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Aaron Derr is the senior editor of Scout Life and Scouting magazines, and also a former Cubmaster and Scouts BSA volunteer.
NFL running back David Montgomery at the 2025 National Annual Meeting with Andrea Marron, 2024-2025 National Venturing President
App Feed - Eagle Scouts

David Montgomery says Scouting helped him recover from major injury

May 15, 2025 0

At first, it looked like he would require surgery that would keep him from playing for the rest of the season. But Montgomery had other ideas.

A photo of an Upper Crust Food Service chef preparing a meal for a group of campers
App Feed - For Leaders

Upper Crust Food Service is the answer to your camp’s food service needs

May 13, 2025 0

There are two things that can utterly ruin a Scout camp experience: bad weather and bad food. You can’t control the first, but you can control the second.

A scan of an old newspaper article featured B.J. Wolff and his five Eagle Scout brothers
App Feed - Eagle Scouts

He learned CPR as a Scout; more than 40 years later, this happened

May 12, 2025 3

As a member of Troop 31 in Traverse City, Michigan, B.J. Wolff remembers learning the basics of CPR while working on the First Aid merit badge. More than 40 years later, he put that training to good use.

A photo of Eagle Scout firefighting brothers Nicholas, Matthew and Michael Wineland.
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Why these Eagle Scout brothers continue to volunteer for their local fire department

May 7, 2025 0

As members of Scouts BSA Troop 920 in Valparaiso, Indiana, brothers Michael, Matthew and Nicholas Wineland learned what it meant to serve.

A photo of Cub Scout James Bryan sitting behind the wheel of a real race car
App Feed - Cub Scouts

Cub Scouting family gets ‘amazing’ experience courtesy of professional stock car racer

April 29, 2025 0

James Bryan, a Cub Scout from Edmond, Oklahoma, was the winner of The Zachary Tinkle Pinewood Derby Car Design Contest.

A photo of the Hopper family: Steve, Kayven and Kacey
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Inspired by his experience in Scouting, parents create nonprofit to keep child’s memory alive

April 28, 2025 0

Kayven Hopper was 9 years old when he lost his battle with epilepsy. His Cub Scout spirit, however, lives on, thanks to Kayven’s Helping Hands, the organization founded by his parents to give other kids the same opportunities that Kayven had, including Cub Scouting.

A Cub Scout drops off a piece of cardboard into a recycling bin operated by the Cherokee Area Council
App Feed - Outdoors

How this Scouting America council is making a sustainability impact on its community

April 24, 2025 1

It started as a simple question from a Scouting America council staffer back in 2022. It has evolved into an ongoing service project that’s transforming the way a community disposes of waste.

App Feed - Outdoors

Learn all about Scouting America’s national high-adventure program tonight, live on YouTube and Facebook

April 23, 2025 0

There’s adventure, which is woven throughout all of Scouting America’s programs, and there’s high adventure, an opportunity for older Scouts, Venturers and Sea Scouts to embark on a challenging and rewarding outdoor experience that will stick

A portrait of Joseph Csatari wearing his Silver Buffalo award medal
App Feed - For Parents

Joseph Csatari, the creator of so many iconic Scouting pieces of art, dies at 96

April 19, 2025 4

Joseph Csatari, Silver Buffalo recipient, longtime art director for Boys’ Life and artist whose Scouting-related work spanned decades, has died.

App Feed - Health and Safety

When it comes to child protection, we are all mandatory reporters

April 14, 2025 1

It’s not up to us to render judgment on whether a child has been abused. It is not up to us to conduct an investigation. It is only up to us to raise an alarm if we have legitimate concerns.

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Aaron Derr is the senior editor of Aaron on Scouting and Scout Life magazine, and also a former Cubmaster and Scouts BSA volunteer.


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Michael Freeman, an Eagle Scout, is an associate editor of Scout Life and Scouting magazines.


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