My biggest gripe about the holidays isn’t the endless electronics ads, the pumpkin-spice overload or the inflated airfares. It’s the timing. The Scouting year hits its stride right as the holidays arrive. Most packs, troops
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Update, Jan. 27, 2014: Sea Scouts, see how this applies to you here. It’s been more than a year since I blogged about the switch to the Scout Oath and Scout Law in all programs, a
For many Scout leaders, it’s not the Scouts that’ll turn hair gray — it’s their parents. The team behind ScoutCast recently asked 56 experienced Scoutmasters from across the country this question: “What do you know
Don Bennett directed Eagle Scout boards of review like a film director creating his latest masterpiece. He challenged the Eagle candidates with expertly crafted questions all with the goal of making the young man see
At Boy Scout camps in the year 2000, milk doesn’t spoil, knots are rarely used and backpacks have been replaced by rockets that deliver camping gear in “near-zero time.” That’s according to the 1960 predictions
The battle for fundraising dollars is on. At offices everywhere, parents peddle pizza dough, flower bulbs, Christmas wreaths and more to their coworkers in the name of financing their kids’ extracurricular activities. It seems every
An Eagle Scout who was shot in the leg during Friday’s deadly attack at Los Angeles International Airport credits first-aid training he learned as a Scout with saving his life. Brian Ludmer, a 29-year-old California
Shane Victorino already had Eagle Scout, 2008 World Series champion and three-time Gold Glove winner on his list of accomplishments. Tonight, the Boston Red Sox outfielder added 2013 World Series champion to his résumé, and
Robert M. Gates, a Distinguished Eagle Scout and our nation’s 22nd secretary of defense, has been elected to the national executive board of the Boy Scouts of America. Gates will serve as a member of