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Month: March 2011

Scouting in the News

Medal of Honor recipient praises Boy Scout who won American Spirit Award

March 31, 2011 0

You know about Jack Pape, the high school junior from Omaha, Neb., who won the American Spirit Award earlier this month, right? He received his award at a special ceremony last week in Washington, D.C.

International Scouting

Scouts Canada shows off its redesigned uniforms

March 28, 2011 18

Check out what our neighbors to the north will be wearing this season. On Friday, Scouts Canada, which will co-host the 2019 World Scout Jamboree with the Boy Scouts of America and Asociación de Scouts de

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What's New

Name That Council: March 18, 2011 solution

March 24, 2011 1

That bridge, those birds, and the boat. I hope those three clues were enough for you to correctly guess last week’s Name That Council. Several of you spotted the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and chose

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Cub Scouting

In exclusive tour, New York Boy Scouts see Navy’s side of the Army-Navy rivalry

March 23, 2011 2

When Scout parent Matt Testerman heard that in 2009 his troop visited West Point, he formed a plan. You see, Testerman is a graduate of a different service academy, Annapolis, the U.S. Naval Academy. And

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Scouting in the News

Boy Scout Jack Pape wins 2011 American Spirit Award

March 22, 2011 4

The voting’s over, and the results are in. The Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation announced today that Jack Pape, a high school junior from Omaha, Neb., has won its American Spirit Award. At a special ceremony

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Sea Scouting

Houston triplets receive Sea Scouting’s highest honor

March 21, 2011 8

Lilliebeth and Pollyanna Halling were jealous. Why did their brother, Aaron, get to go on all of these fun Boy Scout outings when they couldn’t? That disappointment quickly turned to enthusiasm, though, when the triplets

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What's New

Win a free patch if you can Name That Council

March 18, 2011 2

After last week’s doozy, this week’s Name That Council should be a breeze. A cool ocean breeze, perhaps? Good luck! Name That Council rules: Each week I select a council shoulder patch and use Photoshop to

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Philmont Scout Ranch

Giveaway Thursday: Win a free Philmont DVD, Blu-ray, or book

March 17, 2011 5

What’s the next-best thing to visiting Philmont? That’s easy: Winning Scouting magazine’s Thursday giveaway. Sure, winning the giveaway won’t fill you with a lifetime of memories like visiting Philmont would. But, hey, at least this week’s

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Ask the Expert

Ask the Expert: Do the hours worked by family members count on an Eagle service project?

March 17, 2011 12

The Eagle project—that last mile on the long, satisfying climb toward Scouting’s highest honor—tests a boy’s ability to organize a meaningful service project and then lead his peers in its completion. It’s all outlined in the Eagle

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What's New

Name That Council: March 11, 2011 solution

March 17, 2011 1

Scouter Seth sat there, stumped. No matter how hard he searched for an answer to Friday’s Name That Council contest, he couldn’t solve the mystery. Frustrated as he was, his Scouting spirit was high when

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Aaron Derr is the senior editor of Aaron on Scouting and Scout Life magazine, and also a former Cubmaster and Scouts BSA volunteer.


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