Can’t be in Texas for tomorrow’s big Eagle Scout party? I’ve got the next best thing: Watch the Eagle Scout Heritage Celebration streaming live to your computer. At 11 a.m. (Central) on Saturday, Aug. 11,
Click here to see the 2014 version of this list. Once upon a time, we used maps printed on paper to find our way. We studied laminated sky charts to identify constellations. We counted seconds after thunder
Yes, a Braille version of the Boy Scout Handbook exists, but trying to find one can prove almost impossible. One of my coworkers brought a copy by last week, barely balancing the three-volume book in his
In Scouting, knives are a double-edged sword. Used safely, they’re part of a rite of passage for boys and a chance for leaders to impart important lessons to help Scouts become “Prepared. For Life.” But
If you had a time machine, you could set the date to 07-15-13, and the 2013 National Scout Jamboree would start today. Unfortunately, though, the big Summit event is less than a year away. (Click
UPDATE (Oct. 17, 2012): This proposal has been approved. Read more here. Scouting’s core values are the same in every program, but the words used to express and affirm those values differ depending on whether
You read my impressions after I visited the Summit for the first time last month. Now hear it straight from the Scouts. While attending July’s Summit Shakedown, I shot an episode of the Buzz, the
By the time Eric Shanteau first put on a Cub Scout uniform, he had already been swimming for five years. As he got older, Shanteau, who learned to swim at age 3, found a way
There’s only one award from my childhood that I still list on my résumé. It isn’t “Honorable Mention, fourth-grade Science Fair,” and it’s definitely not “Participant, junior-senior talent show.” It’s the Eagle Scout award, that
Merrill Moses equates the silver medal he won at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing to earning the rank of Life in Boy Scouts. Both are great achievements, but each is still a step away from