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Have a very particular set of skills? The World Scout Jamboree needs you on...
It’ll take a dedicated team of talented, motivated volunteers to welcome 45,000 Scouts and Scouters from 133 countries to the 2019 World Scout Jamboree. That’s where you come in. The 2019 World Scout...
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How a trip to Kandersteg in Switzerland changed this Eagle Scout’s life
You don’t have to travel across the ocean to have a transformative Scouting experience. But if you’re ever lucky enough to visit Kandersteg International Scout Centre in Switzerland, the results will...
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How to join the BSA contingent at Scouting events in Brazil or Poland in 2020
The signature event of international Scouting is the World Scout Jamboree, held every four years. This summer’s World Scout Jamboree at the Summit Bechtel Reserve will be the first on U.S. soil since...
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Scouts honor 75th anniversary of D-Day at Normandy Camporee 2019
The moment Jed Stahlback arrived on the beaches of Normandy, the 11-year-old Star Scout was struck by how peaceful everything seemed. “Climbing through flowers and grass growing in the remains of bomb...
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Scouts, leaders honored with awards at the World Scout Jamboree
What better setting to receive a Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award than with Scouts from all over the world? More than 200 youth from nine countries earned bronze, silver and gold distinctions of...
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Can you hear me now? It’s time for the Jamboree-on-the-Air,...
The largest Scouting event in the world is set for this weekend: the Jamboree-on-the-Air and Jamboree-on-the-Internet. In 2017, more than 1.5 million Scouts and leaders in more than 160 countries...
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Buy this patch to help our fellow Scouts affected by the fires in Australia
When disaster strikes, Scouts step up. They’ve been there after tornadoes, wildfires and hurricanes destroyed homes and uprooted lives in communities across our country. This time, even though the...
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Scouts Australia responds to BSA support: ‘Overwhelmed and incredibly grateful’
Support from the worldwide community of Scouting, including members of the BSA, has been an “enormous comfort” to members of Scouts Australia as the country grapples with the bushfire crisis. “At times...
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Jamboree on the Internet: Special Edition arrives at exactly the right time
Self-isolation can feel pretty lonely. But this weekend will bring a welcome reminder that as Scouts, we’re never truly alone. From April 3–5, join a special edition of Jamboree on the Internet, a...
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A world of good: Virginia Scouts hold virtual meeting with Scouts from...
While staying home protects us, Scouting connects us. As virtual meetings and camp-ins link families within cities and towns, this same technology allows Scouts to reach across oceans to share in the...
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Sea Scouts from Northeast Region dominate at 2018 Koch Cup sailing event
A pair of Sea Scouts from Cambridge, Mass., took home the top prize at last week’s 2018 William I. Koch International Sea Scout Cup in Galveston, Texas. The international sailing regatta has been held...
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Cub Scout pack sings ‘around the world’
A simple act like singing a song can unite people, even if they’re on opposite sides of the globe. Tiger Cub Scout Jahnav Bhatnagar and his dad Anuj found that out when they organized a Skype call...
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From knots to explosives awareness, Scouters in NATO guide Afghan Scouts
Every third Friday of the month, a group of Scouts — boys and girls — gather to learn skills, like first aid, knot-tying and explosives awareness. Yes, they learn what to do if they come across a bomb....
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This Scout wanted to help his home away from home — in South Africa
Every summer and every other winter, Stephen Henley visits his mother’s side of the family in Howick, South Africa. When the time came for the 17-year-old Life Scout to choose an Eagle Scout project,...
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In a world too often seen through a screen, ‘Scouting reminds us there’s...
There was a time all our tweets came from birds and building things with friends didn’t just mean Minecraft. As the pace of our technology-filled world quickens, families have fewer opportunities for...
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Scout’s Eagle project earns World Scouting award, trip to United Nations
Mikaeel Martinez Jaka, a Life Scout from Virginia, received the World Organization of the Scout Movement’s prestigious Messengers of Peace Heroes Award last month, becoming just the fifth American to...
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These countries are coming to the 2019 World Scout Jamboree
Updated May 22, 2019, with the latest numbers/countries. Four out of every five people at the 2019 World Scout Jamboree will be from a country that isn’t the United States. That translates to excellent...
