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Photo perfectly captures a Cub Scout’s aspirations to become an Eagle Scout

September 26, 2017 4

Not all Cub Scouts attend Eagle Scout courts of honor, but maybe more should. Just look at this moving image of Robert, a Cub Scout in Tennessee.

Pledge to never, ever use your phone while driving, because #ItCanWait

September 20, 2017 1

Scouters, parents, and driving-age Scouts and Venturers should take the #ItCanWait pledge today. Commit to go phones down, eyes up.

Sea Base’s Big Munson Island, ‘hit hard’ by Hurricane Irma, ‘will survive and bounce back’

September 20, 2017 2

Hurricane Irma hit the BSA’s Big Munson Island hard, toppling some trees and stripping bare others. But Sea Base says the island will “will bounce back.”

The myScouting app puts training, rosters and commissioner tools at your fingertips

September 18, 2017 24

The myScouting app, the BSA’s official app to help leaders facilitate the Scouting program, has a refreshed look and all-new features.

All Sea Base sailing captains safe after Hurricane Irma; here’s what else we know

September 14, 2017 13

All sailing captains who work with BSA’s Sea Base in Florida and in the U.S. Virgin Islands are safe and accounted for. Here’s the latest from Sea Base.

How Cub Scouts and others in the fourth grade can get into national parks free

September 13, 2017 7

With the Every Kid in a Park program, started in 2015, fourth-graders and their families can get free entry into national parks, lands and waters for a year

Here are the Eagle Scouts playing in the NFL in 2017

September 7, 2017 37

A search of the NFL’s 2017 active rosters — 1,692 players in all — turns up at least 10 Eagle Scouts. It’s living proof that great things start in Scouting.

Come back to Gilwell by joining the American Wood Badge Alumni group

August 30, 2017 9

The American Wood Badge Alumni group unites BSA volunteers across the country who have completed that transformative training experience called Wood Badge.

How to accept credit cards for popcorn, pack dues and pretty much anything else

August 28, 2017 29

By adding a credit card reader, your Scout unit will be equipped to accept plastic for popcorn sales and other in-person, show-and-sell-type fundraisers.

Update your BeAScout pin today, so future Scouting families can find you tomorrow

August 16, 2017 11

BeAScout.org tells prospective Scouting families why Scouting is a good fit for their family and where they can find a pack, troop, crew or ship near them.