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Ten reasons why your Scouts and Venturers should try stand-up paddleboarding

Get your troop or crew started with a new water activity: stand-up paddleboarding. This list breaks down what’s so great about this versatile water sport.

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Get your Scouts reading with tips from author Michael Gurian

Boys continue to fall behind girls in reading skills. Bestselling author Michael Gurian, who just signed on to help boost the BSA’s new Literacy Matters campaign, shares how you can help reverse the trend.

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Pro fisherman Tom Redington shares how to hook Scouts on fishing

Get your Scouts hooked on fishing—especially when it comes to the science, technology, engineering, and math involved in the pastime—with tips from professional fisherman Tom Redington, father of a Tiger Scout.

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A six-week fitness plan to help you shape up for the jamboree

Shape up for the Summit, or the summer, with this total-body plan to help you burn fat and lose weight.

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Eight essentials for staying warm while cold-weather camping

Northern Tier Essentials for staying warm

Use these strategies to stay warm the next time you and your Scouts venture into the cold weather for a campout.

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Make your own Hudson Bay bread

Use this recipe to make your own batch of the tasty treat, Hudson Bay bread.

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Build your own snow structures while camping in the fourth season

Use these tips to decide which structure to build during your next campout in snowy weather.

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Readers share their tips for new adult volunteers

50 Tips for New Scouting Leaders Meet and Greet

The September-October 2012 story titled “The get-started guide for new leaders” collected 33 comments from readers sharing their own advice for new-to-Scouting adult volunteers. We took these comments and numbered them one to 33. And, using a random-number generator, we …

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