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We heard how well you know Scouting in pop culture , you heard about Scouting references in the early 20th century , and now, Scouting Wire is uncovering Scouting in pop culture from 1940 to 1969. You might even say these decades were the Scouting ‘golden years’ as far as pop culture features go.
With just five minutes and a couple of items available at your local hardware store, you can make a camp washing machine. Your tentmate will thank you.
The Fords – Herb, top left – Shirley, bottom right. This is a personal note that hasn't much to do with Scouting but I think it's important, so bear with me for a moment. Let me introduce you to a couple of people I was thinking about this week.
This project is a creative way to recycle materials and have an interesting and functional shelf. WHAT YOU'LL NEED Lots of paper: Newspapers, junk mail, cardboard, magazines - almost any type of paper will work. Don't use coated or shiny paper; it won't break down into pulp.
I often receive notes and news coverage about the accomplishments of many of our Scouts who have disabilities and how they have overcome those challenges to lead wonderful and rewarding lives. Here are two such accounts that I think you will find inspiring.
The pack had the Raingutter Regatta tonight. It's been an annual tradition for years. Ours is actually a Recycled Raingutter Regatta, as we use recycled water bottle and such for the boats instead of the official BSA kits. After 7 years of watching a sometimes participating in the adult category, I've realized building a mast…
Those funny, heartwarming, only-in-Scouting scenes inspired a Scouter from Nevada to create a comic strip about Scouting.
I saw this post today on Scouting Magazine about what counts as a night of camping for the Camping Merit Badge and what does not. Funny, this topic comes up in my unit at least once each year…right around the Stake Fathers & Sons campout.
This is the first in a series where I share Eagle Scout project before-and-after photos. Look for a new batch every Monday morning.
One of my favorite magazines, The New Yorker, has a recurring column titled Notes from All Over, a collection of miscellany that are interesting in and of themselves but don't merit an entire article. Today's article is like that, so I'm borrowing the title with apologies (and a tip of the campaign hat) to the…
In Scouting, respect, honesty, and leadership are among the values we teach through the Scout Oath and Scout Law. We teach the importance of helping other people at all times, and how a Scout is helpful, friendly, courteous and kind.
It wouldn't solve our our problems, but how about it? A couple weeks back I asked you to help with a survey for one of my listeners, and I appreciate your response. The answers got me thinking about group Scouting and how our organizational structure has some intended consequences on how we become volunteers and…
When, in the media, young people are mentioned, it is normally that they've done something wrong and there is a lot of "tut tutting" and "the young people of today.." type comments. There will always be the ‘wrong uns' out there and sadly they are the ones that are talked about.
At this point in our Scouting in pop culture series, your mind may be swimming with nostalgia, like images of Fred Flinstone and Barney Rubble taking the stage at Jamboree or Carey Grant gracing the screen as the adopted father of a Scout .
Follow these steps, brilliantly devised by National OA Committee Chairman Ray Capp, to keep OA elections from becoming a popularity contest.
Even the Weather Channel’s Wake Up with Al (that’s Al Roker) turns to Scouters for advice on how to thrive in the outdoors – which is why correspondent Dave Malkoff caught up with the Atlanta Area Council’s Bert Adams Scout Camp staff member Samantha Grinstead for the show’s Hot Jobs series.
You may have heard about the Scouting family who’s kicking some serious robot butt in the television competition series “ Battle Bots ,” and now you’re probably thinking “how can I do that, too?” Well, we thought the same thing (who doesn’t want to build really cool fighting robots).
How do eight to ten-year-olds wielding knives impact your job satisfaction? LinkedIn blogger Nathaniel Sellers made some pretty telling observations when he and his wife assisted Cub Scouts in carving soap. This activity is a staple in Cub Scouting, but to someone assuming a Scouting volunteer role with fresh eyes, soap carving smuggles in a…
Looking for outdoor cooking ideas for Cub Scouts? Read about some great cookbooks full of outdoor cooking recipes!
Did you know the Boy Scouts of America is one of the very few organizations that have an official code for flag retirement? Respect for our nation’s symbols are an integral part of being a reverent, responsible Scout; thus we have specific rules for the appropriate retirement of the United States flag.
