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Charleston, W.Va., to Scout Families: We're Your Gateway to the Jamboree
You may have heard there's a big party at the Summit this summer, a little get-together called the 2013 National Scout Jamboree. But did you know that just an hour northwest of the BSA's extravaganza sits the hip, historic city of Charleston,... From Scouting Magazine 1 week ago |
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The Most- and Least-Popular Merit Badges of 2012, and What That Info Tells Us
Which merit badges had Scouts rushing to counselors and Moms and Dads rushing to the sewing machine last year? Here's your answer. In January 2012, I presented a list of 2011â²s most- and least-popular merit badges based on sales numbers from... From Scouting Magazine 1 month ago |
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Find Your Path: Track Down a National Trails Day Event Near You
Last year's patch. This year's design hasn't yet been released. Maybe you'll walk in the footsteps of the Wright Brothers in Ohio, hike from scene to scene in an outdoor production of Snow White in Boulder, or bike through redwoods in California... From Scouting Magazine 1 month ago |
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Jumping to Conclusions ('Are You Tougher?' Episodes 5 and 6 Recap)
All good television shows must come to an end. And so it is with a heavy heart that tonight we waved goodbye to Are You Tougher Than a Boy Scout? , the six-episode reality series that matched fresh-faced Eagle Scouts against 30- and 40-something... From Scouting Magazine 1 month ago |
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Something New Under the Sun ('Are You Tougher?' Episode 3 Recap)
Did we finally have a fair fight on our hands? After two weeks of pitting adults who didn't make Eagle against teenagers who did, Are You Tougher Than a Boy Scout? turned up the heat last night. Forget excuses like "I came three merit badges... From Scouting Magazine 2 months ago |
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The Geocaching Project
The Boy Scouts of Melrose Troop 68 chose geocaching as the theme for last August. A merit badge counselor came to one of the troop meetings and the monthly outing was based on that topic. The Boy Scouts had fun and seemed to enjoy the thrill of the... From A Scoutmaster's Blog 6 months ago |
Issue 328 September 30, 2012
Rule No. 91 o To avoid being elected to a volunteer position you don't want, chair the nominating committee. ________________________________________ Dear Andy, I went to a Roundtable the other night and received a stack of paperwork for our troop... From Ask Andy 7 months ago |
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Geocaching Fun
A few years ago the Boy Scouts of Melrose Troop 68 spent a month introducing themselves to the world of geocaching. One parent came to the meetings and showed the Scouts how it was done, and worked with them to find two geocaches located nearby our... From A Scoutmaster's Blog 8 months ago |
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The Ultimate List of Scouting Apps
Once upon a time, we used maps printed on paper to find our way. We studied laminated sky charts to identify constellations. We counted seconds after thunder strikes to locate storms. What were we thinking? Today, thanks to... From Scouting Magazine 9 months ago |
Open for Debate: Are Smartphones the Modern-Day Camper's Swiss Army Knife?
Maybe. But here's the debate: Should you allow your Scouts to bring their smartphones on camping trips? Sure, Scouters and Scouts can do it all with these powerful gadgets. A smartphone (or tablet) is a watch, an alarm clock, a digital compass, a... From Scouting Magazine 1 year ago |
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Issue 294 March 4, 2012
Special NAYLE Edition Rule No. 61: When called upon to speak to any group or audience, resist the urge to describe the thoughts that ran through your head before you figured out what you were actually going to say. The three most important... From Ask Andy 1 year ago |
Geocaching Merit Badge for Boy Scouts
Geocaching is one of the newer merit badges offered to Boy Scouts. It was added in 2010. Geocaching is becoming more and more popular across the country, so this badge gives Scouts a way to learn about it. [ This is a content summary only. Click on... From Scouter Mom 1 year ago |
EveryTrail.Com
EveryTrail.com is a great resource for researching and sharing outing information. EveryTrail is free and useful for a variety of trips â including road trips, sight-seeing tours, sailing trips, hiking, cycling, flying, hang gliding,... From Scoutmaster Clarke Green 1 year ago |
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Electronics and Scouting
There are many out there that feel that there is no place for electronics in Scouting.. no phones, ipods, or gps units. Well I tend to disagree with those folks, but with this caveat, training, skills, and appropriate time and place. Training. IF... From The Scoutmaster Minute 1 year ago |
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11 Scouters Join Prestigious List of Silver Buffalo Award Recipients
The Silver Buffalo Award square knot and medal. What do Robert Baden-Powell, Jimmy Stewart, Neil Armstrong, and Bill Gates have in common? All are recipients of the Silver Buffalo Award , Scouting's highest honor for adults. Late last month, 11... From Scouting Magazine 1 year ago |
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Endeavour Delivers Payload of Boy Scout Patches
It's no longer breaking news that space shuttle Endeavour returned this morning this morning from a successful 15 day trip, delivering the final U.S. components for the International Space Station and taking its last flight. All in all, Endeavour... From Stadri Emblems Scouting Blog 1 year ago |
