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There’s one key difference between Scouting friendships and other friendships. It’s a fact Ray Capp has discovered after being involved in Scouting for more than 50 years. During his tenure, the Distinguished Eagle Scout, past chairman of the Order the Arrow and 2016 National Alumnus of the Year has formed countless long-lasting friendships.
Ah, pumpkins. Has there ever been a more fruitful fruit? Pumpkins offer a cornucopia of uses, most of which make great meeting or campout activities for Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Venturers. Carve them, paint them, roast them, eat them or spice them.
Last month’s Scouting 500 at Kansas Speedway welcomed 13,000 youth and adults to one of the largest Scouting events of the year. Everyone in the Heart of America Council family was invited: Cub Scouts (and their families), Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts, Venturers, Sea Scouts and Explorers.
Note from Bryan: October is National Bullying Prevention Month. Each Wednesday this month, the BSA Youth Protection team will share important reminders about what each of us can do to prevent, recognize and report bullying as we work to make Scouting a safe place for all.
Scouting teaches responsibility. It teaches young people to take on a role in which they’re accountable to their fellow Scouts. This role is known as a position of responsibility. As a young man advances toward becoming an Eagle Scout, he’s required to take on one of these roles.
We adults like to complain about heavy traffic, poorly designed roads and ever-lengthening commutes. One 15-year-old Boy Scout has actually done something about it. Skyler Chapman is barely old enough for a Utah learner’s permit. But for his Eagle Scout service project, the Lehi, Utah, teen came up with a plan to shorten commute times…
Two days before Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico , Maria Molinelli, Scout executive at the Concilio de Puerto Rico de los Boy Scouts of America, posted a message in Spanish on the council Facebook page. It says a lot that she and other Scout leaders were thinking of others first and themselves last.
Where are some of the brightest young Eagle Scouts attending college? At world-class institutes of learning like BYU, UC Berkeley, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Cornell, Yale and many more across the country — and around the world. (I’m looking at you, Eagle Scout who’s attending Franklin University Switzerland!)
Effective Dec. 1, 2017, the Boy Scouts of America membership fee will be $33 a year for all registered youth and adult members. Scouting remains an incredible value. Where else but in Scouting can young people acquire hands-on leadership skills, become more comfortable in nature, and learn to make ethical and moral decisions throughout their…
Members of the Boy Scouts of America living in Puerto Rico — including nearly 11,000 members across 300 Scout units — have been severely impacted by Hurricane Maria, which devastated the island as a Category 4 hurricane on Sept. 20. The damaged Guajataca Dam, at risk of failing completely, is next to the Guajataka Scout Reservation.
The outdoor ethics guide, a troop-level position of responsibility for youth that in January 2016 replaced the position of Leave No Trace trainer, now has its very own handbook. The Outdoor Ethics Guide Handbook is available now as a free PDF download .
The verdict is in, and the Law Merit Badge Day in South Carolina is one of the best around. Ninety Boy Scouts have registered to attend this Saturday’s event, presented by the Indian Waters Council. It’ll be held inside the new building of the University of South Carolina School of Law in Columbia.
Not all Cub Scouts attend Eagle Scout courts of honor, but maybe more should. You may agree with that sentiment when you hear the story of Robert. Robert is a Cub Scout in Tennessee. His Pack 82 meets at the same place as Troop 82 — Harrison United Methodist Church in Harrison, Tenn.
National Sea Scouts Director Keith Christopher this month received a lifetime achievement award from the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators . The award, presented Sept. 11, 2017, in Rapid City, S.D., honors Christopher’s work to promote recreational boating safety within the Boy Scouts of America’s programs and beyond.
The latest iPhones and Androids are millimeters thick but contain cameras capable of capturing magazine-quality photos. It wouldn’t be possible without Eagle Scout Eric Fossum. In 1992, Fossum developed the little sensor that allowed cameras to be smaller, cheaper and gentler on battery life.
Pat Gegg during his senior year football season with his grandma. Pat Gegg thought he had lost everything when Hurricane Irma took his cottage on Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville, Fla. Especially painful was the loss of a Rubbermaid tub containing a number of irreplaceable Scouting items.
We found him, you guys! Read the happy ending to this story here . The original post follows … Nikki Presley and her husband, Dustin, were walking on the beach in Jacksonville, Fla., less than a week after Hurricane Irma had passed through.
