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This Paris troop guided a CBS News crew on a tour around the city

October 15, 2024 0

Do you know Paris well enough to take a CBS News correspondent and his crew on a tour about the history between France and the United States? That’s what Scouts in Troop 112 did earlier this year.

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Get ready for Jamboree-on-the-Air, Jamboree-on-the-Internet

October 8, 2024 1

This year’s events are slated for Oct. 18-20. 

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Sixty years ago and today, Scouting strengthens youth’s lives, Indian Scout says

November 21, 2023 0

“Scouting is a wonderful thing for young people — good values; you learn a lot of things to become independent and be successful in life,” Surendra Singhvi says.

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Get in the jamboree spirit! It’s almost time for the Jamboree-on-the-Air, Jamboree-on-the-Internet

October 10, 2023 0

This year, these events will be Oct. 20-22. 

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Getting to know the enhanced Messengers of Peace recognition program

September 14, 2023 0

The BSA’s Messengers of Peace program has launched a series of enhancements designed to more clearly define the awards available and to make it easier to understand how to earn them.

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Four volunteers receive 2023 Silver World Award for international service to Scouting

June 1, 2023 0

The Silver World Award is one of the ways the Boy Scouts of America recognizes that the Scouting movement reaches far beyond the BSA itself. The BSA honored the 2023 winners this week at the National Annual Meeting.

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Connect to Scouts around the world during Jamboree-on-the-Air, Jamboree-on-the-Internet

September 15, 2022 0

This year’s digital and amateur radio events are slated for Oct. 14-16. That’s when more than 2 million Scouts from more than 170 countries will connect with other Scouts, locally, nationally or globally.

App Feed - For Parents

Scouts BSA training aids family’s escape from Ukraine

August 19, 2022 0

Fedote was living in Ukraine with his mother, father, younger sister, and two cats. All six of them needed to get out, and fast. Only, they didn’t know exactly how long their journey would take, and how much access they’d have to basic necessities.

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Forged at the World Scout Jamboree, ‘friendship sword’ ready for visitors’ enjoyment

August 4, 2022 0

The blade, bestowed the name Cáirdeas, is now complete. And it may soon return to the place from whence it was forged.

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Wear your neckerchief for Scout Scarf Day

August 1, 2022 1

Every year on Aug. 1, everyone involved in Scouting is asked to wear their neckerchiefs in public. It’s called Scout Scarf Day, a time to proudly make Scouting visible wherever you are.

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