Did you hear the big news out of Massachusetts? And I mean big news. As in 7-foot-1, 325 pounds, and size 23 shoes. Shaquille O’Neal, the towering Boston Celtics center, received the Distinguished Citizen Award
Can Scouts go skateboarding? What about wakeboarding? Are they allowed to fire a cannon? Throw a tomahawk? Explore an abandoned mine? Sell fireworks? Yes, yes, no, yes, no, and no. How did I know all
Looking for adventure? Then point your compass north and check out the Northern Tier National High Adventure Bases. Northern Tier, one of the BSA’s three (soon to be four) national high-adventure bases, is now accepting
You know about Jack Pape, the high school junior from Omaha, Neb., who won the American Spirit Award earlier this month, right? He received his award at a special ceremony last week in Washington, D.C.
Check out what our neighbors to the north will be wearing this season. On Friday, Scouts Canada, which will co-host the 2019 World Scout Jamboree with the Boy Scouts of America and Asociación de Scouts de
That bridge, those birds, and the boat. I hope those three clues were enough for you to correctly guess last week’s Name That Council. Several of you spotted the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and chose
When Scout parent Matt Testerman heard that in 2009 his troop visited West Point, he formed a plan. You see, Testerman is a graduate of a different service academy, Annapolis, the U.S. Naval Academy. And
The voting’s over, and the results are in. The Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation announced today that Jack Pape, a high school junior from Omaha, Neb., has won its American Spirit Award. At a special ceremony
Lilliebeth and Pollyanna Halling were jealous. Why did their brother, Aaron, get to go on all of these fun Boy Scout outings when they couldn’t? That disappointment quickly turned to enthusiasm, though, when the triplets
After last week’s doozy, this week’s Name That Council should be a breeze. A cool ocean breeze, perhaps? Good luck! Name That Council rules: Each week I select a council shoulder patch and use Photoshop to