THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA -- INCORPORATED ON FEBRUARY 8, 1910, AND CHARTERED BY CONGRESS IN 1916.THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA HAS ONE MISSION, WHICH EXTENDS TO ALL LOCAL COUNCILS:"THE CORPORATION SHALL PROMOTE, WITHIN THE TERRITORY COVERED BY THE CHARTER FROM TIME TO TIME GRANTED IT BY THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL CHARTER, BYLAWS, AND RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, THE SCOUTING PROGRAM OF PROMOTING THE ABILITY OF BOYS AND YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN TO DO THINGS FOR THEMSELVES AND OTHERS, TRAINING THEM IN SCOUTCRAFT, AND TEACHING THEM PATRIOTISM, COURAGE, SELF-RELIANCE, AND KINDRED VIRTUES, USING THE METHODS WHICH ARE NOW IN COMMON USE BY THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA." THE GRAND TETON COUNCIL SERVES YOUTH THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP OF ADULT VOLUNTEERS IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO AND WESTERN WYOMING AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA.