Apr 25, 2018 | Bryan on Scouting
Six conferences being offered at the Philmont Training Center this summer are about training. Getting trained on training at the Philmont Training Center? Now that’s meta. If your Scouting job involves training other leaders, you should consider attending one of these...Apr 24, 2018 | Scoutingwire
Do you know the story of George Washington and his father’s cherry tree? It goes that six-year-old Washington damaged a cherry tree with a hatchet. When he was confronted by his father, George bravely responded, “I cannot tell a lie … I did cut it with my hatchet.”... 
Apr 24, 2018 | Bryan on Scouting
Pay attention, because there’ll be a test later. Boy Scout families — both current and former — can score $350 SAT or ACT test-prep computer programs for $20. That means the study materials, instructor-led videos and multimedia lessons can be yours for about half what... 
Apr 24, 2018 | Bryan on Scouting
An environmental clean-up project should be much more than a way to simply fulfill service hour requirements. But how do you ensure picking up trash doesn’t devolve into that? For Pack 267 and Troop 267 in Fredonia, N.Y., leaders and parents have helped turn such... 
Apr 24, 2018 | Scoutingwire
Tatum and Ian W., 10-year-old twins who are both participating in Webelos, are looking to be among the first brother/sister duos to eventually earn the rank of Eagle Scout. It’s all possible thanks to Tatum’s recent participation in Pack 154, which is part of Daniel...