Day 80: Tauwinipen
Squared away all the registration paperwork needed (by Saturday) for summer camp and now have a binder of leader materials; Mailed out a Shelterbox Scout patch; Thanks to another Scouter got help with my geocaching app conundrum â turns... From A Scouter's Journey 2 years ago |
Day 79: Getting Warmer
Todays Scouting activities included: Getting organized for summer camp registration. The early registration discount ends a day or two after tomorrow's troop meeting. Still hopeful we may get 1 or 2 more Scouts to go. Researching geocaching apps... From A Scouter's Journey 2 years ago |
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Robotics Merit Badge Launch Includes All-New Interactive Resource Center
The age of robots in the Boy Scouts of America has begun. No, the BSA isn't planning to replace Scoutmasters with androids. At least not that I've heard of. I'm referring to today's launch of the Robotics merit badge. It's the latest example of how... From Scouting Magazine 2 years ago |
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2nd 100 Days of Scouting: Day 57
Geocaching Merit Badge I'm still under the weather, and that is really dragging me down. Wood Badge is coming up this weekend, and I have work to do to prepare for it. The weather will be flaky, so lots to "be prepared" for. Now that we have passed... From 100 Days of Scouting 2 years ago |
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ClassB at the South Florida Camporee
A week ago, ClassB® had the pleasure to attend the Scoutmasters Camporee of South Florida . This Camporee is an annual event organized by the South Florida Council and attended by over 2,000 Scouts and adult leaders from around the region. The sun... From Official ClassB Blog 2 years ago |
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Take Note of These 2011 Boy Scout Requirement Changes
Any great organization constantly tweaks and adapts its requirements to better reach its members, and the Boy Scouts of America is no exception. To that end, the BSA announced this week which requirements will change in 2011. One big item is... From Scouting Magazine 2 years ago |
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2010 Scouting News Recap
So 2010 is gone! It didn't turn out quite like I had expected for Scouting News. Personal commitments including returing from Iraq, working at a new Boy Scout Camp, moving two hours away from my "home base", and starting a "real job" kept me... From Scouting News 2 years ago |
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Boy Scout Merit Badge: Geocaching
One of the new merit badges announced this year is Geocaching. Geocaching is an outdoor activity that pairs GPS and other navigational techniques to find a cache â anything from an amazing view to a hidden container of treasures. Often... From Stadri Emblems Scouting Blog 2 years ago |
The Year in Review (Sort Of)
So it is that time to reflect on the year that was...I wanted to touch on some highlights of the year for the Troop: - we camped 12 months of the year: among the campouts we had a Lock In, backpacking trip, rock climbing, wilderness survival,... From The Scoutmaster 2 years ago |
STOCKING STUFFERS!!
Merry Christmas everyone! Are you stuck on what to get your favorite scouter to fill his or her stocking? Here's a few ideas. The first one is a very cool item I stumbled upon this morning while picking up spices for pumpkin pie. #1 â... From Lone Star Scouter 2 years ago |
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ClassB Sponsors BSA Centennial Camporee
Last weekend, the Gulf Ridge and West Central Florida Councils held their Centennial Camporee at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa. This was the largest-ever gathering of Scouts in the West Central Florida area. Thousands of Scouts, from... From Official ClassB Blog 2 years ago |
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Scouting Week in Review October 29th
Hello Scouts! It's finally here â Halloween weekend! Before you head out for the fun, trick-or-treating or visiting your friendly neighborhood haunted house, check out this Halloween Safety Guide and make sure to get a good dose of these... From Official ClassB Blog 2 years ago |
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Review of Boys' Life "Let's Go Geocaching"
From the popular Boys' Life Series, " Let's Go Geocaching " is a great introduction for those who are just discovering the quickly growing pastime of geocaching. Geocaching is sometimes described as a modern-day game of "hide and go seek", where... From Trailstop 2 years ago |
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Meet the Winners of the Nationwide Geocaching Pinewood Derby
Geocaching is the perfect mix of outdoors fun and high-tech gadgets. That explains why it's such a hit with today's Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Venturers. Take the participants of the Race to 2010, for example. The BSA just released the... From Scouting Magazine 2 years ago |
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This Week in Scouting October 15th, 2010
Hi Scouts! The Boy Scouts of America released a brand new merit badge pamphlet and circular badge this week and they should be in Scout shops by December. It's all about Geocaching, and if you haven't tried this new techno-version of "hide and... From Official ClassB Blog 2 years ago |
Geocaching Pamphlet and Badge
Today I was glad to see that Scouting Magazine announced that production of the Geocaching merit badge pamphlet (and patch) will begin soon and hopefully we'll see them available by the end of the year. A near final draft of ⦠Continue reading... From A Scouter's Journey 2 years ago |
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Design of Geocaching Merit Badge Pamphlet Released
