What I've Learned Archives - Scouting magazine

This Scouter makes a splash in Sea Scouts

By Scouting magazine

Growing up in rural Arkansas, T.W. Cook spent only a year in Cub Scouting. But adult involvement was pretty much inevitable once he joined a Scouting family.

Guiding girls inspires this Pennsylvania Scouter

By Michael Freeman

At midnight on Feb. 1, 2019, this Scouter led 15 girls across a freezing covered bridge in Lancaster County, Pa. There, they became Troop 82, one of the first female Scouts BSA troops.

This California Scouter shares how Scouting crosses cultural and generational divides

By Michael Freeman

This Scouter got on board with the National Vietnamese Scouting Committee and helped staff two national Vietnamese Wood Badge courses.

Selfless service is second nature to this Kentucky Scouter

By Michael Freeman

During his 24-year Army career, Allen supported Scouting when he could, but he really jumped back in when he was stationed in South Korea.

Meet a globe-trotting Michigan Scouter who served in Afghanistan

By Michael Freeman

At the start of a 10-month deployment to Afghanistan in August 2017, Lt. Col. Sarah Deal learned that people on the NATO base where she was stationed volunteered with local Afghan Scout troops.

This Scouter helps Venturers plan fun into their busy lives

By Michael Freeman

This Scouter serves as a merit badge counselor, board of review member and Life-to-Eagle coach. But she devotes the majority of her volunteer time to serving as a Venturing Crew Advisor.