout troops, as well as week-long summer camping at Kittatiny Mountain Scout Reservation. The council is currently split into five different districts, those being the Joyce Kilmer, Mercer Area, Pahaquarra, Raritan Bay and SEMEOS Districts.
Along with offering unit-related programs, Central New Jersey Council also contains the Order of the Arrow program. Order of the Arrow members in Central New Jersey Council are part of Sakuwit Lodge 2, which is part of Section NE-7A in the Northeast Region of the Order of the Arrow. The current Sakuwit Lodge Chief is Alex Rawjewski.
History
Central New Jersey Council was officially charted on January 1, 1999 after the merger of the former George Washington and Thomas A. Edison Councils. After the chartering, the council adopted two main camps, the first being Yards Creek Scout Reservation from the George Washington Council and the second being Kittatinny Mountain Scout Reservation from the Thomas A. Edison Council. Kittatinny was and is being used for summer camping and year-round short-term camping, whereas Yards Creek is used for short-term camping.
In 1999, the council sold the Edison, New Jersey office from the Thomas A. Edison Council and temporarily headquartered itself in Pennington, New Jersey until the renovation of the new and current office on Route 1 in Monmouth Junction, New Jersey was completed on June 12, 1999.
The council initially started operations with six internal districts, each of the two former council-areas having three districts. The Hunterdon Arrowhead, Jenny Jump and Mercer Area Districts were moved from George Washington Council and were essentially kept the same, although the districts from the former Thomas A. Edison Council were re-organized into the Middlesex, Raritan and SEMEOS Districts. In 2008, the Hunterdon Arrowhead and Jenny Jump Districts merged to form the Pahaquarra District, bringing the total number of districts to five.