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Scouts BSA

Some kid! Life Scout uses goats to help clear poison ivy

September 30, 2014 9

Gavin Burseth, a 16-year-old from Illinois, is using goats to help clear poison ivy from campgrounds.

Eagle Scout

413 Eagle Scouts graduated from military academies in 2014

July 3, 2014 43

At least 413 Eagle Scouts graduated from our nation’s military academies in 2014, which reflects the level of dedication Eagle Scouts have to our nation.

Ask the Expert

Ask the Expert: Who approves the Eagle Scout Project Final Plan?

May 20, 2014 67

Trevor asks whether he can complete the Eagle Scout Project Final Plan section of his Eagle Scout Service Project Workbook after the project is completed.

Service

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

Ask the Expert

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.

Service

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

Cub Scouting

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,

Service

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

National Jamboree

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

National Jamboree

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

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