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Let’s talk: Announcing the 2013 Jamboree on the Air/Internet dates

March 22, 2013 4

Can’t attend the 2013 National Jamboree this summer? Consider the next best thing. Mark your calendars today for the 2013 editions of the Jamboree on the Air and Jamboree on the Internet, held this fall. As

American Scouts weren’t the only ones making capital visits this week

February 28, 2013 2

While representatives from the Boy Scouts of America toured the nation’s capital this week, guys and girls from Scouts Canada did the same — only 500 miles to the north. The BSA’s Report to the

BSA’s Scott Teare takes the reins of World Scouting

January 8, 2013 11

Scouting is global. The movement was created outside of the U.S., and BSA members make up just 10 percent of Scouts worldwide. So it’s big news when one of the BSA’s own is tapped to

Radio-active JOTA participation reaches new heights

November 20, 2012 1

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

Far out! Jamboree on the Air event crosses the final frontier

October 22, 2012 5

How do you expand the reach of an event that’s already global? Find something out of this world. This weekend, the National Scouting Museum became the only Jamboree on the Air location on earth to enable 10

“We come in peace,” say Scouts around the world

July 11, 2012 11

Violence rages in nearly every corner of the world. That makes Baden-Powell’s vision for Scouts promoting world peace seem even more prescient today than it did a century ago. Fortunately, Scouts and Scouters in the

Check out the UK Scout Association’s newest recruiting video

June 13, 2012 25

I love what the Boy Scouts of America’s Marketing team has done with its new recruiting materials. (If you haven’t seen them, drop everything and take a look.) But my BSA pride doesn’t preclude me

Amateur radio fans: Have a Field Day!

April 20, 2012 5

If you’re a ham radio buff, the six-month wait until the next Jamboree on the Air feels like a lifetime. Fortunately, there’s hope. Wait just two months and attend the American Radio Relay League’s annual

Founder’s Day celebrates Baden-Powell’s legendary life

February 22, 2012 9

Lord Robert Baden-Powell had a habit for sounding smart. But really, what would you expect from the founder of the worldwide Scout movement, which now boasts 30 million Scouts in 161 countries? Three of my

U.K.’s newest Scouter: Kate Middleton

January 27, 2012 8

No shock that Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, is making headlines again. But what may surprise you is why: She just joined the global Scouting movement as a volunteer with the U.K. Scout Association. The