Scouts BSA

Scouts BSA — for boys and girls ages 11-17, 10-year-olds who have completed fifth grade, or 10-year-olds who have completed Cub Scouting’s Arrow of Light — is designed to achieve the aims of Scouting through a vigorous outdoor program and peer-group leadership.

Camping

Scouts 'NAYLE' the Qualities of Leadership

By Scouting magazine

A new course at Philmont’s Rocky Mountain Scout Camp reinforces Boy Scout leadership methods by focusing on strategies for group success in challenging high adventure activities.

Advancement & Awards

What It Means to Be an Eagle Scout

By Scouting magazine

A new book explores the impact of men who have earned Scouting’s highest rank from World War II to the present and beyond.

Advancement & Awards

Advice from an Eagle Scout mom

By Scouting magazine

How can parents best motivate their sons to continue on the Trail to Eagle? A mother of three Eagle Scouts suggests a one-step-at-a-time approach.

Florida Sea Base

The Keys to High Adventure

By Scouting magazine

The Florida National High Adventure Sea Base offers fun and excitement for Venturers and older Scouts.

Scouts BSA

'To Help Other People'

By Scouting magazine

Since the BSA’s Good Turn for America initiative was launched in 2004, Scouts across the country have devoted more than three million hours of service to the needy—and they’re not done yet.

Scouts BSA

Preserving the Past, Enriching the Future

By Scouting magazine

A home display is the best way to enjoy—and share—the memorabilia that represents the signposts along a Scout’s journey from child to young man.

Backpacking and hiking

'We Go Camping'

By Scouting magazine

A New York State troop has conducted an outdoor activity for more than 400 consecutive months (nearly 35 years) by relying on a simple formula of program, planning, and parents.

Outdoor activities

Where Riding Works Wonders

By Scouting magazine

Members of a Maryland special-needs Venturing crew sample a remarkably effective program known as ‘therapeutic horseback riding.’

Intercultural activities

How to recruit and reach out to new immigrants

By Scouting magazine

Troop committee chairman M.B. says his area’s population is changing. Many new residents are recent immigrants who come from different religious traditions than more-established residents. What are ways to reach out to immigrant adults and youths and to deliver the program to them?

Intercultural activities

Connecting Cultures Through Scouting

By Scouting magazine

In California, Asian-Americans use Scouting to maintain ties to treasured traditions while helping newcomers become part of U.S. society.