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Unique Spot for Eagle Court of Honor
By Northern Star Museum of Scouting Spring at North Star Museum of Boy Scouting and Girl Scouting is the season for Eagle Courts of Honor. For whatever reason, more new Eagles seem to finish their work, project, Scoutmaster conference, and board of review in time to have a Spring court of honor. The Museum has…
Read MorePlease Help Send A Scout to Camp
Camp Scholarships for Scouts Remember your first summer camp? The fresh air, making new friends, the stories you came home with, and still tell today? Camp is a lifelong experience and we need your help to make sure more youth come home with camp stories. Scouts go to camp year round—during the sunny weeks of…
Read MoreWisconsin police Explorer saves fellow student from choking
Emergencies happen when and where you least expect them. Like on March 22 in the high school cafeteria of Central High School in La Crosse, Wis. Freshman Ian Brown was enjoying lunch when his classmate began to choke. Other students thought Will Olson was being funny, but Ian spotted a change in the color of Will’s neck. As a Law…
Read MoreDuty to country: Tillerson says Scouting values guide him at State Department
By the time they made it through metal detectors, past gates that required both an ID card and a security code, up a manned elevator, and through a heavy door that required a second secret code, the Report to the Nation delegates had to be feeling pretty special. That feeling was only made stronger when Secretary of State Rex Tillerson walked…
Read MoreScouts Help Fight Hunger with Scouting for Food
Scouting for Food takes place in communities all across the United States. Scouts who participate often go into neighborhoods to collect food items that they then distribute to local food pantries and other charitable organizations that help to fight hunger. Scouts around the nation are Scouting for Food to provide for those in need. (photo:…
Read MoreBoy Scout retention: Four things you can do so they’ll stick around
If you recruit new Boy Scouts into your troop without a plan for retaining your existing members, you’re just spinning your wheels. Help Boy Scouts get the most out of this life-changing organization with a program that keeps them coming back week after week. Boy Scout retention requires a long-term plan where adult leaders and youth leaders work together to…
Read MoreNomination for the District Award of Merit
Nomination for the District Award of Merit GENERAL INFORMATION The District Award of Merit is a council award presented by districts in the same manner that the Silver Beaver is a national award presented by councils. The award is available to Scouters who render service of an outstanding nature at the district level. The…
Read MoreWhat Jimmy Stewart said about the Scout Oath
Jimmy Stewart had given acceptance speeches before — after winning an Academy Award and a Golden Globe, for example. But this one was different. This one was all about Scouting. In May 1980, inside a crowded ballroom in one of Los Angeles’ fanciest hotels, Stewart received the Los Angeles Area Council’s Distinguished Scouter Award. As a youngster, Stewart was a…
Read MoreNew Program in a New Building
Leadership Center Update The capital funding has been raised, schematic design is complete and we are now into design development (more detailed design work) of the Leadership Center project next to our Base Camp facility in the Fort Snelling area. What Will It Look Like? The Leadership Center will be an approximately 42,000 square foot,…
Read More107th Anniversary on February 8 – #LikeAScout: Scouting Anniversary
107th Anniversary on February 8 Help our Scout Slogan of “Do a Good Turn Daily” take on even greater significance as part of our new community-wide #LikeAScout media campaign. We have partnered with our friends at iHeartMedia and KS95 to take to the airwaves for the full day on Scouting’s Anniversary to encourage everyone to…
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