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Uniforms

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.

Scouts BSA

‘This is why you’re a youth volunteer’: Scoutmaster praises boys’ Good Turn for Scouts BSA troop for girls

March 20, 2019 8

The boys in Troop 339 of Ridley Township, Pa., were looking for a way to warmly welcome the members of their linked troop, Troop 339 for girls.

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Aaron Derr is the senior editor of Aaron on Scouting and Scout Life magazine, and also a former Cubmaster and Scouts BSA volunteer.


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