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Register now for the Jamboree-on-the-Air/Jamboree-on-the-Internet
The Jamboree-on-the-Air and Jamboree-on-the-Internet are the largest Scouting events in the world with more than 1.5 million Scouts from more than 160 countries annually participating. If you’ve never...
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If you speak a language other than English, here’s a patch you can wear with...
Alejandra Opdyke wears an “Español” strip because she wants Spanish-speaking parents of prospective Scouts to know “that somebody might help them in their language.” Mike Anderson’s “Deutsch” strip,...
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Do these three things every year to strengthen your connection to World Scouting
Some say that when it was done growing, the row of tables stretched on for a quarter mile. But it started small, as these things tend to. It started with five troops from five different countries...
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How U.K. Scouts attending the 2019 World Scout Jamboree helped make the...
From the cheers nearby, you would’ve thought Anthony Santander had just caught the final out in the World Series. But it was just a routine catch in the fourth inning of an Aug. 4, 2019, game between...
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5 ways that foreign-based BSA troops do things differently (and one way they...
They’ve camped on the D-Day beaches of Normandy, snowshoed across the Swiss Alps and hiked up volcanoes in Japan — all without a single transatlantic or transpacific flight. For BSA families living...
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Eagle Scout leads building of hydroponic garden at orphanage in Panama
If you’re supposed to bloom where you’re planted, then Life Scout Ian Simon is flourishing. And he’s helping a local orphanage do some growing of its own as well. For his Eagle Scout service project,...
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On July 3, watch the final ‘Scout Saturday Live,’ the show made by and for...
It started as a fun way to continue Scouting traditions and build camaraderie while everyone was staying home during the pandemic. Sixteen months and 24 episodes later, it has grown into a global...
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Paul McCartney says his time as a Scout in England inspired the song ‘Eleanor...
The Beatles inspired a generation of legendary musicians, including performers like Dave Grohl, Joe Walsh and Joni Mitchell. Those three singer-songwriters, and countless more, have said they were...
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Registration now open for 2023 World Scout Jamboree in South Korea
In just a year and a half from now, you could be living it up with 50,000 of your closest friends from 170 different countries. Registration is now open to join the BSA contingent at the 2023 World...
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BSA’s Roger C. Mosby receives Bronze Wolf, highest award in World Scouting
The World Scout Committee announced last month that it has presented the Bronze Wolf, the highest honor in World Scouting, to BSA Chief Scout Executive Roger C. Mosby. The award, which honors...
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Let’s get some BSA representation (ages 15-29) on the UN’s Young Leaders...
When we read that the Office of the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth is searching the globe for 17 young people who have influential leadership skills, innovative ideas about the future and a...
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A Good Turn from afar: Eagle Scout helps Ukrainian Scout escape to safety
About a week before war erupted in her home country of Ukraine, Irina Segreevna Vasiliuk got a message from her friend Lucian Kugler. The two had met during the summer of 2017 at the BSA’s Camp Fiesta...
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D.C.-area Scouts assemble emergency medical kits to send to families in Ukraine
For some, it’s easy to see the Russian invasion of Ukraine as something happening on our televisions or Twitter feeds. But Scouts are wired differently. They’ll do whatever they can to help — even from...
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Southwest Airlines pilot does a Good Turn for Scout
Helping others, leading a team and doing more than what’s expected. Just a typical day for an Eagle Scout like Capt. Dan Reilly of Southwest Airlines. When he found a cherished hat left behind by a...
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2018 FIFA World Cup: Ranking the countries by percentage of Scouts
Scouting is a global movement, and soccer is a global game. Now that the 2018 FIFA World Cup has arrived, I thought I’d offer a Scouting-focused look at the 32 countries that will battle for the big...
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Wave hello: 2018 Jamboree-on-the-Air, Jamboree-on-the-Internet dates set
Hey world, let’s get together for a chat. The 2018 Jamboree-on-the-Air and Jamboree-on-the-Internet, empowering Scouts and Venturers to communicate with other Scouts from around the world, will be Oct....
