What’s the next-best thing to visiting Philmont? That’s easy: Winning Scouting magazine’s Thursday giveaway. Sure, winning the giveaway won’t fill you with a lifetime of memories like visiting Philmont would. But, hey, at least this week’s
The Eagle project—that last mile on the long, satisfying climb toward Scouting’s highest honor—tests a boy’s ability to organize a meaningful service project and then lead his peers in its completion. It’s all outlined in the Eagle
Scouter Seth sat there, stumped. No matter how hard he searched for an answer to Friday’s Name That Council contest, he couldn’t solve the mystery. Frustrated as he was, his Scouting spirit was high when
A Scout is Helpful, and the people of Japan need our help. Several options exist for individuals who wish to make a financial contribution toward general disaster relief. The American Red Cross and the Salvation
The earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on Friday was devastating beyond description. I speak for all of us at Scouting magazine when I express our sorrow for the lives lost and our hopes for
Doesn’t this patch just make you want to saddle up a horse and go for a long, peaceful ride into the sunset? O.K., maybe it’s just me. Anyway, this week’s Name That Council patch takes
Forget white-noise simulators or special pillows. For the best sleep of your life, find a campsite and a tent. Then slip into a comfortable sleeping bag, like this week’s prize, the REI Zen sleeping bag, rated
John, Patrick, David, and William Goodspeed. (Photo by Phil Grout, Howard County Times) Having quadruplets is rare enough. A woman’s odds of having four babies at once is estimated at somewhere between 1 in 550,000
When your pack, troop, team, or crew sat down several months ago to create a budget for your next big trip, you and your Scouts thought of everything—except soaring gas prices. Six months ago, gas
My first visit to Philmont was for one of the training center’s stellar family programs. It wasn’t my last. During that week there, I met new friends, hiked in the beautiful Sangre de Cristo Mountains,