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Want to help your Scouting brethren in Japan? Here’s how.

March 16, 2011 5

A Scout is Helpful, and the people of Japan need our help. Several options exist for individuals who wish to make a financial contribution toward general disaster relief. The American Red Cross and the Salvation

Eagle Scouts who traveled to Japan last month respond to devastating tsunami

March 14, 2011 2

The earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on Friday was devastating beyond description. I speak for all of us at Scouting magazine when I express our sorrow for the lives lost and our hopes for

Win a free patch if you can Name That Council

March 11, 2011 2

Doesn’t this patch just make you want to saddle up a horse and go for a long, peaceful ride into the sunset? O.K., maybe it’s just me. Anyway, this week’s Name That Council patch takes

Giveaway Thursday: Win a free REI Zen 25-degree sleeping bag

March 10, 2011 7

Forget white-noise simulators or special pillows. For the best sleep of your life, find a campsite and a tent. Then slip into a comfortable sleeping bag, like this week’s prize, the REI Zen sleeping bag, rated

Count to four: Maryland quadruplets earn Eagle Scout award

March 10, 2011 3

John, Patrick, David, and William Goodspeed. (Photo by Phil Grout, Howard County Times) Having quadruplets is rare enough. A woman’s odds of having four babies at once is estimated at somewhere between 1 in 550,000

Five ways your unit can cope with skyrocketing gas prices

March 8, 2011 9

When your pack, troop, team, or crew sat down several months ago to create a budget for your next big trip, you and your Scouts thought of everything—except soaring gas prices. Six months ago, gas

A week at Philmont is the ultimate family vacation

March 7, 2011 5

My first visit to Philmont was for one of the training center’s stellar family programs. It wasn’t my last. During that week there, I met new friends, hiked in the beautiful Sangre de Cristo Mountains,

New Alumni Award knot recognizes Scouters who help others reconnect

March 4, 2011 7

Millions of Americans—including several of your coworkers, friends, and family members—were involved in Scouting at one point in their lives. The trick is tracking these former members down and asking them to reconnect with

Giveaway Thursday: Win a free Leatherman multitool prize pack

March 3, 2011 7

The Great Gear Giveaway goes miniature this week with four Leatherman keychain multitools. They’re the latest prize in Scouting magazine’s weekly gear giveaway. As I’ve told you, I’m trying to clean out my office, and

Name That Council: Feb. 25, 2011 solution

March 2, 2011 1

How’d you do with last week’s Name That Council? There were exactly 64 of you who correctly guessed that the mystery council was the Cherokee Area Council, based in Bartlesville, Okla., about an hour north of