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How to make swim checks less stressful

If summer camp swim checks twist your Scouts’ stomachs into square knots, here’s how to make the checks less stressful.

Going Rogue

Power Down. Live it up. How a wild river taught Troop 223 the value of clearing its agenda for adventure.

How Scouts can earn the 50 Miler Award

Award recognizes hikers, bikers, and boaters who rack up the big Five-O.

A card game to help you turn Leave No Trace principles into action

Card game can help you turn Leave No Trace principles into action.

How to survive a bee sting

How quick thinking and an EpiPen can save a life.

From the Chief: Toward a Fit Future

What’s behind the BSA’s plans for an all-out health and wellness initiative?

Earn the National Outdoor Badges

National awards recognize Scouts who excel in the great wide open.

Westward Snow Opener

One Venturing crew heads west for a thrilling ski and snowboard adventure

Spring break turns into the ultimate winter adventure for a group of Twin Cities Venturers.

A picture-perfect look at the 2010 National Scout Jamboree

To produce this portfolio of photographs, we follow Central Illinois Troop 1036 from early morning until late at night as Scouters and Scouts make the most of last summer’s event that bid farewell to Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia.

Tips for teaching the Genealogy merit badge

How Scouts can break down walls between generations.

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