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Outdoor Smarts: Put Your Best Foot Forward

By Scouting magazine

Proper-fitting boots and moisture-wicking socks can save hikers the misery of hot spots and blisters.

Advice on using profits from money-earning projects

By Scouting magazine

Money raised for Scouting should be spent for Scouting, readers agreed in responding to assistant Cubmaster J.E., who asked if boys could use sales earning for things other than Scouting activities and equipment

Outdoor Smarts: Don't Get Drenched

By Scouting magazine

How to keep you and your gear dry.

Parenting Solutions: Getting Children to Cooperate

By Scouting magazine

The ability to work well in one’s family and with others is one of the most valuable skills a parent can help a child develop.

Volunteer Training for the 21st Century

By Scouting magazine

New BSA training — highlighted by a single, leadership-focused Wood Badge — provides Scouters with both timely program-specific skills and a broader knowledge and appreciation of the total Scouting program.

¡Scouting Vale La Pena!

By Scouting magazine

A BSA pilot marketing campaign in South Texas aims to bring more Scouting opportunities to the nation’s fastest-growing minority group.

How to get the most from junior assistant Scoutmasters

By Scouting magazine

When Scouter J.H. asked how to best use a troops 16- and 17-year-old leaders, readers cited many ways JASMs can contribute, while in the process gaining experience for a future role as an adult Scout leader.

Instilling pride in a new troop and its patrols

By Scouting magazine

When Scoutmaster C.R. asked for help in motivating his young Scouts, readers noted that unit pride starts with adult leaders setting the right example while providing a program full of “gee whiz” activities.