You've got the requirements . Now, check out the design of the Geocaching merit badge pamphlet and circular badge, released today by the Boy Scouts of America. For Boy Scouts who are geocaching enthusiasts, a merit badge that rewards... From Scouting Magazine 2 years ago |
Geocache Recap and a Troop Meeting
The results of the geocaching/recruiting event weren't nearly as good as I'd hoped. The majority of attendees were members and leaders from our Cub Pack. We introduced the Pack to geocaching a few years ago and a number of families ⦠Continue... From A Scouter's Journey 2 years ago |
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Geocachers Save Two Women Stranded in Desert
Geocachers Save Two Women Stranded in Desert Extreme Geocaching | Geocachers Care Imagery ©2010 TerraMetrics, Map data ©2010 Europa Technologies, Google â Terms of Use Map Satellite Hybrid Terrain 128Share Geocachers Roy Joseph ( Rojo464 )... From Lone Star Scouter 2 years ago |
Troop Geocaching: Scout Law Logs
Each of the 12 micro-caches (35mm film canisters) will have one point of the Scout Law and a brief description of that point. Beneath that is a brief explanation of Geocaching and what to do, whether the cache was found ⦠Continue reading... From A Scouter's Journey 2 years ago |
Troop Geocaching
Our Troop is hosting a Geocaching event the first weekend of September. Our intent is to use this as a recruiting event as well as to spread awareness of Scouting in our community. We've mapped out 12 waypoints (one for ⦠Continue reading... From A Scouter's Journey 2 years ago |
Its Been a While and a Lot Has Happened
Wow, where to begin. Let's start with Eagles. In the past 6 months (off the top of my head) Cameron, Corey, Tim, Sean, Dillon, Kyle, and Hunter have reached the honorable rank of Eagle Scout. We're very proud of each and every one of them and... From Lone Star Scouter 2 years ago |
Scouts at 2010 Jamboree Celebrate Adventure and Continue Journey
FORT A.P. HILL, Va .-When Tony DiSalvo was 8 years old in 1937, he attended the first National Scout Jamboree in Washington, D.C. Now, 17 jamborees later, DiSalvo, 81, was among the 45,000 Scouts and Scouters attending the 2010 National Scout... From BSA National Scout Jamboree 2010 Bulletins 2 years ago |
Recruiting
I've been planning a geocaching/recruiting event for September. Being so worried about the Troop (and my son's Scouting) future I decided to do a end of year pitch to the schools in town. Since the Scouting year will likely be ⦠Continue... From A Scouter's Journey 2 years ago |
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More New Merit Badges
D uring the last seven months we have seen three new merit badges introduced to the Boy Scout merit badge program (Scuba Diving, Geocaching, and Scouting Heritage). We have also seen the return of four merit badges for this year only (Signaling,... From A Scoutmaster's Blog 2 years ago |
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May-Jun 2010 Scouting Magazine
The May-Jun 2010 issue of Scouting magazine is available at the magazine website. This issue has articles of interest to Cub Scouters on the following subjects: Cub Scout Geocaching Fun. Link New Cub Scout Program (Cub Scouts 2010). Link Belt Loop... From KISMIF - Awesome Cub Scouting 3 years ago |
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Geocachers Encouraged to Leave the Cache, Remove the Trash
Tomorrow, thousands of Scouts and Scouters across the country will join a nationwide clean-up effort for geocachers. The program, called "Cache In, Trash Out," gathers geocaching enthusiasts together to clean up parks, public places, and... From Scouting Magazine 3 years ago |
The Leader's Campfire #76
#76-BSA100 Part 2 More BSA 100 celebrations, including a parade, a train, a car, a coin, and some new badges. Links: Boy Scout Centennial Parade- http://bit.ly/9QptVb Coin Report- http://bit.ly/benwlu Train Webpage- http://bit.ly/cz9s1Y Geocaching... From The Leader's Campfire Podcast 3 years ago |
Merit Badge Corner Geocaching
OK so this week's Merit Badge isn't available to be earned by scouts yet but the official requirements have been released by BSA. It's the Geocaching Merit Badge. What is Geocaching you ask? Geocaching is an outdoor activity in which a GPS is used... From A Boy Scout's Blog 3 years ago |
BSA Announces New GEOCACHING Merit Badge
BSA today, on the Scouting Magazine BLOG announced the release of the final requirements for a new Merit Badge for the sport of GEOCACHING. The merit badge pamphlet is not yet available, but the Boy Scouts of America wanted to get the official... From U.S. Scouting Service Project 3 years ago |
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Official Geocaching Merit Badge Requirements Released
You won't need your GPS unit to find the Geocaching merit badge requirements. We've got them right here. The merit badge pamphlet is not yet available, but the Boy Scouts of America wanted to get the official requirements in the hands of... From Scouting Magazine 3 years ago |
BSA Patches on Space Shuttle
BSA Press Release Contact: Julie Bulthaus 314-982-8779 314-920-8004 (cell) julie.bulthaus@fleishman.com Scouting's Centennial is Out of This World-Literally! Boy Scouts of America's 100th Anniversary Year of Celebration Patches Head to International... From U.S. Scouting Service Project 3 years ago |
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Scouting's Centennial Is Out of This World-Literally!
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has officially taken its 100th Anniversary Celebration to new heights. Four Year of Celebration patches left the stratosphere today as cargo on the space shuttle Discovery's STS-131 mission to the International Space... From Scouting News 3 years ago |
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