Scouts earn merit badges at council-run merit badge colleges or summer camps, or on their own with a registered counselor. But some troops restrict this practice.
At summer camp, what’s more important for Scouts, advancement or fun? Trick question. Scouts who attend the best summer camps and have effective Scout leaders guiding them don’t have to choose. For these Scouts, advancement
Where do our values come from? For Ken Krogue, the Eagle Scout and Forbes.com contributor, the idea of values first showed up in Scouts, were further developed at the U.S. Naval Academy, and even made
If a Scout camps several nights with his troop before getting a signed blue card from his Scoutmaster, do those nights count toward his earning Camping merit badge? That’s what a Scouter, who I’ll call
Which merit badges had Scouts rushing to counselors and Moms and Dads rushing to the sewing machine last year? Here’s your answer. In January 2012, I presented a list of 2011’s most- and least-popular merit
The Boy Scouts of America’s Executive Committee today released its membership policy resolution, which proposes removing the restriction denying membership to youth on the basis of sexual orientation alone and maintaining the current membership policy for
Though certainly not a requirement for earning the Eagle Scout Award, an Eagle Scout Service Project video can be icing on the cake, celebrating and commemorating a boy’s hard work and planning. And with HD
Boy Scout log cabins, I’ve seen before. But a Scout cabin built inside a church? That’s got to be one of a kind. Since its construction in February 1928, a Scout-built log cabin in the basement of the Lafayette
Can’t swim the 100-meter butterfly in less than 50 seconds? That’s OK — nobody but Michael Phelps can. But I did just hear about a swimming record you and your Scouts do have a chance to