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Month: January 2022

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High Adventure Week: Northern Tier for 2022-2023

January 10, 2022 0

Welcome to High-Adventure Week on Bryan on Scouting! Our annual celebration of the BSA’s four national high-adventure bases gives a look at how and when to secure a spot for your Scouts. Today, we’re looking at Northern Tier.

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How to strengthen family ties with traditions

January 8, 2022 0

Traditions, our expert says, are an essential part of forging a family identity, of making the family a place where kids know they belong.

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Scouter finds the perfect counselor for Automotive Maintenance MB: his mechanic

January 7, 2022 0

Preston Tyrrell asked his mechanic whether she’d be interested in helping the girls in Troop 284 earn the Automotive Maintenance merit badge.

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Scout Life magazine wants to know: What’s your favorite Scout patch?

January 6, 2022 4

Chances are, you have lots of Scout patches. But we’re here to ask an important question: Which is your favorite?

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He signed thousands of Eagle applications, but this one had added significance

January 5, 2022 4

This time, the name at the top of the Eagle Scout rank application was Lacy Mehaffey, Chris’ own daughter.

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Scouts can follow one explorer’s quest to conquer the world’s tallest peaks in record time

January 4, 2022 Comments Off on Scouts can follow one explorer’s quest to conquer the world’s tallest peaks in record time

If you subscribe to Netflix, you might’ve seen a tease to the documentary 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible. You can also read his book, including a young readers edition from National Geographic.

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Sister and brother pass Eagle Scout boards of review on the same day

January 3, 2022 4

In what felt like a lifetime but was really about 30 minutes, siblings Ellie and Van emerged from their boards. And they had good news.

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Stress-busting tips for the new year

January 1, 2022 0

You and your family can survive the start of a new year — and the entire year, really — by recognizing and managing stress.

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