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Month: June 2014

Health and Safety

What drowning really looks like (Hint: It’s not what you think)

June 29, 2014 6

Arms flail, splashes fly and a voice screams out: “Help me!” That’s what drowning looks like, right? Wrong. Turns out movie drowning and actual drowning aren’t even close cousins. Someone who is actually drowning undergoes an involuntary,

Scouting Tips

Utah Varsity Scouts lift SUV off woman at scene of deadly crash

June 28, 2014 5

A group of five Varsity Scouts from the Utah National Parks Council lifted an SUV off a woman who had been pinned in a rollover crash Wednesday.

Ask the Expert

Can youth wear the NESA Life Member square knot?

June 27, 2014 11

Justin, a youth and lifetime member of the National Eagle Scout Association, asks whether he can wear the silver-bordered NESA Life Member square knot.

Scouting archives

Celebrate the World Cup with a soccer-themed game

June 26, 2014 1

If your boys or Venturing girls have World Cup fever — like so many of us! — use this game at your next unit meeting to help them blow off some steam and have some fun.

Eagle Scout

Meet the Eagle Scout working at the ‘CBS Evening News’

June 26, 2014 4

Eagle Scout Scott Berger is associate director of the “CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley,” where he helps put out a 30-minute news program every weekday.

Scouting magazine news

Are you ready to go digital with Scouting magazine?

June 25, 2014 127

Would you read a digital version of Scouting magazine? If so, would you still want your print copy? The BSA’s magazine team is considering that right now.

Eagle Scout

6 improvements in the revised Eagle Scout Service Project Workbook

June 24, 2014 13

The Eagle Scout Service Project Workbook (No. 512-927) is regularly refreshed to make it easier to use and understand.

Health and Safety

Dispelling nine myths about lightning safety

June 23, 2014 15

In honor of Lightning Safety Awareness Week — June 22-28, 2014 — here are some ways to keep Scouts safe from deadly lightning strikes all year long.

International Scouting

Register now for the 2015 World Scout Jamboree in Japan

June 20, 2014 16

The Boy Scouts of America is expecting to send about 1,600 people to the 2015 World Scout Jamboree, held Japan from July 28 to Aug. 8, 2015.

Scouting archives

Eight ingredients that make up a successful Scouting leader

June 19, 2014 7

In this 1957 column, “A Scoutmaster Thinks It Over,” a Scoutmaster lists seven “yardsticks” to help him measure how well he’s “making Scouting the satisfying experience boys dream about.”

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