It makes no sense. The latest research says 95 percent of us disapprove of distracted driving. And yet 71 percent of us still use our phones while behind the wheel. These days, it’s not just texting that’s the problem. Now our phones bleep and buzz every minute with the latest 50-percent-off deal, score update and…
Left and middle: Sea Base staff members inspected Big Munson Island on Monday. Right: The storm surge washed a boat ashore Big Munson Island. There were no people inside, and Sea Base staffers reported its location to the Coast Guard.
Each time I share an update about how the Florida Sea Base is recovering after Hurricane Irma, the comments pour in. Everyone wants to know how they can help Sea Base get back to doing what it does best: offering once-in-a-lifetime experiences for young people.
Update, Sept. 22: After readers reported some errors, I updated a few of the names/councils below. Please continue to contact me if you spot any errors. Thanks! The Silver Antelope Award recognizes Scouters of exceptional character who have provided distinguished service within one of the BSA’s four regions — Central, Northeast, Southern and Western.
Left: Brinton Environmental Center, part of the Florida Sea Base. Right: Steve Dohman, the FEMA agent who was the commander at the FEMA staging area set up at Brinton. After Hurricane Irma made landfall on the Florida Keys, the Federal Emergency Management Agency used one of the BSA’s Florida Sea Base facilities as the staging…
Scouters, now you can carry more of the tools you need to do your job everywhere Scouting takes you. The myScouting app, the BSA’s official app to help leaders facilitate the Scouting program, has a refreshed look and all-new features.
Jim Potjunas left an indelible mark on Troop 101 and the entire community of Warren, Ohio. Potjunas was just 18 when he helped start the troop 42 years ago. Five years later, he became its Scoutmaster. He led the troop for 37 years, during which time he helped 148 young men become Eagle Scouts.
An aerial image, taken after the eye of Hurricane Irma passed nearby, shows the BSA’s Brinton Environmental Center on Summerland Key. All sailing captains who work with BSA’s Sea Base in Florida and in the U.S. Virgin Islands are safe and accounted for after Hurricane Irma passed over the Caribbean and the Florida Keys.
It’s settled. Fourth-graders are officially the coolest kids in school. They’re the beneficiaries of a federal program that grants free access to national parks, lands and waters. Thanks to the Department of the Interior’s Every Kid in a Park program, started in 2015, fourth-graders and their families can get free entry into these public lands…
This is what cheerful service looks like in the era of smartwatches, self-driving cars and Snapchat. The OA Hackathon, held Oct. 6 to 8 at the Intel offices in Folsom, Calif., will give Arrowmen a hands-on opportunity to reimagine the way the Order of the Arrow uses technology.
For Christopher Walsh, as for most of today’s Scouts, 9/11 is a history lesson. The 17-year-old Life Scout from Nyack, N.Y., was just 8 months old on that dark day. But Christopher has always felt a particular connection to one of the day’s biggest heroes: Welles Crowther, also from Nyack.
Elisa D'Antonio and her son, Ryan, in 2015. Inset: Elisa D'Antonio in 2005. On Sept. 11, 2001, Elisa D’Antonio was at the Pentagon attending an Air Force training course. A little before 9:30 a.m., someone wheeled a TV into the classroom, which was on the building’s south side.
Like tying a bowline or hitting a baseball, skills in reading can be improved with practice. Experts at the National Education Association say that the more young people read for fun on their own time, the higher their reading scores.
Not all Eagle Scouts go on to be Eagles like Donnie Jones, punter of the Philadelphia Eagles. Others find careers as Raiders, Dolphins, Chiefs, Ravens, Broncos, Falcons, Redskins, Texans and Saints. A search of the NFL’s 2017 active rosters — 1,692 players in all — turns up at least 10 Eagle Scouts.
Photo by Christopher Millette/Erie Times-News. Used with permission. Corey Eisert-Wlodarczyk will never forget that day in March 2012 when his brother died of a heroin overdose. Corey was just 11 years old when Collin died, and the memory lingers. After the initial shock subsided, Corey began to speak at schools.
The BSA Executive Board has approved an exception to the Second Class and First Class swimming requirements, allowing Scouts who live prohibitively far from safe swimming areas to substitute other requirements. In some geographically large or predominately rural councils, Scouts might live many miles from an indoor swimming pool or safe outdoor swimming area.
