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How the National Baptist Convention of America plans to grow Scouting

March 15, 2016 6

A new, two-year initiative launched by the National Baptist Convention of America International is aimed at growing Scouting in five states.

Extreme Makeovers, Round 14: Eagle Scout project before-and-after photos

March 14, 2016 4

This week’s batch of 15 projects includes a prayer and meditation center in California, a wheelchair-accessible garden in Illinois, a restoration of Colorado’s largest sundial and many more incredible projects.

A camp clothes drying rack you can build in minutes

March 11, 2016 6

Clotheslines are so 1960s. Today’s most cunning campers build a camp clothes drying rack out of sticks and ropes.

Scouts Then and Now: How to submit your photos

March 11, 2016 11

Introducing “Scouts Then and Now,” a new feature on Bryan on Scouting. Send me two photos of your Scouts: then and now.

Nancy Reagan brought her anti-drug message to the 1985 National Scout Jamboree

March 11, 2016 8

Nancy Reagan, the former First Lady of the United States who died Sunday, addressed 30,000 Boy Scouts at the 1985 National Scout Jamboree.

Cub Scouting

New details released about Lions, the pilot program for kindergarten boys

March 10, 2016 43

In Lions, the new pilot program for kindergartners, boys wear T-shirts instead of uniforms and earn adventure stickers instead of adventure loops.

The real number of Eagle Scout service hours completed is probably much higher than your Scouts report

March 10, 2016 30

Many young men may be improperly recording their Eagle Scout service hours completed on projects, one volunteer says.

2015 merit badge rankings: The most and least popular

March 9, 2016 71

The 2015 merit badge rankings are here, and the winner is clear. More Scouts earned one merit badge than any other, and it wasn’t close.

How does your troop care for its tents?

March 8, 2016 23

Who is responsible for tent care in your troop? How do you hold Scouts accountable for damaged or dirty tents or lost tent stakes?

Veterans Affairs secretary, whose son is an Eagle Scout, shares why he never earned Eagle

March 4, 2016 6

Veterans Affairs Secretary McDonald talked to the BSA’s Report to the Nation delegates about his Scouting past.