Scouting magazine

Boy Scout Leadership

This volunteer builds the foundation for unit success

After a bad experience, this volunteer still saw the value in Scouting.
Backpacking & Hiking

Hiking among hoodoos in Utah’s Goblin Valley

Explore Utah’s colorful Goblin Valley State Park with its surreal sandstone formations.
Health & Fitness

Seven fitness myths busted

Shape up by shedding some common misconceptions about exercise.
Advancement & Awards

Communication merit badge imparts an essential life skill

Communication is one of the merit badges required for the Eagle Scout rank. But counselor Paul McDonald of Overland Park, Kan., thinks it’s even more important than that.
Magazine

Scouters in Action: He saved a driver after the tanker exploded!

Read our special Scouters in Action, celebrating the heroic efforts of adult volunteers.

Ideas for a memorable Eagle Court of Honor

Are your troop’s Eagle Scout ceremonies are lacking innovation and excitement? Readers offer many ideas on how to make the ceremony more memorable.

Bridge over water

How to have a smooth — and successful — Webelos transition

Each potential Scouts fall through the cracks and leave Scouting for good after Webelos. The solution is a smooth Webelos transition process.

No, Sir! Who wins when a Scoutmaster and youth leader disagree?

The senior patrol leader wants the troop to go on its scheduled rock-climbing trip, but the Scoutmaster wants the Scouts to place flags on graves at the national cemetery for Memorial Day instead.
This volunteer builds the foundation for unit success
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Come sail away on a Great Lakes Sailing Adventure

Scouts and Venturers step aboard the Retriever, a 52-foot, two-masted sailboat, and set sail for a medley of memorable destinations in the Great Lakes.
Communication merit badge imparts an essential life skill
A New Hope: Hosting a Scouting event can bring a unit together

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