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Are you safe when driving Scouts around? Take the quiz and find out

July 31, 2012 3

Parents in your troop expect you’ll help mold their boys into better young men. They also have another, equally important expectation: that you’ll keep Scouts safe while doing so. Before you drive Scouts to your

Popcorn-selling secrets heat up August Cubcast

July 30, 2012 4

When someone down the hall makes popcorn, the enticing aroma makes me drop everything and find the source. If only selling Scout popcorn were as easy, right? Turns out it is. That’s thanks to the August

25 ways Scouters can make the most out of summer camp

July 5, 2012 79

How does a Scoutmaster or assistant Scoutmaster make the most of his or her week at camp? Here are 25 tips all Scouters should read.

LDS Scouting Handbook updated

May 24, 2012 12

This just in, LDS Scouters: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has updated its Scouting Handbook. The May 2012 version of the document, only available online (PDF), offers updates on “guidelines and policies relating

Do the Trails Day two-step: Get outside, get a patch

May 23, 2012 2

Trails have been a part of Scouting since the beginning. There are figurative trails — the one to First Class and to Eagle — and literal ones, like the 350 miles of trails at Philmont

Learn the secrets of storytelling in the age of social media

May 9, 2012 10

You don’t tell young people why they should join Scouting. You show them. That’s the thinking behind the BSA’s new Visual Storytelling Workshops, happening this summer. Here’s a chance to spend several days learning the secrets of

A word-perfect summer reading list for Scouts

May 8, 2012 8

At this point of the school year, are your Scouts ready to put down F. Scott Fitzgerald and pick up a Frisbee? Embrace their urge to get outside once school’s out, but don’t let reading

How to request congratulatory letters for your Eagle Scout

May 2, 2012 92

Who is known to respond, and how do you contact them? And when do you send off these requests for congratulatory letters for Eagle Scouts anyway?

Tackle the high cost of SAT, ACT test-prep software

April 25, 2012 7

How much for high-quality software to get your Scouts ready for the SAT and ACT? A. Too much. B. A pretty penny. C. An arm and a leg. D. $200. E. Nothing. Got your answer?

Handheld cell phone use in West Virginia will cost you

April 23, 2012 7

Your 10-cents-per-text plan seems cheap when you consider this: Pressing send behind the wheel will soon cost you 3,000 times that amount. Thanks to a new bill signed into law this month, handheld cell phone