Boys' Life

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As a Cub Scout, you will be part of a pack. The pack is divided into smaller groups called dens. All of the Cub Scouts in your den are in the same grade and might even go to the same school. ■

Sunday Tribune

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A MEGA quadrennial scouting event was recently awarded to KwaZulu-Natal and a local trooper from Inanda Newton, north of Durban, can’t wait for the 2021 event. Njabulo Ngcobo, 18, has pledged his commitment to scouting for the rest of his life but he

Shop Talk

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One of the favorite private label customers of Silver Creek Leather Co., a leathercraft manufacturer based in Jeffersonville, Indiana, is the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), a 109-year-old, nonprofit organization with about 2.3 million youth participant

NPR

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The organization will still be Boy Scouts of America, but beginning in 2019, the program for older youth will change its name. Girls have already been allowed to sign up as Cub Scouts.

Weekend Argus Saturday

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THE IMPACT they make on the lives of others has not gone unnoticed. The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), together with the World Organisation of the Scout Movement (WOSM) have been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, f

Who Do You Think You Are?

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Robert Baden-Powell, a British Army officer and veteran of the Boer War, held a trial camp on Brownsea Island, Dorset, for 20 boys from diverse backgrounds in 1907. They learnt tracking, knots, first aid and chivalry, took part in sporting activities

Scouting

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It’s May, and every experienced Scoutmaster knows it’s time for those final preparations for summer camp. Things like urging parents to get physicals taken care of and to turn in the paperwork for camp (but the Scoutmaster keeping a copy “just in cas

Boys' Life

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Logan Luedtke, 8, was riding on the slippery winter roads of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, with his mom and two brothers when their SUV rolled down an embankment into a freezing cold river. Logan knew they should evacuate the SUV immediately. The side doo

Scouting

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In 1913, women’s suffragists marched in the streets of Washington, D.C., demanding the right to vote. Thousands of spectators attended, but some did not support the cause. Marchers were heckled and assaulted; police struggled to maintain control. Tha

Boys' Life

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Scouts In Action” subjects come from the National BSA Court of Honor. If you know of an act of heroism that should be recognized, contact your local BSA council office for a lifesaving or meritorious award application. Note: Consult approved safety g

Boys' Life

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WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO KNOW AND DO TO BE PREPARED. BL ESSENTIALS HOW-TO VIDEOS go.boyslife.org/essentials ■

New Zealand Listener

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What a wayward thing memory can be. It can lie to you, let you down, reduce you to helpless tears. But it can be a good bugger, too. Mine has gently reminded me it’s exactly 40 years ago this week since one of the adventures of my younger life, an ex

Who Do You Think You Are?

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Harold Beckett grew up in a working-class household of 10 children, but he found excitement and camaraderie in Scouting. Joining his local troop in Burnley in the 1920s, he relished learning new skills and striking out on camping expeditions with fri

The Atlantic

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If you venture outside Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, it’s dangerous to travel alone. Journeying from village to village means navigating jungle or savanna without paved roads or reliable communication networks. CAR straddles on

Who Do You Think You Are?

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a The Heritage Service, The Scouts, Gilwell Park, Chingford E4 7QW e heritage@scouts.org.uk w bit.ly/scouts-archive This vast archive includes registration records of troops from 1919. It’s not open to visitors, but can provide some information on Sc

Scouting

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Troop 425 Scouts hopped over from the Hawaiian island of Oahu to Maui to backpack in Haleakal? National Park. Although they weren’t too far from home, they felt like they were on a different planet: spectacular sunrises atop a dormant volcano, rare p

Scouting

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THE NATIONAL SUMMERTIME Pack Award program features all sorts of prizes. There’s a streamer for the pack flag if the pack holds an activity during each summer month. There’s a streamer for the den flag if the den gets at least half its members to eac

Boys' Life

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“Scouts In Action” subjects come from the National BSA Court of Honor. If you know of an act of heroism that should be recognized, contact your local BSA council office for a lifesaving or meritorious award application. Note: Consult approved safety

Stamp Collector

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Knots were one of mankind’s earliest tools, helping turn simple fibres into useful items. Long before our ancestors set out to sea, a knowledge of ropework was a vital life-skill. Today, knot craft is something that few ordinary people practice but i

Boys' Life

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When the members of Scouts BSA troops 26 (boys) and 126 (girls) out of Tulsa, Oklahoma, talk with Webelos Scouts at their Hallo-Weekend campout, you won’t hear them saying things like, “Hey, you in the blue hat … Instead, you’ll hear the older Scouts

Chicago Tribune

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The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Friday, Aug. 25: ___ Merit badges in hostile takeovers, poaching and nasty letter writing? Whoa, the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts sure seem to have changed. The talk around the campfire this we

Boys' Life

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“Scouts In Action” subjects come from the National BSA Court of Honor. If you know of an act of heroism that should be recognized, contact your local BSA council office for a lifesaving or meritorious award application. Note: Consult approved safety

The Atlantic

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The flames in the campfire are leaping, and so are the figures around it, in flowing khaki robes emblazoned with various pronouns. The scouts are celebrating completion of their collective merit badges: Forestry, Universal Healthcare, and Gloria Stei

Scouting

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Compared to the Scout Oath and Scout Law, and even the Scout motto (“Be Prepared”), the Scout slogan might be the least-known official BSA “saying” outside the BSA. But those five words — “Do a Good Turn Daily” — are a fundamental part of Scouting’s

Scouting

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1 If you’re a den leader, you should already be using Scoutbook’s Den Leader Experience, the free web app that makes it easier than ever for den leaders to prepare for and lead meetings, track advancement and attendance, and more. Now the Scoutbook t

Boys' Life

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Age: 16 Hometown: Spring, Texas Scout Rank: Eagle Scout (Troop 886 and Crew 886, The Woodlands, Texas) Made Headlines: For placing third in his age group (14-17) at the 2019 Spartan North American Championship. The Scoop: The race course on which Zac

Scouting

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THE MISSION OF the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Scout Law. The words might have changed some over the past 110 years, bu

Scouting

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Nathan Flowers and David Taylor began their Scouting careers together more than a quarter-century ago. They were in the same Cub Scout pack and then moved together into Troop 475 of Florence, S.C. Flowers earned Eagle in 1997, and David was there at

Scouting

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Ready to take the next step in fishing? Consider signing up for a BSA Certified Angling Instructor course. A Certified Angling Instructor is a BSA volunteer interested in teaching Scouts how to enjoy the sports of fishing and fly fishing. No prior fi

Boys' Life

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Webelos Scouts are in fourth or fifth grade, and they get to do all kinds of amazing stuff. From first aid to cooking food outdoors to learning the best ways to get exercise, Webelos Sc outs do all the great things in Cub Scouts — plus try some of th