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Next week, Scout Life and #TrekAt2 are going all in on a science experiment you and your kids can do at home along with the show. Science Museum Oklahoma‘s museum educator Kirsten Therkelson will join the Facebook Live to demonstrate how to perform the “Magic Milk” experiment, answer questions and talk about some of the…

When he taught merit badge classes at Woodland Trails Scout Reservation in Ohio, Andrew Wheeler wanted Scouts to know the importance of conservation and environmental issues we face. It’s still his mission as the 15th administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. To commemorate the agency’s 50th anniversary last year, the Boy Scouts of America…

Anniston Murphy (left) and Ava Look It’s been said that the journey to become an Eagle Scout is like climbing a mountain. In many ways, that’s a fair comparison. It’s not easy, and nobody can carry you to the top. When you reach that high point, your perspective improves and suddenly you can see what…

Courtesy of Dylan Slattery Surviving a battle with cancer is certainly cause for celebration, but it might also lead to reassessing one’s life and finding purpose, especially after two bouts with the deadly disease. That’s the case with Dylan Slattery, who earned the Eagle Scout Award in 2009 with Troop 39 of Earlville, Iowa. After…

A cast-iron fence is topped with fleurs-de-lis in downtown Monroe, La. Photo by Dakota-Miller/iStock/Getty Images It’s worn by kings and queens, Pelicans and Saints, and Scouts and Scouters. It’s found atop iron fence posts at private homes and famous landmarks, including London’s Buckingham Palace. And, perhaps most important of all, it has its own emoji:…

Photos courtesy of Bob Trejo Completing an Eagle Scout project is hard — completing one during a pandemic is even harder, but it can be done, as proven by 10 Scouts in Troop 98 of Whitpain Township, Pa. Summer camp was cancelled as was the troop’s two-week backpacking trek at Philmont Scout Ranch, so the…

Courtesy of Paul Dye If you strolled the hallways of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston in the 1990s, you would’ve heard men and women talking about the Mission Control, the Mir space station and the space shuttle Atlantis. You also would’ve heard them talking about Scouting. “It was pretty common knowledge that a lot of…

Each year on Feb. 8, the Boy Scouts of America celebrates its birthday. It’s a date officially known as Scouting Anniversary Day. But this is more than an excuse to eat an extra s’more and commemorate another year of Scouting adventures. It’s also when packs, troops, crews and ships honor a Scout’s “duty to God.”…

Photos by Michael Roytek, Dan Bryant This year will mark the first year young women will have earned the highest rank in the Scouts BSA program, the Eagle Scout Award. Those who have completed their Eagle boards of review from Oct. 1, 2020, to Feb. 8, 2021, will be recognized as the inaugural class of…

From left: Evelyn, Elisabeth and Aiden Becker Like all Scouting volunteers, Amanda Becker has a dozen different roles. But her proudest doesn’t come with a badge of office, and it won’t earn her a square knot. The volunteer from the Cascade Pacific Council in Oregon is her family’s Eagle Encourager. She encouraged her three teenagers…