When you volunteer in Scouting, you’re investing in the next generation, guiding and equipping them to succeed and lead as they step into their futures. You can also invest by directly donating to ...

Kate Benson was enjoying a peaceful morning hike in Yosemite National Park when she spotted a bear headed toward her down the trail. Benson, Scouting America’s national director of Cub Scouting, was ...

Few images are more closely associated with Scouting than a campsite in the great outdoors. Multiple generations of Scouts have ventured out for campfires, slept under the stars, eaten s’mores and ...

Upon hearing the Scout motto, someone asked Scouting founder Robert Baden-Powell the inevitable follow-up question. “Prepared for what?” “Why, for any old thing,” he replied. In 1907, Baden-Powell, an ...

Forget that sit-down with the hiring supervisor at Subway. When it comes to life-changing interviews and questions for a teenager, you can’t top the Eagle Scout Board of Review. For some Scouts, the ...

A big part of Cub Scouts involves introducing boys and girls to the fun and adventure of spending time outdoors. And if you’re going to spend time outdoors, you’re going to want the right gear. The ...

I won’t bury the lede: Despite what you might’ve heard, the Boy Scouts of America’s rules do allow for individual Scout accounts. But it’s not that simple. And the explanation won’t be as black and ...

Blue, orange, silver, gold and two shades of green. Scouting shoulder loops come in multiple colors to help you identify a fellow Scout or Scouter. But what do all the different colors mean? And which ...

Visits from the president are a Jamboree tradition. Seven of 11 sitting U.S. presidents who were in office at the time of a National Jamboree showed up in person to address giant crowds of Scouts.

It could be one of the most-quoted statistics in Scouting: the percentage of Boy Scouts who go on to become Eagle Scouts. For a while the common response was 4 percent. So common, in fact, that it ...

About Surveying which is near the bottom: I would like to see more young people take an interest in Surveying. Currently, there is a shortage of Surveyors and (yes, really) it is one profession that ...