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Help wanted: Staff still needed in these areas at the 2019 World Scout Jamboree
Summer 2018 has just begun, but excitement continues to build for next summer’s premier Scouting event. The 2019 World Scout Jamboree is less than 400 days away, and it’s not too late to join this...
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How the Normandy Camporee helps the Transatlantic Council fulfill its role as...
June 6, 1944, will be forever associated with one of the most significant military events in history. The BSA’s Normandy Camporee was designed to not only respect and remember those who participated in...
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Wear your neckerchief for Scout Scarf Day
When you see someone wearing a neckerchief over their collar (or under their collar), that person very may well be a Scout. Across the globe, the neckerchief serves as a universal identifier for...
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Forged at the World Scout Jamboree, ‘friendship sword’ ready for visitors’...
In the land known as “Almost Heaven,” in the fires stoked at the Summit Bechtel Reserve, thousands of Scouts, who had trekked from across the globe, left their mark upon a steel blade. The blade,...
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Scouts BSA training aids family’s escape from Ukraine
When 14-year-old Fedote Garbuz, a member of Scouts BSA Troop 980B in Kyiv, Ukraine, awoke to the sound of explosions one morning earlier this year, he knew he was going to have to act fast. Indecision...
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Connect to Scouts around the world during Jamboree-on-the-Air,...
The National and World Scout Jamborees will offer chances for Scouts to unite in the spirit of Scouting and have tons of fun next year. You can find registration information for the national event...
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Four volunteers receive 2023 Silver World Award for international service to...
The Silver World Award recognizes Scouters who are not registered members of the BSA for their noteworthy and extraordinary service to youth on an international basis. Established in 1971, it’s one of...
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Getting to know the enhanced Messengers of Peace recognition program
The BSA’s Messengers of Peace program has launched a series of enhancements designed to more clearly define the awards available and to make it easier to understand how to earn them. The Messengers of...
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Get in the jamboree spirit! It’s almost time for the Jamboree-on-the-Air,...
This past summer, thousands of Scouts met in West Virginia for the National Jamboree. A week later, contingents of Scouts gathered in South Korea for the World Scout Jamboree. Both events allow for...
View ArticleSixty years ago and today, Scouting strengthens youth’s lives, Indian Scout says
In 1956, Surendra Singhvi attended a National Jamboree, where he competed in a signaling contest with his troop. He and his fellow Scouts won the competition, taking home a trophy. The whole school was...
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Get ready for Jamboree-on-the-Air, Jamboree-on-the-Internet
Every year, more than 2 million Scouts from more than 170 countries log online or turn on a ham radio for the largest Scouting events in the world: Jamboree-on-the-Air (JOTA) and...
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This Paris troop guided a CBS News crew on a tour around the city
How well do you know Paris, France? Probably pretty well if you’ve visited or if you watched the Summer Olympics and Paralympics this year, where several Eagle Scout athletes competed. But do you know...
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Get ready for a travel-free jamboree
Your Scouts can experience the excitement of an international Scouting event – without leaving home! Every year, during the third weekend of October, more than 2 million Scouts from more than 170...
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Register now to join the USA contingent at the 2027 World Scout Jamboree in...
Gdańsk, here we come. Registration is open now for the 26th World Scout Jamboree, set for July 30 to August 8, 2027, in the historic city of Gdańsk, Poland. This massive global party brings together...
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Guest Post: I’m a retired Navy officer. Here’s why Scouting while serving...
By Jeffrey L. Johnson Jeffrey L. Johnson is Scout Executive/CEO of the Cornhusker Council in Walton, Nebraska. He is a retired U.S. Navy officer and volunteered as Scoutmaster while stationed at U.S....
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Get Bissett lore and more in this new book
When Don Richard and Chuck Rose set out to write a book on Scouting America’s Northern Tier program in Bissett, Manitoba, Canada, they weren’t sure how long it would take, how long the book would be or...
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Your next travel adventure: the International Scout Centre
For more than a century, a place nestled in the mountains of Switzerland has welcomed Scouts and Scouters from around the world. It’s a place for adventure, fellowship and camaraderie. “It’s the...
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