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Your service project could be featured in Scouting magazine

May 7, 2014 1

Calling all Good Turns: Has your pack, troop or crew recently completed a service project in your community (or beyond)? We want to hear about it! Your unit’s project might be featured in an upcoming

Pins with a point: How to properly wear BSA service stars

April 2, 2014 156

All youth or adult leaders who have reached one year of tenure with the Boy Scouts of America are eligible to begin wearing service stars.

Adopt a Highway and Scouting: How to do it right and stay safe

March 12, 2014 7

Congratulations on the newest addition to your Scouting family! This new member is two miles long, four lanes wide and could use a little TLC. Scout units that participate in their state’s Adopt-a-Highway program have

What is a Scouter? The ‘by the book’ answer and your definitions

October 22, 2013 33

For those of us who have been in Scouting for the majority of our lives, the answer seems obvious. But recently I got an email from a Cub Scout parent who shall remain nameless, asking,

What did the troop affected by explosion in West, Texas, do with extra money?

September 5, 2013 10

The Scouts and Scouters in West, Texas, have taken “to help other people at all times” to a new level of awesome. First, let me recap. On April 17, 2013, a deadly explosion at West Fertilizer

After jamboree, Connecticut Scouter returned to his car to find this…

August 5, 2013 32

Connecticut Scouter Gary had just finished a “wonderful week serving on the national jamboree staff” when he returned to the mall parking lot where his car had lived for the past two weeks. But when

Jamboree jazz band plays the lights out in Charleston

July 19, 2013 8

When people think of Scouts doing service, they usually picture Scouts holding hammers and shovels, not trombones and trumpets. George Pinchock wants to change that. The band director for the 2013 National Jamboree Jazz Band

Venturers from Hawaii, Colo. complete day of service with a smile

July 17, 2013 5

Creating and maintaining the Summit Bechtel Reserve brought jobs and money to West Virginia, a state ranked 47th in per-capita personal income last year. But now that the Summit is built, that positive impact on

Photo finishes: Before-and-after shots of 25 Eagle Scout projects

June 21, 2013 22

With apologies to the ubiquitous convenience store chain, more Eagle Scout projects went up last year alone than the total number of 7-Elevens currently open worldwide. Yes, the number of 2012 Eagle Scout projects bested the

Extreme makeovers: Send me before-and-after pics of Eagle Scout projects

June 17, 2013 1

The journey to Eagle benefits more than just the young man who earns the award. He leaves his community a better place, most visibly through his Eagle Scout Service Project. I’ve blogged about how to