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Month: June 2015

Ask the Expert

How to keep OA elections from being a popularity contest

June 30, 2015 88

Follow these steps, brilliantly devised by National OA Committee Chairman Ray Capp, to keep OA elections from becoming a popularity contest.

Eagle Before & After

Extreme Makeovers, Round 1: Eagle Scout project before-and-after photos

June 29, 2015 18

This is the first in a series where I share Eagle Scout project before-and-after photos. Look for a new batch every Monday morning.

Cub Scouts

Here’s a comic strip about Scouting that only Scouters will understand

June 26, 2015 16

Those funny, heartwarming, only-in-Scouting scenes inspired a Scouter from Nevada to create a comic strip about Scouting.

Camping

How to make a camp washing machine using a paint bucket and plunger

June 25, 2015 38

With just five minutes and a couple of items available at your local hardware store, you can make a camp washing machine. Your tentmate will thank you.

Advancement

Ask the Expert: What is (and what isn’t) a camping night for the Camping MB?

June 24, 2015 287

Tent, hammock, cabin, retired battleship — all offer great experiences for Scouts, but only some count as camping nights for the Camping merit badge.

Tuesday Talkbacks

What do you do with flag grommets left behind after retirement ceremonies?

June 23, 2015 133

For this edition of Tuesday Talkback, share your thoughts on what a troop should do with the flag grommets left behind from flag retirement ceremonies.

Cub Scouts

Supersize service: Scouts wash World War II-era B-17 airplane

June 22, 2015 5

A few dozen Scouts from Erie, Pa., gathered to give a World War II-era Boeing B-17 “Flying Fortresses” a good scrubbing.

Philmont Scout Ranch

Philmont STEM expert will sail aboard the Nautilus this summer

June 19, 2015 3

Sarah Burgess, STEM coordinator at Philmont Scout Ranch, has been hand-picked to sail aboard the Nautilus exploration vessel this summer.

Eagle Scout

Second edition of ‘Four Percent’ book packs in even more great stories about Eagle Scouts

June 18, 2015 3

“Four Percent: The Extraordinary Story of Exceptional American Youth” is now available in a new and expanded second edition.

Eagle Before & After

How to send in your before-and-after Eagle project photos

June 17, 2015 6

I’m interested in before-and-after Eagle project photos — the same photos each Eagle Scout includes with his final project documentation.

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Bryan Wendell, an Eagle Scout, is the founder of Bryan on Scouting and a contributing writer.


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