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Help Venturers discover faith while earning the TRUST Award

Venturing offers three expert awards: Ranger for outdoor skills, Quest for sports and TRUST for religious and community life. Here’s an introduction to the TRUST Award.

Venturing leader Jeff Kay shares how to help foster a crew’s sense of adventure

This former Boy Scout shares his advice for other Venturing leaders when it comes to fostering a crew’s sense of adventure.

Advice for recruiting female Venturing leaders

Ideas from the field: How to recruit female Venturing leaders.

Explore the BSA’s longtime partnerships with diverse religious faiths

To celebrate the BSA’s 100-year-long partnership with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we examine the fabric of relationships with religious faiths our movement has woven over the decades. ASK R. CHIP TURNER, chairman of the

Moving forward, together after the 2013 National Annual Meeting

After a long, thoughtful process, BSA members amend the organization’s longstanding membership standards for youth.

How to know the difference between healthy competition and aggression

Learn how to identify the differences between healthy competition among boys and dangerous aggression.

Launch a Sea Scouting program with this Mate’s advice

Get started — or keep your Sea Scouting program afloat — with advice from Mate Adam Tunks.

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.

How to ground helicopter-style parenting methods—fast

Don’t let hovering parents—including yourself—wreck havoc on your troop or crew.

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.