If you live in one of the 32 states with a Bass Pro Shops location, listen up. September is the eighth annual Boy Scouts of America Month at Bass Pro Shops. The retailer of fishing, boating, camping and shooting supplies has a month of activities planned to support Scouting.
This is bigger than Cougars vs. Tigers. This is Eagle Scout vs. Eagle Scout. When BYU and LSU square off this Saturday in New Orleans, each side will send an Eagle Scout out to take snaps, execute handoffs and hurl passes.
James (left) and Kaleb will serve as 2017-2018 NRA/BSA Brownell Youth Ambassadors. At Scout camps across the country each year, hundreds of thousands of Scouts and Venturers participate in shooting sports activities — archery, rifle shooting, shotgun shooting, pistol shooting and more.
It’s time for Owls to unite as a parliament, Antelopes to join the herd and Bears to form a sloth. (Yes, I looked it up, and that’s what a group of bears is called. I couldn’t believe it either.) It’s time to remember, reconnect and rekindle.
When disaster strikes, the Scouting community rallies to help those in need. This was true when an earthquake and tsunami hit Japan in 2011 , Hurricane Sandy struck the Northeast in 2012, and tornadoes tore through Texas and Oklahoma in 2013 .
At Bashore Scout Reservation in Pennsylvania, the campaign to keep Scouts physically strong starts at the dining hall. Starting last year, Scouts who attend summer camp at Bashore are served meals with more whole grains, leaner proteins, and increased fruits and veggies.
Don’t let a cashless customer walk away that easily. By adding a cheap credit card reader, your pack, troop or crew will be equipped to accept plastic for popcorn sales and other in-person, show-and-sell-type fundraisers. With a few taps, the money can be deposited into your unit’s bank account in a day or two.
Share your Cub Scouting pride with friends, family members and that classmate from high school you’ve been meaning to get back in touch with. With these new Facebook profile picture frames, you can show that you’re a proud Cub Scout mom or Cub Scout dad or part of a proud Cub Scout family.
Norman Mineta was a proud 10-year-old Cub Scout in 1942 when the U.S. government began imprisoning Japanese-Americans. Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor months earlier, and Mineta and his family became six of the 120,000 people of Japanese descent interned by President Franklin D.
The home was built in 1860 and sits on 7.78 acres of perfectly manicured grass. It includes eight bedrooms, nine bathrooms and a full-size tennis court. But what makes this piece of real estate, now on the market for $699,900 , so special isn’t its new roof and windows, or its 12-foot ceilings and two elegant…
When the Pinewood Derby race is done, the cars remain as priceless artifacts of history. Like all those irreplaceable items from childhood, these shouldn’t be relegated to a dusty drawer. Those cars belong in something like this handsome homemade Pinewood Derby display case.
New Cub Scout families might not know a den leader from a den chief or a Wolf from a Webelos. And you know what? That’s perfectly fine. But you can help them get them acquainted with this life-changing program for boys by sending them some or all of the links below.
Guest post: This story of an Eagle Scout’s heroism at Philmont Scout Ranch was written by Jane Parikh, public relations manager for the Michigan Crossroads Council. Josiah Bakker isn’t a doctor, but the Eagle Scout from Suttons Bay, Mich., knew exactly what to do when a Philmont hiker showed up on the front porch of…
National Geographic Fellow Paul Salopek’s 21,000-mile walk around the world is about slowing down to appreciate what’s around you. But if you want to join Salopek, don’t slow down just yet. Any Scouts or Venturers who want to walk alongside Salopek in Asia for a few days of his journey have until Sept.
You might have heard there’s a total solar eclipse coming on Monday, Aug. 21. In the contiguous United States, the eclipse begins at about 9 a.m. PDT on the Oregon coast. It will then dash across the middle of the country before ending around 4 p.m.
“It’s fun, hands-on and active.” “It’s simple and easy to implement.” “It’s age-appropriate, builds character and develops new skills.” That’s just a glimpse of what parents and youth across the country are saying about Lions, the BSA’s pilot program for kindergarten-age boys.
On the list of unlikely global competitions for teenagers, this one sits on Row 1 of Column A: a Microsoft Excel world championship. But sure enough, it’s a thing . Each year, students from around the world compete to see who has the sweetest spreadsheet skills.
