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Cub Scouting

On #GivingTuesday, help bring Scouting to more young people

December 2, 2014 0

Giving Tuesday presents a great opportunity to help grow Scouting in your community. You can help create the next generation of leaders.

Cub Scouting

Enlist and be heard: Scouting Research Panels are recruiting

December 1, 2014 30

The BSA’s Testing and Evaluation Team wants you (yes, you) to join the Scouting Research Panels. Your opinions will determine changes to Scouting programs.

Scouting Tips

Bah, humbug! How do you stop Christmas tree theft?

November 30, 2014 20

Theft is always unacceptable, but this takes “wrong” to a new level. How do you stop Christmas tree theft from your Boy Scout lot?

Fun

What Scouters are thankful for

November 27, 2014 0

I asked Scouters on our Facebook page to share — in just a word — what they’re thankful for this year. Here’s what they said.

Camping

ScoutStuff.org offering up to 30 percent off for Cyber Monday

November 26, 2014 4

Here’s a way to save a little cash: Shop at ScoutStuff.org or a Scout Shop near you on Black Friday or Cyber Monday.

Merit Badges

Decoding the art of merit badges

November 26, 2014 126

Merit badges represent days, weeks or even months of work by Scouts. But what isn’t always clear is what the art on the merit badges themselves represents.

Cub Scouting

What do you do when a den leader stops pulling his weight?

November 25, 2014 62

A committee member tells you her son’s den, Den 3, has had just one den meeting in the past several months. What do you say to the den leader?

What's New

Time running out to vote for Boys’ Life as Hottest Kids/Teen Magazine

November 24, 2014 1

You have just one more week to vote — as many times as you want — for Boys’ Life in the Adweek Hot List Readers’ Choice Awards.

Where Am I?

2014 September-October ‘Where Am I?’ winner, location revealed

November 21, 2014 0

See if you guessed correct in our latest geography quiz. Plus, test your knowledge in the newest edition to this challenging contest.

Scouting in the News

BSA’s Fieldbook wins 2014 National Outdoor Book Award

November 21, 2014 14

The “Fieldbook: Scouting’s Manual of Basic and Advanced Skills for Outdoor Adventure,” has won the National Outdoor Book Awards’ Work of Significance honor.

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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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Michael Freeman, an Eagle Scout, is an associate editor of Scout Life and Scouting magazines.


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Sheniece Chappell is an associate editor of Scout Life and Scouting magazines.


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Bryan Wendell, an Eagle Scout, is the founder of Bryan on Scouting (now Aaron on Scouting).

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