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App Feed - Outdoors

The numbers are in: Scouting for Clean Waterways is making an impact

October 24, 2025 0

More than 130,000 pounds of plastic and other trash have been removed from the environment since the launch of Scouting for Clean Waterways earlier this year.

App Feed - Cub Scouts

Calling all Cub Scouts to spread holiday cheer to our military (while completing citizenship Adventures)

October 13, 2025 1

The holidays can be a lonely time for troops stationed at military bases far from home. Thanks to a new initiative available only for the next month, Cub Scouts can help — and complete a citizenship requirement at the same time.

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App Feed - For Parents

Which of the new Messengers of Peace learning paths is best for your Scout?

September 11, 2025 0

The Messengers of Peace initiative is being realigned to better empower Scouts to serve as peace builders and global citizens.

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Alumni

This inspiring initiative at a Texas university is partly powered by Eagle Scouts

June 25, 2025 1

BUILD, a student-run organization at Texas A&M University, converts 40-foot-long shipping containers into fully functional medical clinics that are shipped to impoverished areas around the globe.

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App Feed - Eagle Scouts

Why these Eagle Scout brothers continue to volunteer for their local fire department

May 7, 2025 0

As members of Scouts BSA Troop 920 in Valparaiso, Indiana, brothers Michael, Matthew and Nicholas Wineland learned what it meant to serve.

A photo of a person picking up trash from a beach
App Feed - Outdoors

Why it’s beneficial to record your Scouting for Clean Waterways project in Scoutbook

April 7, 2025 8

Once you’ve done your part to reduce marine waste, there’s just one more step to take: recording your service in Scoutbook.

App Feed - For Leaders

Now available at Scout Shop: the MLK Day of Service emblem

November 18, 2024 4

Scouting America is proud to announce the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service emblem, designed to commemorate participation in the MLK National Day of Service.

A photo of a discarded Christmas tree on the ground in someone's yard
App Feed - For Parents

It’s Christmas tree recycling season, plus other good news from the week

January 5, 2024 1

One Scouts BSA troop is helping its community recycle holiday lights, an inspiring letter to the editor, plus other good news from the week.

Cub Scouting

Guidance for honoring veterans with grave site flags on Memorial Day

May 22, 2018 3

Keep these tips in mind if your Scouting unit is planning to honor our fallen veterans this Memorial Day.

Cub Scouting

Leaders inject fun, education into clean-up service projects

April 24, 2018 2

How do you help ensure picking up trash doesn’t devolve into a way to simply fulfill service hour requirements? Pack 267 and Troop 267 in Fredonia, N.Y., have an answer.

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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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