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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.

Advancement & Awards

Scouting’s core leadership awards can help you be a better leader

By Scouting magazine

The BSA’s training awards and keys can help you track your progress and help you be a more successful leader.

App Feed - Scouts BSA

How one troop makes an outdoor tradition survive and thrive

By Michael Freeman

Leaders for one Colorado troop share how they keep an annual campout fresh and engaging — sometimes with the help of a TV star.

Advancement & Awards

Getting schooled on rules for merit badge classes, fairs and universities

By Michael Freeman

The rules of group merit badge instruction.

Advancement & Awards

Strike a chord with the Music merit badge

By Michael Freeman

The right location makes the Music merit badge really resonate.

App Feed - Eagle Scouts

Scouts and Scouters discover their inner strength on a bike ride across the country

By Michael Freeman

On a cross-country journey, the group of Scouts and adults crossed four time zones and 15 states, making memories with each revolution of their pedals.

Advancement & Awards

A path to earning the Hiking merit badge in a big city

By Michael Freeman

Former Scoutmaster Mike DiTrani has completed five Philmont treks and frequently hikes in the Adirondacks, but some of his favorite hiking happens much closer to his Staten Island home.

Features

Scouts have been an essential part of this half-century of service

By Michael Freeman

Thousands gather each spring in Jackson, Wyo., for the weekend-long celebration and its premier event: the Scout Elk Antler Auction.

Ground Rules

Teach your Scouts how to build a monkey bridge

By Michael Freeman

Learn how to construct this classic Scout pioneering project.

Features

Work Worth Doing: A unique relationship leads to a unique Scout outing

By Michael Freeman

Medora, North Dakota, is where a tradition of adventure and service is continued by the Boy Scouts of America.

Features

Breaking down barriers at a school for the deaf and blind

By Michael Freeman

Sometimes, bringing Scouting to all youth is a lesson in overcoming obstacles.

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