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Month: October 2010

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Win a free patch if you can Name That Council (Oct. 29, 2010)

October 29, 2010 0

Ah, the coast. It's easy to imagine yourself looking out upon the endless blue horizon of the Atlantic Ocean, watching seagulls coasting in the salty air. But snap out of it! You have a mystery

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Scouting in the News

Boy Scouts “stole my soul … and planted it in the wilderness”

October 28, 2010 0

National Geographic Traveler contributing editor Boyd Matson has traveled the world to exotic locations, getting paid to write about his adventures to Nicaragua, Rome, Antarctica, and Bhutan—to name a few. And who does he blame

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Name That Council: Oct. 22, 2010 solution

October 27, 2010 0

How'd you do with our Name That Council challenge last week? It was so tough that you almost had to be a member of the council to recognize the patch! We received 20 correct responses

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Fun

Watch our first-person jamboree video, and see how video can spice up a unit Web site

October 25, 2010 2

http://www.youtube.com/v/qocLD26H3Aw   Hang on for the ride of your life. When Scouting magazine visited the 2010 National Scout Jamboree this past summer, we brought along our newest toy: a GoPro HD Helmet Hero camera. It

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Fun

Win a free patch if you can Name That Council (Oct. 22, 2010)

October 22, 2010 0

Even in patch form, the sunny scene above looks pretty relaxing. Identifying the location it depicts? Slightly less relaxing. But if you can handle the pressure and identify the council that wears the mystery shoulder

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Summit Bechtel Reserve

Total contributions to The Summit reach $100 million

October 22, 2010 1

  Additional gifts that add up to $50 million have brought the total contributions to The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve to more than $100 million, the Boy Scouts of America announced today. The

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Scouting in the News

One square knot at a time, Pennsylvania Scouts create a record-breaking rope chain

October 19, 2010 1

Take the simple formula for tying a square knot (right over left, left over right) and repeat 4,189 times.  That's how a group of more than 2,000 Scouts, adult leaders, and parents broke the world

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Name That Council: Oct. 15, 2010 solution

October 19, 2010 0

Friday's Name That Council was tricky. Many of you guessed that the patch above belonged to the San Francisco Bay Area Council. Great guess, but that's not it. The actual answer is Marin Council, the

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National Jamboree

Meet the winners of the nationwide geocaching pinewood derby

October 18, 2010 1

Geocaching is the perfect mix of outdoors fun and high-tech gadgets. That explains why it's such a hit with today's Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Venturers. Take the participants of the Race to 2010, for

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Win a free patch if you can Name That Council (Oct. 15, 2010)

October 15, 2010 0

Last week's Name That Council featured a patch with an orange border and lots of water. This week, it's more of the same. If you know the location embroidered above, the patch could be yours. Here

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