Trailhead
One suite, three focused tools
It's three real apps that happen to live together.
How it works
Three steps. No migration day.
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Pick your apps.
Want just the campout sign-ups? Take Events. Want all three? They come together, no extra setup.
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One tap to join.
New families and old hands use the same link — no accounts to create twice, no app store.
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3
The busywork sorts itself.
Headcounts, who's bringing what, who voted — handled. You get the evening back.
The apps
A peek at each.
Built Scout-safe
Safe for kids by construction, not policy.
What that means in practice
- Two adults on every message. Conversations stay in channels that keep two grown-ups on the thread — never a Scout one-on-one. Youth protection, built in.
- Scouts stay Scouts, not data. Kids show up as a first name and an initial. No surnames, no ad profile, nothing sold to anyone.
- Free means free. $0 to the troop, no ads, no "upgrade for the good stuff."
- Plays nice with BSA. Trailhead handles coordination; my.scouting.org still owns YPT, background checks, and recharter.
Questions
What troops ask first.
Is Trailhead really free?
Yes — $0 to the troop, and no ads. What you'd have spent on SignUpGenius or a Doodle subscription stays in the troop account. There's no paid tier hiding the useful parts.
Is it safe for my Scout?
It's built to Scouting's youth-protection rules from the ground up. Messages live in channels with two adults on every thread — no adult-to-Scout DMs. Scouts appear by first name and last initial only. Nothing about your kid is sold or turned into an ad.
Do we still need Scoutbook / my.scouting.org?
Yep, and that's by design. Scoutbook still owns the official record — advancement, YPT, recharter. Trailhead is the day-to-day coordination layer those tools were never great at: the campout sign-up, the quick poll, the "who's driving." It works alongside them, not instead of them.
Who is Trailhead for?
Scouts BSA, Venturing, and Sea Scout families — plus the leaders herding all of it. Younger crossovers are welcome too; their parents handle everything on their behalf. (It's not built for Cub packs.)
Do all our families have to sign up?
No big migration day. A family taps the link when they hit their first real thing — an actual campout sign-up, a real poll. New and returning families use the exact same link. It spreads at the speed of "oh, that was easy."
What about my data?
We keep what the troop needs to run — events, RSVPs, rank progress — and nothing we don't. No ads, no selling, no harvesting emails for a mailing list. You can ask to have your family's info removed.
Can Scouts use it themselves?
Yes. A Scout can RSVP, vote, and mark a requirement as working on it. The things that need a grown-up — their name, their rank, an allergy — stay parent-set. Scouts do the doing; parents keep the record straight.
How do I get my whole troop on it?
Two ways. If your troop's already here, a leader sends you in. If you're standing one up, tap "Setting up a new troop?" — you'll be a provisional admin in a minute, and a couple of other parents confirm you to switch it on. No paperwork, no waiting on us.
Less busywork. More Scouting.
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