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  • [ July 9, 2025 ] In case you missed it: Every merit badge pamphlet is now available for free online App Feed - Scouts BSA
  • [ July 8, 2025 ] The Big Blue Boy Scout is back on the big screen — and it’s (mostly) super App Feed - Famous Scouts
  • [ July 7, 2025 ] Rocketry team made up of Scouts BSA members brings home international championship App Feed - Scouts BSA
  • [ July 4, 2025 ] This Fourth of July, Scouts salute veterans, plus other news in Scouting this week App Feed - Scouts BSA
  • [ July 2, 2025 ] How Scouting America is making its camps even more accessible to Scouts with special needs App Feed - For Parents

Uniforms

App Feed - For Leaders

MyScoutShop.org is your source for BSA apparel and accessories customized for your unit

March 13, 2024 0

Proudly display your BSA pride — down to your specific unit number and location — by purchasing clothing, accessories and other products from the recently launched MyScoutShop.org.

App Feed

Find a deal during the Scout Shop’s uniform sale

August 9, 2022 0

Starting this month and running through Oct. 30, when you buy a uniform shirt, you get a 10% discount on the bottoms, which includes either pants, shorts or skorts.

Micaiah Balonek, who lives most of the year in India, wears a Hindi interpreter strip.
Cub Scouting

If you speak a language other than English, here’s a patch you can wear with pride

November 5, 2020 6

The interpreter strip is a visible sign to others that you’re available for conversation in a language other than English.

App Feed - For Parents

The Scout Shop uniform sale is back, and the timing is perfect

August 26, 2020 1

From now through Oct. 31, families can get 25% off any uniform bottom when they buy a uniform top from the same program.

App Feed - Cub Scouts

BSA recalls Cub Scout Outdoor Activity pins sold between April 2016 and January 2020

July 1, 2020 9

The Boy Scouts of America announced a voluntary recall of Cub Scout Outdoor Activity pins that depict a gold animal paw painted on a blue background.

Bear Grylls collects firewood in Sardinia, Italy. (National Geographic/Jeff Ellingson)
App Feed - Famous Scouts

Why is Bear Grylls wearing a World Crest on his sleeve in his TV show ‘Running Wild’?

January 6, 2020 11

The purple World Scout Emblem, which BSA members call the World Crest, has been spotted on the host’s sleeve in “Running Wild With Bear Grylls.”

Advancement

New to Scouting as a Webelos Scout? Yes, you can wear the Bobcat badge

November 14, 2019 11

If your Scout just joined Scouting at the Webelos level, they can temporarily wear the Bobcat badge.

Service

Remind your Scouts to combat bullying by showing kindness to their classmates

October 8, 2019 3

The BSA is asking Scouts to wear their uniform to school Oct. 16, so they can show their classmates that they have an ally against bullying.

Cub Scouting

Scout Shop launches first-of-its-kind sale on uniform shirts for all BSA programs

August 19, 2019 34

Beginning Aug. 19, the Scout Shop is offering a not-to-be-missed sale on uniforms for all Boy Scouts of America programs.

Eagle Scout

Minor league baseball team plays in ‘Scout uniform’ jerseys

March 25, 2019 36

The Triple-A team has unveiled the special Scouting-themed jersey its players will wear on Scout Day this season. And it looks fantastic.

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