A complete amateur radio station in a box can be sent to your council for free*! Too good to be true? Nope. That’s the offer from Icom America, the BSA sponsor I told you about
How so you handle discipline issues in your troop without spoiling the fun or spending all your time going over rules and regulations? Well, you start by listening to this month’s ScoutCast, a monthly podcast
Update (Jan. 31): The BSA has provided this page for leaving feedback about the membership policy. Alternatively, you can email feedback@scouting.org. Update (Feb. 5): Thanks to everyone for their valuable feedback. After more than 2,100 comments
For Scouts and Scouters, 2012 had plenty of ups — and a couple of downs. We welcomed changes: new merit badges, new Eagle Scout requirements, a new Chief Scout Executive, and a new high-adventure base in
For new Cub Scouters, the terms “monthly core values” and “roundtable” might as well be in a foreign language. We’ve all been there, and Cubcast knows it. For newbies or anyone needing a refresher in
It breaks my heart to report that the horrendous school shooting in Connecticut has hit the Scouting family. The Boy Scouts of America learned that two of the victims, 7-year-old Chase Kowalski and 6-year-old Benjamin Wheeler,
You might not enjoy reading this. But it could be the most important thing you’ll read today. As stated in The Boy Scout Handbook, “Child abuse is a serious problem in our society, and unfortunately,
The heroes I know don’t wear capes, and they can’t fly. Their utility belts hold pocket knives, not grappling hooks. But the heroes I know often have secret identities. That is, they’re the volunteers who
JOTA, I hear you loud and clear. More than 18,000 American Scouts participated in the 2012 edition of the Jamboree on the Air last month. That’s a whopping 482 percent leap over last year’s participant