Boy Scouts of America, Orange County Council

Learning for Life’s mission statement is to enable young people to become responsible individuals by teaching positive character traits, career development, leadership, and life skills so they can make ethical choices and achieve their full potential.  Exploring, a program of Learning for Life, started in 1957 at the OCBSA and was adopted nationally. Explorer posts (club-like groups) specialize in one of a variety of career areas and plan activities that offer career exploration. Each post is organized around the organizing company or firm, the skills of the adults in the group, the interests of youth and the organizations' program resources. Business, industry, governmental agencies, professional societies and other community organizations are organized by Learning for Life to operate posts focused on career exploration. In 2017, 1,140 Explorers received job training skills through 47 posts at community partner organizations and by 349 adult mentors.

The IROEC, one of four facilities owned and operated by the Orange County Council, provides programming that meets California state standards for outdoor science curriculum and supports a range of subject areas, including science.The IROEC serves all youth of Orange County by providing quality outdoor educational programs that instill in them an appreciation of the outdoors and the environment, teach effective teamwork, instruct about the cultural history of Orange County and provide access to the area’s natural resources. In 2005, The Irvine Company donated 210 acres of undeveloped land to the Orange County Council for the development and management of a comprehensive outdoor education facility benefiting all Orange County schools and youth organizations. The programs add to the limited availability of cost effective and local outdoor science education programs that advance student capacity for lifelong learning and overall educational outcomes.

Schoepe Scout Reservation at Lost Valley (SSRLV): located in San Diego County and is a 1,400 acre camp with rifle, archery, and shotgun ranges, cabins, swimming pools, a lake, horse stables and other outdoor activities.During summer camp, the property has a capacity to hold 800 campers and during weekend camp, the capacity increases to 1,200 campers.
Oso Lake: facilitates a wide variety of hands-on, fun, and memorable outdoor activities and educational opportunities for youth and families that instill Scouting values and teach life skills by encouraging a lasting appreciation and respect for nature. Oso Lake is usually the first outdoor experience most kids have.

The mission of the Newport Sea Base (NSB) is to provide a marine-oriented public education and recreation facility for youth and young adults for substantial public benefit in the form of enhanced knowledge, awareness, and understanding of the marine environment and aquatic recreation. In operation since 1937, the NSB was renovated in 2004 to a modern teaching and aquatics center featuring six classrooms, a library, conference room, boat house, maintenance shops and storage bays. In addition, the NSB floating docks accommodate fleets of sailboats, canoes, kayaks, and motorboats. Participants can enroll in a variety of boating classes and Scout-oriented programs. Students learn oceanography, marine biology, environmental science, boating safety, sailing, canoeing, kayaking, motor boating, and other aquatic-related subjects. All programs are intended to increase understanding and appreciation for the marine environment by directly involving participants in dynamic, hands-on activities.