Great! Any other cover boys out there? MT @glennstrachan: My father, still alive, on the cover of BL in Aug 1940. http://t.co/IgZrHGmpd7 : via Twitter http://ift.tt/1714avm
When a campground at Point Mugu State Park in California was destroyed by fire, Troop 730 from Newbury Park, California , stepped up to help. The troop already spent some time each year maintaining a trail near the park. After the fire, four different Scouts chose Eagle projects that benefitted the area, including clearing the site…
Expert caver on the 5 best places to get started caving: Bill Steele started caving as a Scout almost 50 years ago, and since then, he has explored hundreds of caves throughout the United States and in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and China.
If you're looking for an idea for an Eagle Scout project, feel free to go batty. Michigan Boy Scout Matthew Netherland knows all about the benefits of bats . That's why, for his Eagle Scout project, he converted scrap car battery covers into 30 bat boxes that will give the cool creatures a better place to…
If someone was drowning, would you know what to do? Thanks goodness these three Scout brothers from Oklahoma knew exactly what to do when they rescued a man at Lake Arcadia. "They train us for this kind of stuff," Jonathan Wyckoff, 15, told an Oklahoma City news station.
One of the best ways to beautify an area is to plant a garden. And if that garden can also be used to help educate kids? All the better. Adam Smith, from Troop 7007 in Prescott, Arizona, recently completed an Eagle Scout project that saw him raise $950 for the construction of a garden for…
If only more people were as prepared as William Wright. The 15-year-old Scout from Austin, Texas, was studying in his room one night when he heard his mother screaming for help. William ran out and found his 83-year-old father lying on floor.
Hanging with fishing legends Roland Martin, @Jimmy_Houston, @Bill_Dance1 and BSA's own @Tom_Redington #ICAST2014 http://t.co/46u943k2FU : via Twitter http://ift.tt/1714avm
National Outdoor Awards Aren't Easy To Earn The BSA's National Outdoor Awards take a lot of work. That's what makes the award so prestigious. When Wisconsin Scout Christopher Hagen became an Eagle Scout, he didn't stop there. Instead, he kept working and eventually earned a National Outdoor Award.
Scouting service is all about taking care of your community. The Scouts in Canyon, Texas, are certainly doing their part. They've completed more than 1,000 hours of work at Conner Park, stripping, painting and reproofing the pavilions, and renovating the park's war memorial.
Austin Van Black, from Troop 374 in Liberty, Missouri , has earned 140 merit badges. That's one busy Boy Scout. His final badge was Backpacking , which he completed by camping out overnight in a city park. "To my peers, I don't think they fully understand," Austin told The Kansas City Star newspaper.
Gear Guy: How to use Shoe Goo to repair rubber rain boots. My favorite rubber rain boots have a hole in the side. Now they aren't dry at all. They weren't really expensive, but I don't want to get new ones.
Jerky, anyone? The tasty snack is now the official BSA protein snack, thanks to a deal between the BSA and Jack Link's . What does this mean to you? It means that Jack Link's products will soon be available at the BSA's retail facilities and also at our four national high-adventure bases.
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If you haven't read Mark Twain's (very) short story, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, you can read it for free online . (Go ahead and read it now. We'll wait.) OK. The story was written in 1867, but for Troop 100 in Hannibal, Missouri, it's still as relevant as ever.
Many of today's Scouts are just the right age to remember Reading Rainbow , a TV series that aired on PBS and encouraged children to read. (Guess what else encourages kids to read? Boys' Life magazine, people!) It was definitely an honor when the kind folks who run the Reading Rainbow website approached the BSA about…
If you ever break your leg in the wilderness, you better hope there are Boy Scouts nearby. When their Scoutmaster broke his leg while rafting, the Scouts from Troop 26 in Great Falls, Montana, responded exactly as they should have.
When a group of Varsity Scouts from Utah came across an overturned SUV and saw that there were no emergency crews around, they did what they had to do: rush in to help. Good thing they did, as it turns out there was a woman trapped underneath the vehicle.