The city of New Orleans is known for a lot of cool and interesting things. Snow is not one of them. But earlier this winter, the city of New Orleans got 10 inches of snow in one fell swoop, eclipsing at the time the entire amount of snow Salt Lake City had gotten all winter […]

Multisport, an athletic competition that features a combination of two or more sports, is now a Scouting America merit badge. Scouts BSA members, along with Sea Scouts and Venturers who have earned the rank of First Class in a troop, may begin work on the merit badge beginning in March 2025, when the pamphlet becomes

On February 9, Cub Scouts from Pack 651 of Summit Station, Pennsylvania, delivered Valentine’s Day gifts to senior residents at two local nursing and rehab centers. The Cub Scouts made gifts and signed cards during their weekly meetings. The activity helped them earn time for their citizenship and community service-related requirements. Cubmaster Kevin Huneke shared

The Scouts BSA program is designed to be led by youth and guided by adults. You’d have a hard time finding a better illustration of that philosophy than at this week’s Scouting America National Executive Board meeting when a handful of members from the Scouts BSA National Youth Council spoke eloquently and powerfully to a

This frigid winter is the perfect time to go ice skating, but at Camp Yawgoog, summertime is also great. This past summer, the Narragansett Council camp welcomed Scouts to an off-site program that allowed them to get on the ice. The council partnered with the University of Rhode Island, a 25-minute drive from the camp, and

If you dig under the couch cushions or root through your car, you could find your Scout’s next hobby, a rewarding and fascinating endeavor that can teach them history, economics and the enjoyment of collecting. Numismatics is a hobby that focuses on currency, whether it’s coins, medals, tokens or paper money. Hundreds of years ago,

Armani Rodriguez wasn’t sure he wanted to continue in Scouting. He had been in the program since he was a Cub Scout. His father was a Scoutmaster. He had seen his older brother Nathaniel earn the Eagle Scout rank. Scouting was engrained in his family. Still, as a teenager, he was instead focused on another

Scouts can reflect on their faith during the entire month of February through celebrations known as Scout Sunday, Scout Sabbath and Scout Jumuah. Any weekend in February is appropriate for reminding your Scouts to focus on reverence; however, many units choose to reflect on the 12th point of the Scout Law on the nationally suggested

Mike Lanning became the Scoutmaster of Troop 223 in Pacific Palisades, California, in 1953, when he was 21 years old. More than 70 years later, Troop 223 is still going strong, and so is Lanning. The troop celebrated its 1,000th Eagle Scout last month. Every single one of the awards was earned under Lanning’s guidance.

There’s a new way to earn the Skating merit badge — and it comes with the backing of the national governing body for skateboarding in the United States. The merit badge already featured options that allowed Scouts to explore the exciting world of ice skating, roller skating and in-line skating. Now add skateboarding to that