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Jimmy Carter was a Scout leader and Silver Buffalo recipient known for telling great stories around the campfire

December 30, 2024 8

Before serving as the 39th president of the United States, before serving as the 76th governor of Georgia, Jimmy Carter served in a smaller but just as vital role: his children’s Scout leader.

Scouts BSA troop celebrates 1,000th Eagle Scout, all under the same Scoutmaster

December 23, 2024 6

Mike Lanning became the Scoutmaster of Troop 223 in Pacific Palisades, California, in 1953, when he was 21 years old. More than 70 years later, Troop 223 is still going strong, and so is Lanning.

Help Scouts start their year strong with the first Scout Life issue of 2025

December 17, 2024 0

Snow adventures, Scouting America’s 115th birthday, a reader’s dream roundup, Black history, cold-weather gear and, oh yeah, MORE snow. If that sounds like too much midwinter goodness packed into one magazine, you’ve never checked out

A port of Gabe Hassan, an Eagle Scout who died of leukemia

A tribute to Gabe Hassan, who fought a terminal illness to earn the rank of Eagle

December 4, 2024 0

When he was 1 year old, Gabe Hassan was diagnosed with Shwachman–Diamond syndrome, a rare genetic disorder in which a person’s cells cannot produce enough protein for their body to grow and develop as it should.a

Lost on a Mountain in Maine is an inspiring true story of wilderness survival

October 28, 2024 6

Lost on a Mountain in Maine is the true story of Donn Fendler, the boy who, in the summer of 1939 at the age of 12, got separated from his hiking partners and became lost on Katahdin with no supplies.