The BSA will make Scoutbook subscriptions free to all BSA units beginning Jan. 1, 2019. Units that already use Scoutbook won’t be charged when they renew their subscription on or after Sept. 1, 2018.
At the inaugural Health Care Explorer Camp in New Jersey, 10 Explorers ages 14 to 18 got a hands-on introduction to the fast-paced, challenging field of medicine.
As the pace of our world quickens, families have fewer opportunities for face-to-face interactions and outdoors experiences. That’s why Didi Gorman is thankful for Scouting.
The Boy Scouts of America has reinstated the Heroism Award, which honors youth members or adults who demonstrate “heroism and skill in saving or attempting to save a life at minimal personal risk.”
When word reached a Tennessee Life Scout about a school in need of help, he decided to do his Eagle Scout project in a village more than 8,000 miles away from his hometown.
A 14-year-old Life Scout from Dubuque, Iowa, raised $1,500 performing odd jobs for neighbors and built his own 89-square-foot tiny house in his parents’ backyard.
When a Scout from North Carolina found, among his grandmother’s possessions, an old Eagle Scout medal and six Eagle Palms, his reaction was instant: “I wish we could return it to its owner.”
You might think an Olympic kayaking hopeful spends every waking moment on the water, leaving no time for Scouting. You might think that. But then you meet Eagle Scout Augustus Cook.
This week’s batch of 14 projects includes a remodeled youth activity room in a church basement, two large raccoon cages at a wildlife rehabilitation center, and several memorials to honor the men and women of our armed forces.
Julio “James” Hernandez and John D. Cobb use hearing aids, but neither young man lets his hearing loss slow him down. Each is a student finalist for the 2018 Oticon Focus on People Awards.