The American Cultures merit badge offers Scouts a fish-out-of-water experience. It encourages them to dive into three cultures (including their own) and learn more about each’s customs, institutions, people and impact on their country.
Greater Wyoming Council; Cody, Wyo. Nestled in a valley just eight miles east of Yellowstone National Park, Camp Buffalo Bill offers big-time fun at a small, primitive site. The camp, which began in 1949, features 13
Many Scouts come to this badge with a decent base of knowledge from classes in school. First, get a sense of what Scouts know. Then, go just a little deeper.
With more than 20,000 Scouting youth members and 7,500 adults in the Chicago area, it can be difficult to get everyone together for a big event. But that’s exactly what they pulled off with the Future Frontier Camporee.
Boys Troop 330 and girls Troop 2330 scoured the streets of downtown San Francisco, looking for clues in an annual scavenger hunt. Along the way, they learned life skills like buying a bus ticket, reading city maps and trying new foods.