Scouting News

This story originally appeared in the January-February 2011 issue of Scouting magazine. The biggest Cub Scout event of the year doesn’t have to be the longest. After all, families shouldn’t have…

We know you’re ready to return to summer camp. When you can, consider one of these six amazing Scout camps. Click here to see more Scout Camps featured in previous…

A lightweight backpacking stove provides a welcome hot drink and meal in the backcountry and might become critical gear if you must melt snow for water. Find the right stove…

Gliding to shore in their canoes, Scouts with linked troops 65 of Circle Pines, Minnesota, scanned for the portage trail. Nope, nothing but heavy brush. After getting out of their…

Read all about the Eagle Scout Award and the impact Eagle Scouts have made over the decades in this special digital edition of Scout Life magazine.

In a commencement speech years ago, writer David Foster Wallace told the story of two young fish that were out swimming. When an older fish swam by and said, “Morning,…

Let’s be honest: Doing the exercises is the easy part. What’s hard is finding the motivation to start exercising — and making the time to do it regularly. Here are…

This story originally appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of Scouting magazine. Leslie Kolke is wandering tentatively on the deck of the Sea Scout Ship Propeller. She’s a preschooler surrounded by…

A Scout leader should look for a backpack with: For carrying group gear, 60 to 75 liters; or 50 to 58 liters if your Scouts carry their share. Organization that…

Everyone loves a joke. Even if you’re not into love, romance and all that kissy stuff, you’ll still love to laugh at these funny Valentine’s Day jokes and comics. Do…