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4 Scouts, 3 bases, and 1 year to a Triple Crown

The opportunity to attend a BSA High Adventure Base program is one that many Scouts dream of. While many Scouts will make at least one trek, there are those who attain what is known in the BSA as the Triple Crown by visiting all three National High Adventure Bases: Northern Tier, Philmont Scout Ranch, and Florida Sea Base. Having achieved this in just one year, one Scout was kind enough to share his adventures with us....

The Mile Swim and Making Boys Men

The Mile Swim has been a rite of passage for Scouts at camp for decades. Anyone who has spent any time at a camp waterfront has seen boys struggle, give up, persevere, or triumph as they push to accomplish something that is often the hardest thing they’ve ever done. Kevin Stuart shares the story of a young man who decided to attempt the mile swim and had his life forever changed. Watch the video or read the full transcript here...

SCOUTING ADVENTURE

Without Summer Camp, Your Son is Getting a C- in Scouting

For Boy Scouts in our troop, regular meetings and weekend camp outs are the mainstay of our program, but at week-long summer camp Scouting rises to an entirely different level. Any seasoned Scouter will tell you that about one-third (or more) of the “meat” in the year-long Scout program ...

SCOUTING HOW-TOs

Online Cub Scout Roundtable: March 2016

This month’s pack activities teach the boys to use their hands and their imaginations and to make something they can be proud of. The point of the Scout Law for this month—Thrifty—embodies this process as boys creatively use the resources that they already have around them....

DUTY TO GOD

Scouting Ministries in the United Methodist Church

The stated mission of the United Methodist Church is: “to reach out to those within the community, receive them as they are, relate them to God, nurture and equip them, and send them back into the community in order to make the community a more loving and just place in which to live.” …This ...