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Month: April 2019

Advancement

What’s your go-to indoor game for Scouting meetings?

April 30, 2019 12

It’s raining outside, ruining plans for an outdoor game. What can you play indoors?

Eagle Scout

Service project idea: Teach senior citizens how to use their smartphones

April 29, 2019 5

Scouts from Troop 1 of Dover, Mass., part of the Spirit of Adventure Council, put their smartphone savvy to good use to help senior citizens.

Eagle Before & After

Extreme Makeovers, Round 27: Eagle Scout project before-and-after photos

April 26, 2019 2

This week’s batch of 12 projects includes an outdoor amphitheater, a nesting tower for chimney swifts and a structure to protect residents’ mail.

Awards

Be Prepared to earn awards this summer

April 25, 2019 9

Here are some awards you can earn this summer and some tips to prepare for them.

Eagle Scout

After Arkansas family lost three in tornado, Scouting helped them rebuild

April 24, 2019 1

Left to raise her seven children alone after a tornado killed three members of her family, this Arkansas mom searched for help. She found it in Scouting.

Sea Scouting

Scouting Show and Tell: Sea Scout vessels

April 23, 2019 5

For this Show and Tell, share photos and stories of your Sea Scout vessel.

Scouts BSA

Nominate a Scout or Venturer in the 2019 Outdoor Retailer Inspiration Awards

April 22, 2019 2

Nominations are open now for the Youth category in the 2019 Outdoor Retailer Inspiration Awards. The deadline to nominate someone is May 3.

Sponsored

Why you’ll want to get to Rocket City this summer to celebrate the moon landing

April 18, 2019 Comments Off on Why you’ll want to get to Rocket City this summer to celebrate the moon landing

Fifty years after the moon landing, the center, home to Space Camp, will host a series of epic events to honor the golden anniversary.

Camping

Seven ways Scouts and Venturers can celebrate National Park Week 2019

April 18, 2019 0

For National Park Week 2019, check out seven ways to celebrate the decades-long friendship between Scouting and the National Park Service.

Cub Scouting

Are dogs ticklish? And exactly what does that have to do with Scouting?

April 17, 2019 4

We’re tackling kids’ toughest questions in an entertaining and educational podcast called PodAsk, brought to you by Boys’ Life.

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