As they prepared for the 42nd annual Great Hiwassee River Raft Race, the Scouts from Troop 10 in Cleveland, Tennessee, had a plan: Finish with the fastest time. The Scouts from Troop 1010, also from Cleveland, had their own plan: Embrace the event’s theme by dressing up in cool costumes and showing tons of enthusiasm,…

Robert Siemann, 18, was at his home in Albertson, N.Y., when he heard loud noises coming from outside. Siemann and his father ran to investigate and saw that a garbage truck had crashed into a neighbor’s house. The truck driver was hurt but appeared to be stable. As Siemann’s father shut off the truck’s engine,…

Scouts and their parents expect all Boy Scouts of America activities to be conducted safely this summer. A summer of safe Scouting begins before the first arrow is launched and the first oar hits the water. To ensure the safety of participants, the Boy Scouts of America expects leaders to use the four points of…

Their names are splashed across Scout councils, camps, museums and awards, but who were the men who helped create the Scouting program? Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell (1857-1941) In October 1899, several thousand Boer fighters laid siege to the South African town of Mafeking, where Col. Robert Baden-Powell led a force of some 800 British soldiers. Through…

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Ten years after helping develop the Chess merit badge, the Saint Louis Chess Club continues teaching the badge to hundreds of Scouts every year. In 2020, when the pandemic forced classes online, 476 Scouts from 35 states participated. To learn more about teaching the badge, Scouting recently connected with Scholastic Manager Kyle Weber. Here are…

More than one in three American adults — about 88 million — have prediabetes (higher than normal blood sugar levels), and most are unaware they have the condition. It’s a condition that puts them at elevated risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke. The good news is that you can lower high blood…

Picture a stack of 174 newspapers, each 85 pages thick. Back in 2007, researcher Martin Hilbert calculated that’s how much information the average person received every single day. And that was before Instagram, Snapchat and an endless stream of hashtags. Is it any wonder potential pack families didn’t see your School Night for Scouting flyer…

Some of us remember a time when backpacking and camping could be fairly described as “roughing it.” You could say that today’s air mattresses put the question of sleeping comfortably on the ground to rest. Follow these buying tips and get one of these portable beds to ensure yourself sweet dreams outdoors. Choosing an Air…

The Boundary Waters Canoe Area is one of the coolest parts of the country. It’s about 1 million acres of wilderness along the northern border of Minnesota and home to some of the best canoeing, fishing and winter camping in North America. It’s also home to Northern Tier, one of the BSA’s four national high-adventure…