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The mailbag brought a couple more questions to the Bobwhite’s attention in the last few weeks. I’ll take a stab at answering your conundrums this week. First, a question from an experienced den leader – and thank you for your service, as you are the front-line deliverer of Scouting to our Cub Scouts!
Yes, Madison Wiley has learned all the knot-tying, sail-raising and boat-steering techniques you’d expect a Sea Scout to know. But the 18-year-old from Sea Scout Ship 16 of Suffolk, Va., part of the Colonial Virginia Council, says Sea Scouting has taught her a lot more than those on-the-water skills.
June 2019 Time to make: 2 hours Boys Life "Slide of the Month" Mar. 1965, page 70 Original design: William Poese I quite enjoyed making this slide because it brings together an old Scout skill (which I was never very good at as a Scout) and the pleasure of crafting a slide.
Jennifer Gibbs remembers her family’s camping trips, orchestrated by her father Melbourne “Kenny” Richards, Jr. “My dad had a profound love of nature,” Gibbs says. “His training as an Eagle Scout made my dad the best person to go camping with; my favorite trips with him were to the Southwest or in Colorado.
Hi Andy, I enjoy reading your weekly columns… But I do notice that the BSA’s GUIDE TO SAFE SCOUTING seems to be catching so many of us left and right. I did notice one slight problem with your answer to the question on the composition of PLC (Patrol Leaders Council) meetings (Issue #600).
An inventive new Wood Badge course, scheduled for January 2020 at the Summit Bechtel Reserve, will give participants a chance to experience the “linked troop” model used by many Scouts BSA troops. Everything about the course breaks the Wood Badge mold in exciting ways.
Your Scouts can take flight and earn a cool new STEM Nova Award, thanks to a collaboration between iFLY and the Boy Scouts of America . iFLY indoor skydiving gives Cub Scouts, Scouts BSA members, Sea Scouts and Venturers a chance to fly high while working on the “Up and Away” STEM Nova Award.
“Here rests in honored glory a Comrade In Arms known but to God” June 6, 1944 is one of those days that should forever be ensconced in mankind’s collective history, similar to December 7, 1941, or more recently September 11, 2001.
An aerial photo from April shows the soon-to-be-finished Bunkhouse at Pigott Base Camp. Gone are the days of BSA properties being open for a few weeks each summer and a weekend or two in the spring and fall. The newest trend in the Boy Scouts of America: finding ways to use BSA facilities in all…
The members of Venturing Crew 1886 in 2006 — four years after the crew was formed. A Lutheran pastor in Virginia, a land development engineer in North Carolina and a fitness-focused Instagram influencer based in Brooklyn, N.Y. One common thread connects each of these three women — and six others with similar success stories.
Hi Andy, I absolutely love reading everything that’s posted on your online columns. I’m still learning from you. May I share your content on my website? (Achat, Scouts Mauritius) Thank you—Merci! Yes, you may share any column or comments within columns, and my only request is attribution.
Timmy working with a speech language pathologist at the Lerner School. Photo courtesy of the Cleveland Clinic. Timmy Hargate was diagnosed at an early age with autism and an extreme speech delay. Thanks to years of hard work and the help of dedicated professionals, he is now an Eagle Scout.
Sam Snyder of Troop 175 from Peachtree City, Ga., works on his Eagle project with his helpers. They built a 24-by-20-foot pavilion with four 10-by-10 dog runs for the county animal shelter. Five words — that’s all that fundamentally separates an Eagle Scout service project from a standard Scouting service project.
As you prepare to go camping this summer, you’ll likely write a checklist of what to bring. One thing you should have on that list that will help ensure a good time for not only you, but for your fellow campers is a clean bill of health.
Article contributed by Steve Yackel, Scouting U Team Lead One of the most effective methods to market your youth recruitment meetings (“School Night for Scouting,” “ Join Scouting Night ,” etc.) is the school-based youth talk. Professional Scouters have been conducting youth talks in schools for almost 100 years.
