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Scouts in Rhode Island enjoy ice skating – at summer camp

February 12, 2025 0

This frigid winter is the perfect time to go ice skating, but at Camp Yawgoog, summertime is also great.

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A golden opportunity: Here’s how your Scout can get into the valuable hobby of numismatics

February 4, 2025 0

If you dig under the couch cushions or root through your car, you could find your Scout’s next hobby, a rewarding and fascinating endeavor that can teach them history, economics and the enjoyment of collecting.

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A football-themed project helped this Eagle Scout reach the goal line

February 3, 2025 0

When it came to picking an Eagle Scout project, Armani Rodriguez wanted to do something a little different: a free football clinic.

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When is Scout Sunday 2025? What about Scout Sabbath and Scout Jumuah?

January 30, 2025 1

Any weekend in February is appropriate for reminding your Scouts to focus on reverence.

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Scouts BSA troop celebrates 1,000th Eagle Scout, all under the same Scoutmaster

December 23, 2024 12

Mike Lanning became the Scoutmaster of Troop 223 in Pacific Palisades, California, in 1953, when he was 21 years old. More than 70 years later, Troop 223 is still going strong, and so is Lanning.

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These videos from USA Skateboarding will help Scouts earn the Skating merit badge

December 2, 2024 0

The Skating merit badge has an all-new option — and the backing of the national governing body for skateboarding in the United States.

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Council’s weekend beach cleanup events continue to grow

November 7, 2024 0

Scouts enjoy helping their communities – and one council has seen the impact their Scouts are ready to make.

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These Scouts were the stars of a film festival-themed camporee

October 31, 2024 1

Camp Agawam was overrun by zombies, ghosts and evil rats. Fortunately, Scouts were in control of the situation.

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This council’s University of Scouting event will offer more than 100 merit badges

October 22, 2024 12

A simple discussion over lunch sparked a big idea – so big that more than 1,000 Scouts and leaders from 16 states will flock to West Lafayette, Ind., this December for it.

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This Paris troop guided a CBS News crew on a tour around the city

October 15, 2024 0

Do you know Paris well enough to take a CBS News correspondent and his crew on a tour about the history between France and the United States? That’s what Scouts in Troop 112 did earlier this year.

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