January 2024 - Aaron On Scouting

Get inspired by these Eagle Scout Adams award winners’ projects

January 30, 2024 1

Every year, some outstanding projects are considered for a Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams Service Project of the Year Award with honors handed out to Scouts in every national service territory and one selected as the national winner.

A photo of a parent and two children walking along a trail in the snow

How cold is too cold for Cub Scout winter camping?

January 29, 2024 2

There is no national policy for Cub Scout winter camping temperatures. Instead, this is a local council-based discussion and decision.

Scouts kick off Pinewood Derby season, plus other good news from the week

January 26, 2024 2

It’s Pinewood Derby season! Plus, Scouts save a man from freezing. All that and more in this week’s good news roundup.

Scouter creates fun game to help Scouts remember their knots

January 25, 2024 3

Enabling success happens when you show the learner that they can do the skill themselves. But for continued success, the learner should have opportunities to keep using the skill.

How to earn the BSA Total Solar Eclipse 2024 Emblem on April 8

January 24, 2024 26

There’s a solar eclipse coming in three months, and it’s going to be special. So special, in fact, that the BSA is offering a Total Eclipse 2024 Emblem to youth members who complete five simple requirements.

5 Quick Questions with: Rich Pfaltzgraff, NESA’s new president

January 23, 2024 2

Rich Pfaltzgraff, a longtime volunteer with South Carolina’s Blue Ridge Council who has earned the BSA’s Silver Beaver Award and District Award of Merit, has been named the new president of the National Eagle Scout Association.

Say hello to this year’s National Order of the Arrow officers

January 22, 2024 1

David Gosik, an Eagle Scout from the Tidewater Council, has been elected by his peers to serve as the 2024 Order of the Arrow national chief.

Scout BSA Troops embrace winter weather in different ways, plus more good news from the week

January 19, 2024 0

It’s winter camping season! Plus, a youth Olympian who found his passion by earning a merit badge. Plus other good news from the week.

Some FAQs about the Scouts BSA board of review

January 18, 2024 25

The purpose of the Scouts BSA board of review is to determine the quality of the Scout’s experience and decide whether the requirements to achieve the Scout’s next rank have been fulfilled. It is not,

Debuting tonight: The first of three episodes of #CubChatLive Prime Time

January 16, 2024 0

#CubChatLive Prime Time debuts tonight — Jan. 16, 2024 — at 7 p.m. Central. You can watch on Facebook or YouTube.