Mission: Our mission is to help youth mature into wholesome, capable, contributing, and personally fit adults by instilling the values expressed in the scout oath and law. The scouting program facilitates meaningful contact and communications between youth, parents, and other community organizations (partners) to help young people adopt strong values and life skills. The program presents activities which are fun, interesting, and provide valuable experience directed at the maturity and interest of the young people at their appropriate age and ability levels. The purpose of gamehaven council is to manage and control the quality of the program, assemble and train volunteers, gather resourced to implement, and to promote the program to parents, youth and the general community in the seven counties of southeastern minnesota.

Programs: Cub scouting - a family and home-centered program for boys in the 2nd through 5th grade ( or 8 through 10 year olds). 4th & 5th grade boys are webelos scouts (we'll be loyal scouts) and participate in more advanced activities that begin to prepare them to become boy scouts. Cub scouting's emphasis is on quality program at the local level, where most boys and families are involved. All scouting programs promote the development of citizenship, training, character building, and mental and physical fitness of young people through camping and activities. Approximately 1,783 young people are served.

boy scouting is a program for boys ages 11 through 17 designed to achieve the aims of scouting through a vigorous outdoor program and peer group leadership with the counsel of an adult scoutmaster. Approximately 1,071 youth participants.

learning for life/exploring - designed for young men and women ages 14 through 20 to gain insight into a variety of programs that offer leadership training, fitness, outdoors, service, and career hands-on experiences. Exploring promotes the conditions necessary for the growth and development of adolescent youth. The mission of learning for life is to serve others by helping to instill values of good character, participating citizenship, and personal fitness in young people, and in others ways to prepare them to make ethical choices throughout their lives so that they can achieve their full potential. It's designed to build confidence, motivation, and self-esteem. It can help students learn positive values and make ethical decisions. Character building is a lifelong process, with roots firmly planted in childhood. Learning for life has curricula designed to fulfill its mission. Approximately 139 youth particpants.

other scouting programs include tiger cubs for 7 year old children and varsity scouting for young men ages 14 through 17.