Status
Closed
Closing Date
September 2012
Location
Dallas, Texas
QEI
$5.6M ($5.6M Project)
Description of QALICB
Boy Scouts of America’s Camp Wisdom is located in a highly distressed area in Dallas, TX on 371 acres just 11 miles from downtown Dallas. The Camp’s program targets underprivileged young men, bringing the benefits of leadership skills and independent thought among the region’s youth. Camp Wisdom is the primary campground for scouts participating via the ScoutReach program and is a venue for the Boy Scouts school-based Learning for Life character leadership program. Camp Wisdom is home to nearly 4 dozen campsites, rifle and archery ranges, a fully stocked lake, an outdoor amphitheater, and a high-ropes fitness challenge course.
Community Benefits
The Boy Scouts of America project permitted Circle Ten Council, Boy Scouts of America, headquartered in Dallas, to provide a meaningfully improved outdoor experience at Camp Wisdom for several thousand participants including youth in the ScoutReach program for disadvantaged boys. The new Leadership Conference Center doubled the training capacity and created a new facility accessible to the community. The investment in Camp Wisdom resulted in higher retention rates among ScoutReach participants, increasing the number of disadvantaged youths who remain members of the Boy Scouts. Pacesetter CDE’s NMTC financing funded the badly needed facility and infrastructure upgrades, which improved retention among ScoutReach participants and better integrated the facility with the surrounding highly distressed low-income community.