Story contributed by Zachary Ross, Assistant Scout Executive of the Pine Burr Council As unit-serving executives, we have all experienced it: It’s the high-pressure school night season, and we are halfway through our gauntlet of schools. The excitement of new families joining Scouting is still alive, but the fatigue of back-to-back-to-back school nights and joining…
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Boy Scouts of America volunteers and professionals are relentless in their pursuit of outdoor programs that are exhilarating, enriching and safe. That explains the popularity of the National Outdoor Conference , held every other year at Philmont Scout Ranch. This September, volunteers and professionals from across the country will travel to the mountains of New Mexico…
Depending on where you are, school is probably out, or will be out soon. Packs are wrapping up their program year and reminding parents of the summer’s planned activities. Troops are still meeting, though perhaps on a relaxed schedule, and are getting ready for summer camp, the highlight of the year.
When he wasn’t helping Sheriff Woody corral bad guys or annihilating aliens alongside Buzz Lightyear, Andy Davis was a normal kid. He went to school, helped his mom with chores — and was a member of the Boy Scouts of America.
Braxton Moral, a Life Scout with Troop 186 in Ulysses, Kan., isn’t your typical high school graduate. He walked the stage at Ulysses High School in May; a couple of weeks later, he did the same at Harvard University . Braxton, 17, now with a high school diploma and a bachelor’s degree in government with a…
Article contributed by Michael Ramsey, BSA Director of Marketing and Brand Management As part of the National Service Center’s 2018 fall Cub Scout digital media buy, we learned just how important it is to hold joining events in locations that are familiar to parents.
Hi Andy, I’m our troop’s Committee Chair and the father of a Scout in the troop. I just found out that, while on a troop campout, a 15 year-old Life Scout in my troop vaping with—of all Scouts!—my own 17 year-old Life Scout son!
Article contributed by Laura Clay, Western Los Angeles County Council Are you a Scouting professional who wants to know the secret to hitting year-end growth, raising more money, and increasing participation in program? With a bit of planning and proactive work, these goals are achievable through a successful fall membership campaign.
When a professional basketball or hockey team wins a championship, the players aren’t the only ones awarded rings. Everyone in the organization — the head coach, the trainers, even the person who refills those little cups of sports drink — gets recognized in a tangibly shiny way.
If you watched the Indianapolis 500 last month — like 5.4 million people did — you might have noticed a familiar logo. The Boy Scouts of America logo was emblazoned on rookie IndyCar driver Santino Ferrucci’s vehicle. The 21-year-old Connecticut native is part of Dale Coyne Racing , a longtime supporter of Scouting at the local and national…
Fourteen of Troop 501's 15 Eagle Scout graduates gathered for a photo. The Scouts in maroon neckerchiefs were still completing their final requirements when the photo was taken. A remarkable 15 Eagle Scouts from a single troop graduated high school together last month, carrying Scouting’s proven mix of hands-on leadership training and character development with…
The Boy Scouts of America is so synonymous with positive values and good deeds that people call a person of high character a “Boy Scout” even if they never were one. And yet, there’s a lot that American families don’t know — or don’t fully understand — about this transformative movement called the BSA.
The new Annual Report for the Boy Scouts of America, 2018, A Year in Scouting , is now available to review and share. The report highlights and celebrates the impact that Scouting volunteers, donors, and youth have in communities all over the United States and beyond.
Our kids need to know how and when to call 911. These fun activities include tips and ideas on teaching this emergency preparedness life skill.
Adventures await Cub Scouts — not only can they find them in their handbooks, but now they can find adventures online. You can find brand-new, online-only Cub Scout adventures, called Preview Adventures, on the Cub Scouting program page . You won’t find these adventures in a handbook, at least, not yet.
Dear Andy, Can I ask you some questions? In addition to being in a Scouts BSA troop, I’m also a Sea Scout. I’ve earned Eagle Scout rank and also received a bronze palm at the court of honor. Can I work on additional palms through my Sea Scout Ship instead of my troop?
Fox needed a hero, and so the TV network took the most logical action. It called on an Eagle Scout. For the premiere of the new game show Spin the Wheel , Fox selected a contestant they knew home viewers would root for.
With every camporee and merit badge earned by Scouts at camp this summer, we know that thousands of Scouts are benefitting from the programs you help bring to life in your community. Yet we also know that we are facing a challenging time as an organization.
When welcoming a new family to your pack or troop, nothing beats a personal phone call, email or text message from you. But when welcoming tens of thousands of new Scouting families into our movement, a series of helpful and cheerful emails from the BSA comes in a close second.
Have you heard about the new Cub Scout Preview Adventures? Learn the details about the Protect Yourself Rules adventure and the Yo-Yo adventure.
