Scouts worldwide have lived the “Be Prepared” motto since 1907. So who better than a Boy Scout or Venturer to serve on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Youth Preparedness Council? Right now FEMA’s seeking out “youth
Keeping up with one BSA program change after another (after another) can feel a little like drinking from a fire hose. It doesn’t have to. Just consider scouting.org/programupdates your one-stop shop for promotional fliers, training information and the
Where did 2013 go? For Scouts and Scouters, it went to new merit badges, Eagle Scout journeys, the 2013 National Scout Jamboree, a nationally televised TV show about Boy Scouts, a family discussion on our membership policy,
Update, Jan. 27, 2014: Sea Scouts, see how this applies to you here. It’s been more than a year since I blogged about the switch to the Scout Oath and Scout Law in all programs, a
Robert M. Gates, a Distinguished Eagle Scout and our nation’s 22nd secretary of defense, has been elected to the national executive board of the Boy Scouts of America. Gates will serve as a member of
For those of us who have been in Scouting for the majority of our lives, the answer seems obvious. But recently I got an email from a Cub Scout parent who shall remain nameless, asking,
For your Scouts and Venturers on Facebook, the reminder to “think before you post” just got a lot more important. Yesterday we learned that Facebook has changed its privacy policies for users age 13 to
It takes a village to recruit new Scouts, and here’s the latest example of that Scouting village uniting for the greater good of the BSA. Packs, troops, teams and crews are invited to celebrate with
In Crew 9820, they’re taking the joke of “underwater basket weaving” to new heights. Or, technically, new depths. Last weekend, the Minnesota Venturing crew, which specializes in scuba diving, went below the surface in their