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Documentary films provide talking points for Oceanography merit badge counselors

BSA's merit badge guidelines provide the framework for counselors to help Scouts complete their chosen merit badge. Education, activity and group discussion are part and parcel to the merit badge process, each playing an important role for the...

Be prepared for your Eagle Scout board of review

It's the pinnacle of Scouting; the top of the mountain. The Eagle Scout rank takes years to attain and is the highest honor a Boy Scout can achieve. Ask any scout and they'll tell you...

Phase two of scout rank advancement focuses on leadership

When your young scout attends his first troop meeting, he symbolically steps foot on his first scout trail, and first phase of advancement; the trail to first class. It takes a year or so, but eventually he completes...

First phase of Boy Scout rank advancement teaches early scout skills

The Scout method identifies rank advancement as one of its seven core elements. Scouts advance progressively in a self-paced, self-governed manner through participation, study, activity and education. For their efforts, scouts are eventually awarded by ranking-up...

Four scouts nominated for Congressional Medal of Honor American Spirit Award

As the BSA's 100 Years of Scouting national centennial celebration draws to a close, the Congressional Medal of Honor is just beginning a sesquicentennial anniversary of its own. One hundred fifty years ago, President Abraham Lincoln...

Space Shuttle Discovery set for final countdown

NASA is preparing for the final voyage of the Space Shuttle Discovery, scheduled for an early morning launch on December 3, 2010. As of Friday, November 19, the veteran orbiter is being prepped on-site at Launch...

Green Bay man earns place in BSA National Hall of Leadership

Lifelong Green Bay resident and Eagle Scout, Keith Westergaard, claimed one of the coveted National Hall of Leadership Awards bestowed to only 300 people in the United States, by the Boy Scouts of America. The award is given...

Second $25 million donation to the BSA in less than thirty days

October has been a very good month for the BSA. First, it was $25 million to the Circle Ten Council by the Rees-Jones Foundation, announced earlier this month. Now, the BSA is announcing another sizable donation. This time...

Boy Scouts receive $25 million gift from Dallas Eagle Scout

Dallas, TX, October 6, 2010 - Dallas philanthropist and Eagle Scout,Trevor Rees-Jones, and his wife Jan, gave $25 million-dollars to the Circle Ten Council, earlier this month. The $25 million donation is the largest gift ever made...

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Documentary films provide talking points for Oceanography merit badge counselors

Be prepared for your Eagle Scout board of review

Phase two of scout rank advancement focuses on leadership

First phase of Boy Scout rank advancement teaches early scout skills

Four scouts nominated for Congressional Medal of Honor American Spirit Award

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Space Shuttle Discovery set for final countdown

Green Bay man earns place in BSA National Hall of Leadership

Second $25 million donation to the BSA in less than thirty days

Boy Scouts receive $25 million gift from Dallas Eagle Scout

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