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Scouting can help youth find a career in this field that desperately needs workers

September 3, 2025 0

Earning one or more of these merit badges could be a Scout’s first step into a rewarding — and highly paying — career in shipbuilding.

Scouts dancing and being excited and playing with beach balls at the Delta Base camp Bash during the 2023 National Scout Jamboree at The Summit Bechtel Reserve in Mount Hope, West Virginia

Elevate Your Jamboree Journey with these valued Scouting America partners

June 17, 2025 0

The only thing better than attending the National Jamboree at the Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve near Beckley, West Virginia, is reserving a few days before or after to explore all the area has to offer.

Gear up for camping with our Scout Life camping gear giveaway!

June 3, 2025 0

The Scout Life Gear Up for Camping Giveaway is your chance to win an awesome package of cutting-edge camping gear. The contest is live now and runs through June 30.

A photo of an Upper Crust Food Service chef preparing a meal for a group of campers

Upper Crust Food Service is the answer to your camp’s food service needs

May 13, 2025 0

There are two things that can utterly ruin a Scout camp experience: bad weather and bad food. You can’t control the first, but you can control the second.

A photo of Cub Scout James Bryan sitting behind the wheel of a real race car

Cub Scouting family gets ‘amazing’ experience courtesy of professional stock car racer

April 29, 2025 0

James Bryan, a Cub Scout from Edmond, Oklahoma, was the winner of The Zachary Tinkle Pinewood Derby Car Design Contest.

Your Scout can help build America’s nuclear-powered submarine fleet

April 9, 2025 0

To maintain this nuclear-powered armada, it’s estimated more than 140,000 skilled workers from around the country will need to help build more submarines over the next decade.

Photos of Eagle Scouts Wesley Casselman, the co-founders of TrailEagle Packs

Eagle Scout entrepreneurs create new backpack with gear organization in mind

February 24, 2025 0

TrailEagle Packs attempts to solve the problems of inefficient packing combined with disorganized pack storage.

A golden opportunity: Here’s how your Scout can get into the valuable hobby of numismatics

February 4, 2025 0

If you dig under the couch cushions or root through your car, you could find your Scout’s next hobby, a rewarding and fascinating endeavor that can teach them history, economics and the enjoyment of collecting.

A photo of race car driver Zachary Tinkle

Here’s how to get your Scout’s Pinewood Derby car design on a real race car

January 6, 2025 0

Since its beginning, Pinewood Derby cars have been miniature, unmanned versions of race cars. Now Cub Scouts have the chance to see their car as a full-size race car, complete with a driver. Zachary Tinkle,

Meet the Manufacturing USA ‘Modern Maker’ who got his start with Pinewood Derby cars

January 2, 2025 0

Working in the manufacturing industry often requires problem-solving, ingenuity and curiosity – the same qualities needed to successfully build and race a Cub Scouts Pinewood Derby car.