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  • [ June 30, 2025 ] Applications now open for the Scouts BSA National Youth Council App Feed
  • [ June 27, 2025 ] This Week in Scouting: Eagle Scout projects promote access and inclusion App Feed - Eagle Scouts
  • [ June 26, 2025 ] Extreme Makeovers, Round 64: Eagle Scout project before-and-after photos App Feed - Eagle Scouts
  • [ June 25, 2025 ] This inspiring initiative at a Texas university is partly powered by Eagle Scouts Alumni
  • [ June 23, 2025 ] Here’s one big reason to make your 2026 high-adventure base reservation now App Feed - For Parents

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Eagle Scout soars with community CPR solution, plus other news in Scouting this week

April 25, 2025 3

Eagle Scout soars with community CPR solution, plus other news in Scouting this week, including Scouts tackle hunger and Track upgraded by Eagle Scout.

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App Feed - Outdoors

How this Scouting America council is making a sustainability impact on its community

April 24, 2025 1

It started as a simple question from a Scouting America council staffer back in 2022. It has evolved into an ongoing service project that’s transforming the way a community disposes of waste.

App Feed - Outdoors

Learn all about Scouting America’s national high-adventure program tonight, live on YouTube and Facebook

April 23, 2025 0

There’s adventure, which is woven throughout all of Scouting America’s programs, and there’s high adventure, an opportunity for older Scouts, Venturers and Sea Scouts to embark on a challenging and rewarding outdoor experience that will stick

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App Feed - For Parents

Joseph Csatari, the creator of so many iconic Scouting pieces of art, dies at 96

April 19, 2025 4

Joseph Csatari, Silver Buffalo recipient, longtime art director for Boys’ Life and artist whose Scouting-related work spanned decades, has died.

App Feed - Scouts BSA

Scouts retire worn American flags, plus other news in Scouting this week

April 18, 2025 2

Scouts retire worn American flags, plus other news in Scouting this week, including Shell shocked! Cub Scouts defy gravity in egg drop event and Sea Base expedition leaves lasting mark on Venturers.

App Feed

Scouts deliver Scouting America’s Report to the Nation

April 17, 2025 2

Last year saw Scouting America reach more than 1 million youth, instilling them with the values of the Scout Oath and Law to help them prepare them for lives of impact and purpose.

App Feed

2025 Eagle Scout Project of the Year: He packed 100,000 meals to feed Haitians

April 16, 2025 8

For his exceptional efforts, Jamesly Jesse of Troop 85 in Moweaqua, Ill., received the 2025 Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award.

App Feed - Health and Safety

When it comes to child protection, we are all mandatory reporters

April 14, 2025 1

It’s not up to us to render judgment on whether a child has been abused. It is not up to us to conduct an investigation. It is only up to us to raise an alarm if we have legitimate concerns.

App Feed - Scouts BSA

Scouts build bat houses to help battle insects, plus other positive news in Scouting this week

April 11, 2025 0

Scouts build bat houses to help battle insects, plus other positive news in Scouting this week, including Scouts host 55th pancake breakfast, Cub Scouts help restore local park and Scouts gather 500 pounds of food for local pantry.

A photo of astronaut Sharon Hagle
App Feed - For Parents

This astronaut was tasked with trying one of Scouting’s oldest skills … in space!

April 10, 2025 0

In the first edition of the Scout handbook published in 1911, there’s a chapter called Knots Every Scout Should Know. Nearly 115 years later, the importance of knot tying still holds true, both here on Earth and in outer space.

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