[…] session 2 door prize winners! Lita C. Tom B. Aaron V. T.W. Cook Austin S. Willie R. Resources Shared: BSA Session 2 Welcome Slides BSA Aquatics Activity Awards PDF Aquatics and Covid-19 Panel Discussion Florida National High Adventure Sea Base Update: Visit www.bsaseabase.org Session 3 Thursday, October 1st. Recorded Link Here. Congratulations to our […]

[…] the BSA express frequently…. Read More John Cherry Development Chair Sustaining Scouting – A Development Perspective In February 2017, Denzel Washington was speaking at the NAACP Image awards, and this notable quote was part… Read More Mike Weber Technology Chair Sustaining the Scouting Movement, One Person at a Time Each of us has a […]

An adequate number of trained, engaged commissioners is essential to ensure that every member of Scouting America has a great Scouting experience. The Commissioner Engagement Group develops tools and techniques to support local councils and districts in recruiting commissioners from both inside and outside Scouting America, encouraging their continuing training and development, and recognizing their […]

[…] Leave No Trace Materials The following booklets from the Leave No Trace Outdoor Skills and Ethics series provide techniques for specific regions.  Alaskan Tundra Desert and Canyon Country Lakes Region North American (also available in Spanish) Northeast Mountains Pacific Northwest Rocky Mountain Sierra Nevada Mountains Southeastern States Western River Corridors Other Written Materials Bigfoot’s […]

[…] Life Scouts understand, plan, and carry out activities or projects meeting conservation service hour requirements. Supports recognition: Encourages Scouts and leaders to complete the Outdoor Ethics Awareness and Action awards. Completes self-evaluation: Uses tools to evaluate how well he carried out the responsibilities of outdoor ethics guide. You can download the Outdoor Ethics Guide Handbook, here.

[…] Programs > Trail To Adventure Blog >  Back to: Trail To Adventure Blog Filter by article categories, or search an specific article of your interest here. All Aquatics Awards Biking Camping Conservation & Environment COPE/Climbing Fishing National Jamboree NCAP Outdoor Ethics/Leave No Trace Properties Shooting Sports Search Read More Read More Read More Read More […]

[…] each rank.  Handbooks also serve as a Scout’s record of completing adventures. FIND A SCOUT SHOP NEAR YOU ORDER FROM SCOUTSHOP.ORG DUES To cover the costs of awards and recognition, crafts, and special events most local packs have dues.  Packs may offer opportunities to conduct fundraisers to offset these costs.  Dues are established by […]

[…] instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Scout Law. Scout Oath On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; to help other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight. […]

[…] Trace is an awareness and an attitude rather than a set of rules. It applies in your backyard or local park as much as in the back country. We should all practice Leave No Trace in our thinking and actions–wherever we go. We learn Leave No Trace by sharing the principles and then discovering […]

[…] outdoor ethics at all program levels.   To learn even more about outdoor ethics, many Scouts, Venturers and adults earn the Scouting America Outdoor Ethics Awareness and Action Awards.    The troop Outdoor Ethics Guide is a youth who supports learning the skills, practices and ethics needed for responsible outdoor recreation.   The guide is coached […]

Available to Members of Scouting America A Scout is reverent. He is reverent toward God. He is faithful in his religious duties and respects the convictions of others in matters of custom and religion. To encourage members to grow stronger in their faith, religious groups have developed the following religious emblems programs. Scouting America […]

[…] outdoor ethics at all program levels.   To learn even more about outdoor ethics, many Scouts, Venturers and adults earn the Scouting America Outdoor Ethics Awareness and Action Awards.    The troop Outdoor Ethics Guide is a youth who supports learning the skills, practices and ethics needed for responsible outdoor recreation.   The guide is coached […]

[…] AND CONDUCT AN EFFECTIVE OUTDOOR ETHICS PROGRAM PREPARE DEN CHIEFS TO SHARE PRINCIPLES HELP SCOUTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PLAN CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES ENCOURAGE SCOUTS TO COMPLETE OUTDOOR ETHICS AWARDS AND MERIT BADGES COMPLETE SELF-EVALUATION OUTDOOR ETHICS GUIDE ADVISOR HANDBOOK APPENDIX A: UNIT RESOURCES OUTDOOR ETHICS GUIDE GOALS AND EVALUATION THE TEACHING EDGE METHOD OUTING DUTY […]

[…] grade levels), may the Scout earn all of these recognitions? Where is the religious emblem worn on the uniform? How do we get started on the religious awards programs? Who may serve as a counselor for the religious emblem? What is the adult religious recognition program? Which religious emblem square knot should I wear? […]

[…] 2022 User Forum – Slide Deck – recording   – Updates to BBMS * New Scouting America CRM Host * Creating an Unworked Constituent List * Volunteer Awards Data List * New Credit Card Process July 2022 User Forum – Slide Deck – recording  – Recording donor-advised funds * cleaning up old batches * […]

  Scouting America and its International Department have created several avenues of financial support of the world Scouting movement. Those avenues include the following:   The World Friendship Fund of Scouting America offers a practical Good Turn opportunity for Scouting America youth members and leaders. Cash contributions are used to assist Scouting through the World […]

Return to Properties Range Technical Team: Services provided by Range Technical Team Advisors (RTTAs) include: Range planning assistance Range use and procedural evaluations Range safety and design evaluations   NRA Range Source Book: The NRA Range Source Book provides basic and advanced guidance to assist in the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of shooting range […]

The World Baden-Powell Fellowship, established on 25th April 1982 in Kolmaarden (Sweden), recognizes individuals for their contributions to the World Scout Foundation  to help support Scouting. Fellowship receptions are periodically held in different parts of the world to both inform members about Scouting and to welcome new members who are personally awarded a special insignia by His […]

Pinewood Derby Partnered with a parent or guardian, Cub Scouts work together, strengthening bonds and building confidence – and their own custom race cars! They begin with an official Pinewood Derby Race Car kit, then create a design, then carve it from the wood block provided in the kit, and detail it with paint, decals […]

Cub Scout Position-Specific Training Facilitated Learning Materials (for use by Council/District Training Staff) Instructor Syllabus (New 8/7/24 – all previous versions are superseded) Leaders who complete either the online or facilitated training are considered trained for their position.   Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation (BALOO) This one-and-a-half day course is designed as an introduction to […]

[…] Part 1: Online training module • Part 2: Council-led training module, facilitated by local council leadership • Part 3: In-person two-day training held at locations around the country (Courses begin at 9 a.m. on Day 1 and conclude at 2 p.m. on Day 2.) This three part curriculum, combined with the required pre-requisites listed […]

2/4/1982 President Reagan in the Oval Office during Ceremony to receive the Boy Scouts Annual Report to the Nation and Silver Buffalo award