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Month: August 2017

Camping

2017 National Outdoor Conference: An insider’s guide to the outdoors

August 4, 2017 4

The 2017 National Outdoor Conference at Philmont Scout Ranch gives volunteers and professionals the latest insight into outdoor gear and programs.

Cub Scouting

Turn it up: 2017 Jamboree-on-the-Air, Jamboree-on-the-Internet dates set

August 3, 2017 8

This Oct. 20 to 22, Scouts and Venturers from around the world will gather for the 2017 Jamboree-on-the-Air and 2017 Jamboree-on-the-Internet.

Scouting Tips

All-female Venturing crew heads to Sea Base St. Thomas for trip of a lifetime

August 2, 2017 26

Five Venturers from Crew 999 of Plano, Texas, spent a week in the U.S. Virgin Islands earlier this summer. The five young women sailed, snorkeled and swam.

International Scouting

This is how BSA members can participate in the 2019 World Scout Jamboree at SBR

August 1, 2017 55

The BSA contingent will include 10,000 people — the largest contingent the BSA has ever sent to a World Jamboree. Here’s how to be one of the lucky ones.

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