Month: August 2009

We hope that Friday’s council patch challenge wasn’t too much of a bear to figure out. After all, for the first time in Name That Council history, the patch actually had the flag of the

Let’s hope you remembered to put all your food and other smellables in a bear-proof container away from your tent before going to bed last night. If not, you might find yourself face-to-face with the

Last week we told you about the new Boy Scout Handbook, available now online or at your local Scout Shop. We detailed the new book’s firm embrace of the Internet to provide Scouts with extra resources and

The Venturing program gives young women and men new opportunities they can’t find in other programs. And with those new opportunities comes a new set of awards they can earn. The highest of these is

The Scouting program relies on volunteers like you to succeed. We at Cracker Barrel recognize this and enjoy showing off some of the nation’s best adult volunteers. It’s a feature we call Scouter Spotlight, and

You had all weekend to consider the mystery patch shown below. Did you figure out the missing council? Make like a dolphin and jump to find out.

Hmm, let’s see. There’s a seagull, an oilrig, a bottlenose dolphin. That combination could only be found in the site of this week’s Name That Council challenge. We’ve removed all text from the patch above.

All week, Arrowmen from across the country have been living it up at the National Order of the Arrow Conference in Bloomington, Ind., that ends today. What were they up to? The agenda included leadership

When the number of recipients of a particular square knot is so small that the BSA can publish the list in its entirety, you know you’re dealing with a prestigious award. Such is the case

Here’s a book that should be at the top of your summer reading list. No, it’s not the latest legal thriller by John Grisham or romance novel from Danielle Steel. It’s the new Boy Scout