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Add one more name to the list of Nobel Prize-winning Eagle Scouts

October 16, 2024 0

Gary Ruvkun, a molecular biologist, professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School and Eagle Scout, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology for the discovery of microRNA, the molecules that control our genes.

This Paris troop guided a CBS News crew on a tour around the city

October 15, 2024 0

Do you know Paris well enough to take a CBS News correspondent and his crew on a tour about the history between France and the United States? That’s what Scouts in Troop 112 did earlier this year.

Meet the NFL running back who’s now an official Scouting America ambassador

October 14, 2024 0

David Montgomery says Scouting gave him the skills and discipline that it takes to succeed in all aspects of life. Last week, Montgomery was named an official Scouting America recruitment ambassador. His message: Scouting can do for everyone what it did for him.

Scouts at conservation day Photo: Tom Lindfors

This star running back and hundreds of Scouting youth will kick your motivation into overdrive this week

October 11, 2024 0

Scouters and Scouts around the world are doing Good Turns every day. Let’s highlight a few from this week. Scout leads the charge to create a new city flag Lockport, Illinois, now boasts a new

Here’s how to nominate Scouters for the Silver Antelope Award

October 10, 2024 0

Forms and additional documentation must be submitted electronically no later than Dec. 15, 2024.

A picture of Linked Troop Wood Badge participants

Register now for the next Linked Troop Wood Badge course

October 9, 2024 1

Registration is now open for the next Linked Troop Wood Badge course, set for Jan. 20-24, 2025, at the Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia. Wood Badge is an advanced leadership training course open to Scouting

Here’s what you can do to help those impacted by Hurricane Helene

October 8, 2024 0

You can help by donating to the Scouting Emergency Assistance Fund.

Get ready for Jamboree-on-the-Air, Jamboree-on-the-Internet

October 8, 2024 1

This year’s events are slated for Oct. 18-20.

The October 2024 issue of Scout Life magazine is chock-full of family-friendly goodness

October 7, 2024 0

It’s been more than 113 years since our organization’s flagship youth publication — formerly known as Boys’ Life, now called Scout Life — made its debut. One thing that hasn’t changed: The magazine is still one of the best sources of fun, engaging, entertaining content for kids out there.

Prominent African American civic organization launches new Scouting unit, plus other news in Scouting this week

October 4, 2024 0

Prominent African American civic organization launches new Scouting unit, plus other news in Scouting this week, including troops help visually impaired experience life on the water and an Eagle Scout brings stress-free wall to cat shelter.