Posts Tagged ‘Brian On Scouting’

I guess it’s true what they say: You’ve gotta be good to be lucky. By doing a good thing — getting trained for his Scouting positions — Roger Sheats became the lucky Scouter who completed the 1 millionth eLearning module and won a free conference at the Philmont Training Center. I blogged about this giveaway back in October, when…

Each year about this time, when you ask yourself where you put the ice scraper and snow shovel, is when a trip to Florida sounds really nice. Don’t just daydream about the Florida Keys; take a trip there that will benefit you and your Scouts. Head to the beautiful — and warm! — Florida Sea Base in January for volunteer training…

Randall Robinson was 10 years old when he saw an ad for Aviation Challenge in Boys’ Life magazine. The discovery began a yearlong campaign to convince his parents that he needed to attend this program, offered at Space Camp in Huntsville, Ala. “I always had an interest in aviation and being a fighter pilot,” Robinson…

Bringing together 82 Sea Scouts from five different continents, the 2016 William I. Koch International Sea Scout Cup is one of Sea Scouting’s signature events. This year’s edition of the biennial gathering, held in July at the Long Beach (Calif.) Yacht Club, saw the first ever winner from outside the United States. Nicholas Gardiner, 17, and Nicholas…

If you lived near the Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia, you’d want to return again and again. Its beautiful rolling hills, wide-open spaces and world-class adventure activities are magnetic. That must explain why West Virginia University — geographically one of the closest universities to the BSA’s newest high-adventure base — has expanded an ongoing partnership with SBR.…

For each of the past two years, the Outdoor Inspiration Awards have recognized a youth who shows leadership and passion for the outdoors. And for each of the past two years, a youth member of the Boy Scouts of America has received that award. Coincidence? No way. The Boy Scouts of America has always taught young…

An average driver’s trunk might hold a spare tire, jumper cables and the good umbrella. But Scout leaders are anything but average. A Scout leader’s trunk is more than a trunk. It’s a mobile storage unit for all things Scouting. At various times throughout the year, it might hold: membership applications, rank and merit badges,…

I hope you’ll never have to use all the features of Safety Central, a new app from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. But if that nightmare scenario of a missing child ever happens, Safety Central could be the most important app on your iPhone or Android device. The app, which you can download for…

At certain critical points in a Boy Scout’s journey through the program, he’s asked to stop and think. He looks back on where he’s been and looks ahead to where he’s going. We call it the board of review. The board of review is a chance for adults to talk with the Scout about what he’s done, what he’s learned, how…