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Here’s an interesting initiative: The BSA Adopt-a-School Program is an exciting and comprehensive undertaking that will connect Scout packs, troops and crews across the country with schools in their communities. Participating Scouts then work, within Read More →

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There is a lot to be said about the tasks of simple problem-solving that just seem more pronounced in the wilderness. There is such value in it, in fact, that people are sending their “troubled Read More →

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“It’s a little hard to say exactly what I learned in Boy Scouts. Certainly, I learned camping skills that I have enjoyed using ever since: skills ranging from selecting a good campsite to making a Read More →

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One of the real joys of working as a volunteer Scout leader is discovering Scouting. Scouting shares similarities to other endeavors but it is a unique field of work. Like the work of churches it Read More →

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Once in a while a young, energetic Scout leader bounds up on my front porch here and says: ‘I have a great new idea!’ I grip my cane, stare over my bifocals and reply ‘There Read More →

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This announcement from the B.S.A. is nothing new but I’ve had questions about it recently – here’s the way the college reserve works: Does your troop or team have a Scout who has turned 18 Read More →

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I posted this ‘study’ to Facebook earlier this week. The interest it created leads me to share  news of research by hard-working yet little known Scouters who staff the Large Baden Collider at Philmont Scout Ranch. Some Read More →

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photo from Suburban Journal article St. Louis’s Strange Company (run by an Eagle Scout) produces Eagle Scout medals and pins. Here’s an article in Suburban Journal: Scouts’ honors

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A podcast listener has contacted me looking for help in setting up a forum where volunteers could discuss and share their work with special needs Scouts. I know that a good many information technology professionals read the blog Read More →

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Uncategorized Stuff that Scout leaders may find interesting and useful- A new and growing resource for fining Canoe outfitters and canoeing guidebooks listed by country, state territory and province.  Canoe Outfitters.net Not a recommendation so much as Read More →

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A Scouter’s Golden Opportunity I took a piece of plastic clay And idly fashioned it one day. And as I pressed it, still It bent and yielded to my will. I came again when day Read More →

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Entering that  humble wooden structure so elemental to our camping memories inspires terror in some and  relief in others. The simple truth remains; eventually all must go. “Kybo” is its familiar name throughout world Scouting. Read More →

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