If you had a time machine, you could set the date to 07-15-13, and the 2013 National Scout Jamboree would start today. Unfortunately, though, the big Summit event is less than a year away. (Click
UPDATE (Oct. 17, 2012): This proposal has been approved. Read more here. Scouting’s core values are the same in every program, but the words used to express and affirm those values differ depending on whether
You read my impressions after I visited the Summit for the first time last month. Now hear it straight from the Scouts. While attending July’s Summit Shakedown, I shot an episode of the Buzz, the
By the time Eric Shanteau first put on a Cub Scout uniform, he had already been swimming for five years. As he got older, Shanteau, who learned to swim at age 3, found a way
There’s only one award from my childhood that I still list on my résumé. It isn’t “Honorable Mention, fourth-grade Science Fair,” and it’s definitely not “Participant, junior-senior talent show.” It’s the Eagle Scout award, that
When your job is to help prepare youth for life, you’ve got to make sure you’re prepared for anything, too. And a good knife is an essential part of being prepared, whether at a campout
Merrill Moses equates the silver medal he won at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing to earning the rank of Life in Boy Scouts. Both are great achievements, but each is still a step away from
Parents in your troop expect you’ll help mold their boys into better young men. They also have another, equally important expectation: that you’ll keep Scouts safe while doing so. Before you drive Scouts to your
UPDATE (8:10 a.m., Aug. 1): Grant and Ross raced for Team USA this morning. See the results (spoiler!) or watch the video (start at 2:57:18). You’d expect twins to have a lot in common. But you’d
When someone down the hall makes popcorn, the enticing aroma makes me drop everything and find the source. If only selling Scout popcorn were as easy, right? Turns out it is. That’s thanks to the August