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Team creating 2018 Journey to Excellence scorecards wants your brightest ideas

June 2, 2017 64

If you have a Fitbit, Garmin wearable or Apple Watch, you know that real-time tracking of your day’s movement can make you healthier and more active. Think of the Journey to Excellence scorecard as an activity tracker

Pizza + soft drinks = Eagle Scouts? Scouter’s incredible equation delivers results

June 2, 2017 8

You need just three ingredients to guide a Star Scout or Life Scout along the path to Eagle: pizza, soft drinks and conversation.

Remember this? All about that nun reading BL in ‘Airplane!’

June 1, 2017 31

Remember that nun reading “Boys’ Life” in the classic comedy “Airplane!” Here are seven things you may not know about that scene.

Why the BSA car’s third-place finish at Indy 500 is even better than it sounds

May 30, 2017 5

The No. 19 Boy Scouts of America race car finish third in Sunday’s Indianapolis 500 — the biggest racing event of the year.

Indiana mom: ‘I could not be the mother I am today’ without Scouting

May 30, 2017 1

Stephanie was raised in a house of women. She married into a Scouting family, and Scouting has helped her become a “better mom to my future Eagle Scouts.”

Download ‘Race to Survival,’ a free book for teens written by an Eagle Scout

May 27, 2017 5

When Justin Cody’s grandpa gets kidnapped on a canoe trip, Justin must use canoeing and camping skills to survive. Download “Race to Survival” for free.

Meet your 2017 Silver Buffalo Award class

May 26, 2017 5

The 10 men and two women receiving the 2017 Silver Buffalo Award join the prestigious list of Scouters who have received this award since 1926.

Cambodian refugee who fled ‘killing fields’ leads refugee unit in America

May 26, 2017 1

Decades after his family fled their native country, Saborn Va leads a group of 30 refugees as a Varsity team coach in the Great Salt Lake Council.

6 ways to help young people remember the true meaning of Memorial Day

May 26, 2017 2

Somewhere along the way, we forgot what Memorial Day is all about. Here are six ways to help young people keep that patriotic pledge going.

2017 Eagle Project of the Year: He built sensory rooms for kids with autism

May 26, 2017 4

Blake built two sensory rooms specially designed for children with autism. The project earned him the 2017 Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award.