June 2024 - Aaron On Scouting

Scout puts oversize chair on display at splash pad, plus more Eagle Scout projects this week in Scouting

June 28, 2024 5

Scout puts oversize chair on display at splash pad, plus more positive Eagle Scout projects this week in Scouting, including a Scout builds a tricycle course for childhood nursery and and Eagle Scout gives her project a beautiful twist.

Two photos of Troop 1's cabin: One from 1933; one from 2024

This Scouts BSA troop has met in the same cabin for 100 years

June 27, 2024 3

On the east side of Lake Park in Huntington Beach, California, there sits a modest-looking log cabin. Historical photos show that it still looks mostly the same as it did when it was built 100 years ago.

Your Scouts can apply now for the 2024-25 Scouts BSA Youth Council

June 25, 2024 0

Know any Scouts BSA youth eager to have their voices heard at all levels in Scouting America? This is the opportunity for them! The Scouts BSA Youth Council, aimed at putting youth perspectives central in

Roger Krone becomes Scouting America’s 15th Chief Scout Executive

June 24, 2024 4

After being selected as our organization’s President and Chief Executive Officer last fall, Roger Krone has been officially commissioned as Chief Scout Executive.

Eagle Scout builds 9/11 memorial bench, plus other positive news in Scouting this week

June 21, 2024 0

This week in Scouting includes an Eagle Scout who builds 9/11 memorial bench, a Scout installs a butterfly garden to honor historic Alabama community and a troop renovates flag donation box before retirement ceremony.

A photo of a Cub Scout mother taking online training

Do the Cub Scout program updates require leaders to take new training?

June 19, 2024 6

Here’s what’s changed and what hasn’t changed when it comes to Cub Scout position-specific online training.

Decorated military veteran encourages young Scouts to continue to serve Scouting

June 18, 2024 1

Channing M. Zucker, retired naval officer and Distinguished Eagle Scout, says service shouldn’t end when you earn the rank of Eagle or age out of Scouting as a youth.

Founding members of all-girl troop earn Eagle, plus other positive news in Scouting this week

June 14, 2024 1

Positive news in Scouting this week, includes founding members of all-girl New Jersey troop earns Eagle rank, an Eagle Scout gifts university with memorial to honor family members of veterans, an Eagle Scout Project brings new look to 104-year-old baseball field, and Scouts learn life lessons and more at Camp Geronimo.

Does your Scout unit have an AED?

June 13, 2024 1

When it comes to helping someone who has experienced cardiac arrest, the presence of an automated external defibrillator (AED) can be the difference between life and death. AEDs are available in many public places. There’s

Scouts Then and Now: Chapter 27

June 12, 2024 0

Chapter 27 of Scouts Then and Now includes more before-and-after photos that show the transformative power of Scouting. Scouting really does change lives.