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Retention: Six reasons Scouts drop out and how you can prevent it

June 1, 2011 59

What’s the one thing the Scouting program can’t live without? Scouts. The Boy Scouts of America offers the premier program for youth, but Scouts need the means and desire to stick around.

Meet the team behind the world’s largest merit badge mosaic

May 26, 2011 3

What can happen when creative people take on Scouting’s inspiring message? Let me put together the pieces for you. But first, you must check out this video. Like the 3,000 people who watched it in its

The BSA employs “The Matrix” effect in its slick new video promos

May 25, 2011 6

So, what exactly do Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Venturers do? The next time you get that question from an interested Scout or parent, just send them a link to the videos seen here.

Six easy ways your pack, troop, team, or crew can protect endangered species

May 24, 2011 5

A Scout is Kind, and that shouldn’t just apply to other humans. Animals are in need of Scouts’ compassion, too. So, in recognition of last Friday’s Endangered Species Day, here are six ways your pack,

Five easy steps to get the Guide to Safe Scouting on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch

May 5, 2011 9

The recently updated “Guide to Safe Scouting” is a vital tool for Scout leaders. But it doesn’t do you much good if it’s on the coffee table and you’re at a troop meeting or on a

On World Malaria Day, an important reminder about a preventable killer

April 25, 2011 5

UPDATE (April 25, 2012): Refreshed with 2012 info. You know the names of Mandy Moore, George W. Bush, Dikembe Mutombo, and Ted Turner. But Nathaniel Stafford? His name isn’t as well-known—until now. The Fayetteville, N.C.,

10 ways to celebrate Earth Day with your pack, troop, team, or crew

April 19, 2011 2

Updated for 2024 Even Scouts need a reminder to protect our planet. And because it’s Earth Day, now’s the perfect opportunity to talk to the members of your unit about doing their part. Sure, the Boy Scouts

In exclusive tour, New York Boy Scouts see Navy’s side of the Army-Navy rivalry

March 23, 2011 2

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

Five ways your unit can cope with skyrocketing gas prices

March 8, 2011 9

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

A Scout is Reverent: Tips on making Scout Sunday matter

February 3, 2011 2

For many Scouting units, this Sunday is Scout Sunday, a chance for faith-based chartered organizations to celebrate and recognize the Scouting organization. I think I read somewhere that there’s a football game on Sunday, too,