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Lose weight, get fit for the 2013 National Scout Jamboree

By Scouting magazine

Use this advice to start losing pounds today and building endurance for the upcoming jamboree—in addition to other physical Scouting activities.

Make your own Hudson Bay bread

By Scouting magazine

Use this recipe to make your own batch of the tasty treat, Hudson Bay bread.

How to build winter camping shelters in the snow

By Aaron Derr

From wind breaks to quinzees, we’ve got you covered with instructions on how to make these winter-camping shelters with your Scouts.

Heat up winter camping with tips from Northern Tier’s Okpik training

By Aaron Derr

When the temperature plummets, the fun begins at Northern Tier High Adventure Base. The Okpik Cold Weather Leader Program helps teach adults how to make fourth-season camping more accessible in their hometowns.

Summit Shakedown offers a preview of the 2013 National Scout Jamboree

By Scouting magazine

Get ready for the 2013 National Scout Jamboree by taking this behind-the-scenes tour of the Summit Shakedown, which offered a preview of what’s to come at the Summit Bechtel Reserve.

Summit Shakedown preview: Patch trading at the 2013 National Scout Jamboree

By Scouting magazine

See what your Scouts can expect when it comes to patch trading at the 2013 National Scout Jamboree.

Get a taste for the BSA’s future when exploring West Virginia’s Greenbrier River Trail

By Scouting magazine

Hike or bike the gorge Greenbrier River Trail to witness a tantalizing glimpse of the BSA’s future in West Virginia.

From the Chief: The outdoor classroom

By Scouting magazine

The leadership skills our young people learn while hiking, camping, and being stewards to the outdoors are lessons that last for a lifetime.

Jim and Cathy Justice describe why they support Scouting

By Scouting magazine

The BSA “factory” produces good citizens. That’s why Jim Justice recently decided to become a major financial supporter of the Summit Bechtel Reserve, site of the 2013 National Scout Jamboree and located not far from his home in Lewisburg.

SummitCorps builds a trail to the future

By Michael Freeman

Breaking rocks. Raking roots. Digging dirt. All in a day’s work for Order of the Arrow volunteers during last summer’s trail-building program for the National Park Service. But what they really built was something much bigger.