Bard serves as an Executive Board Member, Boy Scouts of America, Jersey Shore Council (2009 – present). He has served in various capacities in the BSA, including: BSA Merit Badge Counselor – Law; BSA Scoutmaster, Troop 275 (2009 – present); BSA Cubmaster Pack 275 (2003 – 2009);

BSA Mobilization Officer, Jamboree 2010, Virginia.

Bard has also served on the United Way of Atlantic County Allocation Review Committee and on the “Going to Bat for Kids” program.