The following meals are great ideas for over a fire, on a camp stove, on the road or on the trail. Give these a whirl
With the weather warming up, troops all over the place are looking at scout summer camps and the options for those camps. Actually a lot
Most people associate scouts (Especially Eagle Scouts) with a few items: first aid kits, ropes, tents, maps and compass. Orienteering with map and compass is
“The Scoutmaster must be alert to check badge hunting as compared to badge earning.” – Baden Powell (Link to Scouting.org resource here) What is badge
Teaching knots is something we all have to do in Scouts. It’s hard to do. Many people’s brains cannot track the movement of rope around
I joined scouts on my 11th birthday. My first campout was three weeks later. I had camped with my family a bunch of times but
Last in a series: You’ve just started a brand-new unit. None of your new Scouts has ever been a Scout before (other than, say, Cubs).
(This is a continuation from Part 1 of 3.) Okay, so you’ve got a brand-new unit with brand-new Scouts. Fun City! But you also have
STARTING FROM SCRATCH Over the years, I have started or re-launched seven units: a Cub Pack, three Scout Troops, an Explorer Post, and two Venturing