Apr 18, 2019 | Scouting Magazine
“Far and away, the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” These words from Theodore Roosevelt fittingly describe what Scouts from Troop 6 in Bismarck, N.D., were up to last summer. There was some work worth doing in Medora, N.D.,... 
Apr 18, 2019 | Scouting Magazine
The latest research is startling: More than half of all children have been involved in bullying as a perpetrator, target or both. Those who aren’t directly involved often witness others being bullied. Bullying affects kids of every race, gender identity, grade and... 
Apr 18, 2019 | Scouting Magazine
Tens of thousands of Scouts and Scouters from around the globe will attend this summer’s World Scout Jamboree at the Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia. But international Scouts and Scouters have been coming to America since the BSA’s earliest days, bringing with... 
Apr 18, 2019 | Scouting Magazine
Jan Helge Bøhn joined Cub Scouting in the second grade, as did all but two of the other 13 boys in his grade-school class. Eight were still active when they graduated from high school. That’s no surprise, considering how the Norwegian Scout program combined rugged... 
Apr 18, 2019 | Scouting Magazine
Marcelo Guerra Hahn’s memories of Scouting in Uruguay revolve around camping, games and lots of singing and clapping. “What you hear at campfires here we do there all the time,” he says. Earning badges, which is so important to many BSA youth, was far less meaningful... 
Apr 18, 2019 | Scouting Magazine
Natasha Brand has no trouble remembering what Scouting was like back home. That’s because she and her youngest child, Sam, spend two months in the U.K. each summer. Sam is a Cub Scout in both countries, while his mom is a den leader here and a group section assistant...