Nov 14, 2019 | Boy's Life
At Air Camp, Scouts can go rock climbing and biking. You can try your hand at tomahawk throwing and archery. If you’re a Cub Scout, you can play fun games and shoot BB guns. But mostly, Air Camp is all about aviation. There’s an actual Boeing 737 that you can explore... 
Nov 14, 2019 | Bryan on Scouting
Unlike other Cub Scout diamond-shaped rank badges, the Webelos badge is an oval, similar to Scouts BSA rank badges. Webelos also wear tan uniforms instead of the blue ones that younger Cubs wear. But all Cub Scouts must earn the Bobcat badge before earning any other... 
Nov 13, 2019 | Scouting Newsroom
IRVING, TX (November 13, 2019) – The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and the Boy Scouts of America have announced the official roll out of the Auxiliary’s Sea Scouts youth development initiative, which integrates members of Sea Scout ships (units) into Auxiliary shore-side... 
Nov 13, 2019 | Bryan on Scouting
Wherever you find neighbors in need in Paramus, N.J., you’ll find the MERK. For the past three years, a group of Scouts and Venturers from New Jersey has operated a Mobile Emergency Response Kitchen, or MERK, to help feed first responders and disaster victims. The... 
Nov 12, 2019 | Bryan on Scouting
It’s not the arrival of red cups at Starbucks or endless Black Friday emails that does it. For me, proof that the holidays are near comes from the spirit of service that seems to bubble up around this time each year. Acts of service become overt and mainstream during...