June 2018 Archives - 2/3 - Bryan on Scouting

View from the top: What an Eagle Scout learned on his climb up Mount Everest

June 18, 2018 3

Matt Moniz, a 20-year-old Eagle Scout and the BSA’s first Adventure Ambassador, made it to the summit of Mount Everest on May 20, 2018. Here’s what he learned.

Backcountry Bingo cards encourage Scouts to pay attention to the world around them

June 15, 2018 20

A Scouter in California has created Backcountry Bingo Hunt cards to encourage his Scouts to pay attention to the details around them. He’s made them available to any fellow Scouters for free.

Hargrave Military Academy, like Scouting, teaches leadership and ethics

June 14, 2018 0

At Hargrave Military Academy, cadets learn traits like respect, courage and integrity. They become leaders who are prepared for lifelong success. Sounds a lot like Scouting to me.

2018 FIFA World Cup: Ranking the countries by percentage of Scouts

June 14, 2018 3

Now that the 2018 FIFA World Cup has finally arrived, I thought I’d offer a Scouting-focused look at the 32 countries that will battle for the big prize. Can this info help you pick a favorite team?

2018 Eagle Scout Project of the Year: He built a fully accessible musical playground

June 13, 2018 29

Nathan Fain, an Eagle Scout in Troop 326 of LaGrange, Ga., won the 2018 Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award

Troop committee member attending 59th consecutive summer camp

June 12, 2018 10

He was never in Scouts as a boy, but Robert Podboy, a volunteer in the Mason-Dixon Council, loves Scouting, especially summer camp.

The most important piece of summer camp gear for Scout leaders

June 11, 2018 45

It’s not a cot. It’s not bug spray. And it’s definitely not a laptop full of work stuff. Take a seat and read about the most important piece of summer camp gear for Scout leaders.

As BSA welcomes families into Scouting, councils add a Family Scouting Director

June 8, 2018 26

As the BSA welcomes all members of the family into Scouting, at least two councils are preparing for the influx by adding a newly created position: Family Scouting Director.

Watch this quick refresher about ATV safety, from our friends at Polaris

June 7, 2018 1

Have fun, ride safe and respect the outdoors. Riding an all-terrain vehicle, like one of the Polaris ATVs found at BSA camps across the country, is really as simple as following those three steps.

Castaways Against Cancer: Eagle Scouts on team kayaking to Key West for good cause

June 7, 2018 0

Think of it as Relay for Life, with kayaks. This month, two Eagle Scouts are part of a team kayaking from Miami to Key West in support of the American Cancer Society. They call it Castaways Against Cancer.