The Del-Mar-Va Council serves members of the Boy Scouts of America in the Delmarva Peninsula.

The camp's largely undeveloped 1,889 acres (7.64 km2) are widely recognized as an environmental gem, with habitat for countless birds, mammals and fish, including the bald eagle.

[5] Henson Scout Reservation offers a wide range of traditional Boy Scout summer camp programs, including swimming, nature/ecology, handicrafts, Scoutcraft (camping and outdoors skills), archery, rifle and shotgun shooting and fishing.

[7] Located on the Marshyhope Creek, a tributary of the Nanticoke River, the camp has a thriving waterfront program, offering canoeing, rowing, sailing and motorboating.

[8] For older Boy Scouts, the camp offers a high adventure trekking program, involving a week-long canoe/bicycling trek around the Nanticoke River watershed.

[10] Rodney Scout Reservation, operated by the Del-Mar-Va Council, Boy Scouts of America, is located on 900 acres (3.6 km2) of rolling upland woodlands at the head of the Chesapeake Bay and boasts over a mile of prime bay frontage.

The camp location provides easy access from Baltimore, Washington, Wilmington, and Philadelphia.

[12] The couple gave much funding for the fledgling Scout camp that has multiple facilities, campgrounds for roughly two dozen troops and many merit badges.

Such activities include traditional Scouting programs as well as robotics, shooting sports, sailboating and power boating, rock climbing, cycling, and geocaching.

Most weekends include a program such as orienteering, cooking, rifle shooting, or many others put on by the campmaster crews.

The Lodge drew its membership from Camp Rodney and was named after the Unalachtigo Lenape (or Delaware Indians) who had inhabited the area.