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Register now for the 2015 World Scout Jamboree in Japan

June 20, 2014 16

The Boy Scouts of America is expecting to send about 1,600 people to the 2015 World Scout Jamboree, held Japan from July 28 to Aug. 8, 2015.

U.K. Scout Association is making something big out of Legos

April 30, 2014 21

The big new thing from the U.K. Scout Association is just an inch a half tall. And it has interchangeable heads. A creative new recruiting and awareness campaign from our friends across the pond (and fellow members of

Scouting family takes pilgrimage to Baden-Powell’s grave in Kenya

April 11, 2014 24

Tracing the life of Scouting founder Robert Baden-Powell takes you not only to his birthplace in London but also to Kenya, where he spent the last few years of his life. My recent trip to London and

A visit to the original Gilwell Park, the happy land where it all began

March 28, 2014 38

Honestly, the original Gilwell Park in London looks no different from any other field. Sure, the grass is green, the trees towering and the air clean. But put a normal civilian here, and they won’t see anything special. Wood Badgers,

In my visit to UK Scout Association, I check out the ‘other’ Scouting magazine

March 27, 2014 3

Though our magazines are crafted in offices nearly 5,000 miles apart, the editors of Scouting magazine (U.S.) and Scouting magazine (U.K.) share more than just a name. We have similar philosophies in how we cover the Scouting movement. And we must

Join Transatlantic Council Scouts in efforts to save the D-Day beaches

February 13, 2014 15

Love of country and reverence for our nation’s heroes are staples of the Boy Scouts of America. So it should come as no surprise that BSA Scouts and Scouters are the ones leading efforts to

King of Sweden, former BSA pro Teare visit Philippines for typhoon relief

January 27, 2014 0

We say it in different languages, but Scouts worldwide live by Lord Baden-Powell’s appeal to “leave this world a little better than you found it.” Over the weekend the King of Sweden and Scott Teare, former director

These North Carolina Scouts and Venturers are giving Peace a chance

May 8, 2013 17

You can’t promote world peace by sitting on your couch. No, you’ve got to follow the lead of units like Venturing Crew 122 of North Carolina’s Tuscarora Council. The Venturers and advisors of Crew 122, along with some

Wood Badge Wednesdays: Puerto Rico edition

March 27, 2013 29

Wood Badge builds lifelong memories, regardless of the setting. So whether you’re at Philmont Scout Ranch (where I’ll be staffing a course this summer), a council camp in the midwest, or even an island in

Duchess proves that Scout training isn’t just for the commoners

March 22, 2013 5

If a pregnant Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, can do it, so can you. I’m talking about getting trained, an important step for any Scout volunteer — whether a Cub Scout leader from California, a Scoutmaster