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2022 merit badge rankings: A new chart-topper emerges

February 28, 2023 13

Let’s take a look at what changed, what stayed the same and what took the prize as our most highly earned merit badge of last year.

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BSA’s Wood Badge course turns 75, remains as relevant as ever

February 13, 2023 18

In more than 20 years of writing about the BSA, I’ve heard participants claim the “pinnacle” of their youth experience as anything from earning the rank of Eagle to taking a trip to a high-adventure

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Ashton Kutcher confirms that he’s a Cub Scout den leader

February 6, 2023 6

Why does actor Ashton Kutcher keep walking around the streets of Los Angeles in a BSA uniform, for all the paparazzi to see? Sometimes the most obvious answer is the correct one: He’s a registered leader in the BSA.

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National Jamboree looking for security, EMS volunteers

February 2, 2023 20

The BSA is currently recruiting volunteers to serve on the Jamboree’s emergency management team, responsible for providing security and emergency medical services, and otherwise doing what they can to make sure the event runs smoothly.

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Open for debate: What’s your philosophy on the Pinewood Derby?

January 19, 2023 59

I have watched as some families sit on the edges of their seats, fixated intently on every race in which their child participates, while others talk with each other and have a good time, even as they are mostly uninterested in the results of the races themselves.

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Top Stories

  • BSA’s Wood Badge course turns 75, remains as relevant as ever
    February 13, 2023 18
  • National Jamboree looking for security, EMS volunteers
    February 2, 2023 20
  • Open for debate: What’s your philosophy on the Pinewood Derby?
    January 19, 2023 59
  • Ashton Kutcher confirms that he’s a Cub Scout den leader
    February 6, 2023 6
  • Scouts wearing merit badge sashes
    2022 merit badge rankings: A new chart-topper emerges
    February 28, 2023 13

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Aaron Derr

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.


Bryan Wendell

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

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