International Scouting Archives

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

How the Normandy Camporee helps the Transatlantic Council fulfill its role as custodians of Omaha Beach

July 29, 2022 0

The BSA’s Normandy Camporee was designed to not only respect and remember those who participated in the day that changed the course of history, but also to honor the peace and freedom in which we can live our lives today.

D.C.-area Scouts assemble emergency medical kits to send to families in Ukraine

May 5, 2022 3

Over the course of three Saturdays in March and April, 100 Scouts from the National Capital Area Council assembled more than 3,000 kits.

A Good Turn from afar: Eagle Scout helps Ukrainian Scout escape to safety

March 16, 2022 5

Lucian Kugler and volunteer Mike Timm helped a Ukrainian Scout flee her home in Kyiv and find safety out of the war zone.

Let’s get some BSA representation (ages 15-29) on the UN’s Young Leaders initiative

March 11, 2022 0

Every two years, a class of young people (ages 15 to 29) is selected for the UN’s Young Leaders for the SDGs initiative. Apply by March 31.