Scouting Tips Archives - Bryan on Scouting

How the Cooking merit badge can save your family time and heartache

July 7, 2020 3

When Avery Moore isn’t volunteering as Scoutmaster of Troop 11 in Rocky Mount, N.C., you can find him helping out at a local pediatric burn survivor aftercare program. It was during a virtual meeting for

Scouts: Share your most EPIC Scouting adventure with the world!

July 3, 2020 0

From adventures big to small, we want to hear about your most epic Scouting experience so we can share it via social media and in a coming Facebook Live.

A challenge for Scouts: Let’s work together to make the world a better place

June 10, 2020 0

Submit your ideas, art and poems.

Join the virtual Art-O-Ree to work on the Art Merit Badge

May 24, 2020 8

Join live-drawing demonstrations and Q&As with the incredible illustrators. We’re covering different art media and how to render awesome art using a variety of tools.

Scouts: Let’s make a MASSIVE video to thank essential workers

May 5, 2020 15

Record a 5-10 second video and we’ll add it to a compilation to make sure these heroes know how much Scouts appreciate them.

How to teach (or learn) lashings from home, in front of a computer

April 22, 2020 4

One Scouting volunteer in New Jersey invented a solution for teaching lashings using a device that fits on a kitchen table.

Take your kids on a #TrekAt2 without leaving your house

April 6, 2020 3

Your kids can take on rugged explorations they’ve never imagined!

Six recruiting secrets from a troop that doubled in size

March 27, 2020 3

He’s seen the troop grow from 24 members about four months after the launch of Scouts BSA in February 2019 to more than 50 girls today.

What’s your 11th Essential? Seasoned Scout leader has a suggestion to share

March 13, 2020 16

If you only have room in your backpack for 10 items, make it the Ten Essentials. But let’s say you have a little extra space. What’s your 11th Essential?

Tips for deducting Scouting expenses on your tax return

February 14, 2020 138

Scouters who heeded the Scout Motto last year remembered to track and document their Scouting-related expenses. Here’s how.