What would you do if you found a bag with $4,500 inside? Caribbean vacation, maybe? Shopping spree at Best Buy? For 15-year-old Boy Scout James Villeneuve from Latham, N.Y., there was never any question about the answer. As
This morning President Obama will officially dedicate the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. It opens to the public May 21. Two years ago this month, I blogged about a special-edition council shoulder patch that the Greater New York Councils
Admit it: You like to be the first to know what’s new in the Boy Scouts of America. I’m with you. So I was excited this week to learn about Scouting Newsroom, the new, official site for BSA
He’s already earned Scouting’s highest honor, so racing donkeys in Italy, dancing in Malaysia and becoming a barber in Seville, Spain — all with a million bucks on the line — seems like a cake walk for
Talk about setting the bar high. Mary Agnes Lewis, 86, was honored by the Baltimore Area Council earlier this month as its first Eagle Scout Mom of the Year. Her accomplishment? Helping all seven of her sons achieve
Scouts learn first-aid skills in Scouting without ever knowing when they’ll need to use them. Or on whom. Last month a group of New Jersey Boy Scouts helped rescue the NBC journalist Ann Curry after she had broken
This summer, while everyone else is stuck at home or the office, treat yourself and your Scouting family and friends to a weekend at the Summit Bechtel Reserve. Zip down the zip lines, glide around the skateboard park, test