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25 volunteer bloggers wrote 2,367 posts in 2014. July was the busiest month.
I recently was asked to review a new "Scouting Book" by new author Greg Cieply. I quickly read the book and posted a review on Amazon . After reading the book, I thought it would be a great idea along with Greg to interview him here on the blog.
________________________________________ Dear Andy, I'm a Scoutmaster and find myself with a bit of a dilemma between a Scout and a small group of irate parents. This Scout is presently Life rank. He's just about completed all requirements for the Eagle Scout rank.
[N.B. - Sorry for being a little scarce for the past couple of weeks! I've been working on a really cool project with Clarke Green of ScoutmasterCG.com. I'll be announcing more about that soon! I will now be continuing my regular posting schedule of roughly once a week.
The results of the Boy Scouts of America Fall 2013 Voice of the Scout survey have been published in this executive summary and infographic . You can also access the published results of all VoS surveys . How it Works A Voice of the Scout (VoS) survey is conducted every six months.
The Sustainability merit badge was added as a new merit badge in the summer of 2013. This badge focuses on lifestyle adaptations which use our planet's natural resources more wisely. Either Sustainability merit badge or Environmental Science merit badge is required for the rank of Eagle.
(Many Scout rafting competitions were inspired by Thor Heyerdahl's 1947 Pacific raft expedition. This article, published in The Scout on 17 April 1952, reveals the link between the Kon-Tiki expedition and Scouting. Although Heyerdahl's theories of South American colonisation of the Pacific are generally discounted today, the expedition itself is still an inspiring story.)
The page below is a message I had written to my troop a while ago. We weren't really following the program, and the advice I had was to stick to the program as it is in the book (which I believe is the way a troop should run).
Before we begin the primary topic of this column I would first like to introduce myself. My name is Mark West, I am 23 years old and have been involved with Scouting since the second grade (1997). In August 2006 I earned my Eagle with Troop 780 which is located in Castle Rock, Colorado (Denver…
