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  • [ December 3, 2025 ] This Eagle Scout national yo-yo champion shares how a yo-yo can introduce you to the world App Feed
  • [ December 3, 2025 ] How to prepare Arrow of Light Scouts for a successful transition to Scouts BSA App Feed - Cub Scouts
  • [ December 1, 2025 ] How Scouting’s new EVP plans to grow membership App Feed - For Leaders
  • [ November 26, 2025 ] It’s here! Unwrap the December issue of Scout Life magazine App Feed - Cub Scouts
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Month: August 2024

App Feed - Cub Scouts

What you need to know about Webelos, Arrow of Light and Scouts BSA camping

August 30, 2024 14

Whether fall temperatures have already arrived in your region, or even if they’re still a couple months away, now seems like a good time to review what you need to know about Webelos, Arrow of Light and Scouts BSA camping.

App Feed

Where are you going this year? Tell Scout Life!

August 28, 2024 0

Part of your plans should be to tell Scout Life about your unit’s adventures. (Also included in this post is Scout Life’s printable planner.)

App Feed - Eagle Scouts

How the journey of this Scout with cerebral palsy inspired everyone around her

August 27, 2024 2

It was at one of her brother’s outdoor events that Maggie Whitney discovered her passion for Scouting.

App Feed - Eagle Scouts

Meet the four Eagle Scouts competing in the 2024 Summer Paralympics

August 26, 2024 1

The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games starts this week, and among the competitors are four Eagle Scouts. We’ve got a discus thrower, a wheelchair rugby athlete, a long-distance runner and a para archer.

App Feed - For Parents

Fall recruiting drives are underway! Plus, more good news from this week

August 23, 2024 0

Scouting America units across the country have begun their fall push to increase membership. Plus, these Cub Scouts visited a unique museum.

App Feed - Cub Scouts

A Scout Is Brave: Newly approved treatment helps Cub Scout thrive in face of neuromuscular disease

August 22, 2024 0

When Hiram Secrist was 2 years old, his parents learned that he had Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a rare genetic disease that causes progressive muscle damage and weakness.

App Feed - For Leaders

Tuesday Talkback: How will you recruit new members to Scouting America this fall?

August 20, 2024 1

It might not feel like fall (yet), but fall is almost (basically) here. And that can only mean one thing: It’s time to recruit new members to Scouting America.

App Feed - Scouts BSA

Pennsylvania troop celebrates 60 years of service, plus other positive news in Scouting this week

August 16, 2024 0

Pennsylvania troop celebrates 60 years of service, plus other positive news in Scouting this week, including Cub Scouts bike to a milestone and a Scout honors grandmother with gifts to cancer patients.

App Feed - For Leaders

What you need to know about the latest enhancements to Scouting America’s anonymous reporting tool

August 14, 2024 8

Scouting America now gives youth and adults the ability to report concerns anonymously, not just via phone and email, but also via one of the most popular ways to communicate today: text messaging.

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Cub Scouts help their communities with these amazing projects

August 13, 2024 0

We wanted to highlight the work Cub Scouts are doing, so we recently asked Scouters on social media to share with us their packs’ service projects.

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    December 1, 2025 8
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    November 26, 2025 0
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    November 25, 2025 0

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