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2015 Silver Buffalo class to be announced in May

February 25, 2015 12

The 2015 Silver Buffalo class consists of 13 Scouting volunteers whose service to Scouting has earned them the BSA’s highest honor for adults.

About the Arrowman Service Award, an OA patch you can wear on your sash

February 9, 2015 22

Youth and adult members of the Order of the Arrow are eligible to earn the Arrowman Service Award, a special patch authorized for wear on your OA sash.

Matt Moniz: Eagle Scout, superstar climber, Outdoor Inspiration Award winner (and he’s just 16)

January 27, 2015 8

Matt Moniz, Eagle Scout and superstar climber, added one more honor to his ever-lengthening résumé: Youth winner of the Outdoor Inspiration Award.

Scout saves a life, gets featured on ‘The Meredith Vieira Show’

January 16, 2015 16

A day of fun hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains for Laurie Leslie and her son Devon turned into a nightmare. Good thing Boy Scout Emery Benson was there.

When should youth and adults wear the Eagle Scout medal?

November 17, 2014 100

When (and where) adult and youth Eagle Scouts should wear the Eagle Scout medal is the subject of our latest Ask the Expert.

Nominate a Scout or Venturer in the Outdoor Inspiration Awards

November 14, 2014 0

Nominations are being accepted now in the youth category of the Outdoor Inspiration Awards. Consider nominating an eligible Scout or Venturer age 16 to 21.

All 4 high-adventure bases now qualify for Triple Crown

August 21, 2014 32

All four national BSA high-adventure bases now qualify for the Triple Crown award. And there’s a new honor: the Grand Slam of National High Adventure.

Triple Crown award may soon add the Summit as fourth option (UPDATED)

August 15, 2014 13

The Triple Crown award honors those who have participated in a high-adventure program at three national high-adventure bases, but what about the Summit?

Putting a face to the names: Take a look at the new Venturing awards

July 23, 2014 56

We’ve known the requirements for the new Venturing awards, and now we get our first look at what the awards themselves will look like.

Scouter honored for heroism during Navy Yard shooting

June 13, 2014 7

Navy Capt. Edward “Chip” Zawislak is a real-life superhero, and he learned those skills in Scouting. Zawislak, an Eagle Scout and Scouter with Troop 903 in Southern Maryland, rescued and used first aid on a woman shot during the Washington Navy Yard attack on Sept. 16, 2013.