Most of my best memories from summer camp involved the water. Where else but Camp Cherokee’s epic waterfront could I swim, canoe with my friends, or sit on a massive airbag called “the blob” and
For Scouts who read Boys’ Life (and the Scouters who steal their son’s copy), the BSA’s premier monthly magazine for youth can’t come soon enough. Take some of the sting out of waiting with the
Have you ever slept 300 feet underground? Stood atop a 14,000-foot peak? Created a robot? The BSA is betting those questions and other enticing messages will help bring prospective members to your Venturing crew. It’s
Want to get your unit’s recruiting up to speed? Consider hauling your “Join Scouting” message everywhere your pack, troop, team, or crew travels. Start by taking a page from Canton, Ohio, Troop 4’s playbook, which
Here’s a new job for Mike Rowe, he of Dirty Jobs fame: Keynote speaker at a gathering of BSA professionals and volunteers. Rowe traded his usual duds — well, he kept the jeans — for a nicely
Don’t tell your non-Scouting friends, but Scouts aren’t the only ones who have fun at pack, troop, team, or crew events. Yes, the program is for Scouts, but as you and I know, adults get
Earlier this month, I mentioned that Pip wowed the crowd at the BSA’s National Annual Meeting with his rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Now you can see what all the fuss was about. Pip Arnold, the
Hard work pays. And in the case of these four Eagle Scouts, I mean that quite literally. The recipients of the four most-prestigious scholarships from the National Eagle Scout Association have one thing in common,
I love what the Boy Scouts of America’s Marketing team has done with its new recruiting materials. (If you haven’t seen them, drop everything and take a look.) But my BSA pride doesn’t preclude me
Amateur radio: Fun but not free. That makes the recent sponsorship agreement between the Boy Scouts of America and Icom America, a world leader in the amateur radio market, such big news. The deal makes