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  1. BSA Issues Statement to Law Enforcement Exploring Volunteers

    By CynicalScouter,
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  2. Is the BSA trying to "put itself to sleep"? 1 2 3 4

    By Mrjeff,
    • 49 replies
    • 11.5k views

  3. Significant Cultural Changes are Coming Soon 1 2 3 4 16

    By Cburkhardt,
    • 225 replies
    • 34.7k views

  4. Re-chartering Projections

    By gpurlee,
    • 10 replies
    • 2.7k views

  5. The Boy Scouts in Crisis - The Perfect Storm 1 2

    By gpurlee,
    • 23 replies
    • 4.6k views

  6. Charters and the United Methodist Church

    By sri_oa161,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.3k views

  7. The Churchill Plan

    By TAHAWK,
    • 2 replies
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  8. Religious Beliefs 1 2 3 4 5

    By Eagle1984,   
    • 60 replies
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  9. The Boy Scouts In Crisis - A Historian's Perspective 1 2 3 4 10

    By gpurlee,
    • 138 replies
    • 21.9k views

  10. Lessons From the Past - Boy Scouts In Crisis

    By gpurlee,
    • 1 reply
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  11. Outside Mag: Lost Legend of the Girl Rangers

    By RememberSchiff,
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    • 3k views

  12. Tampa Bay Council will not host Civil War Reenactment

    By RememberSchiff,   
    • 12 replies
    • 3.2k views

  13. The basis of Democracy

    By SSScout,
    • 4 replies
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  14. Eagle Scout Extension for new 2019 Scouts 1 2 3 4 12

    By scotteg83,
    • 176 replies
    • 34.4k views

  15. Girl Scouts Tweet Congratulation to Justice Barrett, then DELETE 1 2

    By RememberSchiff,
    • 19 replies
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  • LATEST POSTS

    • mrjohns2
      Cub Scout Pack Shooting Sports at a BSA camp

      By mrjohns2 · Posted

      They deliver on the promise. 
    • RangerEagle
      Cub Scout Pack Shooting Sports at a BSA camp

      By RangerEagle · Posted

      This is allowed. It was brought up as an option for Cub Scouts units when I did BALOO, so I looked more into it. We did this on a campout this past fall. Stayed at a council camp and council provided archery range masters for us. Scouts loved it. Being at a council camp makes it a council event for G2SS purposes. Council also had kayaks at the camp, so was able to arrange for a day for Webelos and AOLs to go kayaking. I think these type of things makes Cub Scouting so much better. 
    • Tron
      End of 2024 membership numbers

      By Tron · Posted

      The argument around this sort of thing is odd. The standard is the standard. 21 MB, so many camping nights, pass the swim test, etc ... right? This is sort of a like the old school adage that A's may pay, but C's get degrees. For the scout that goes above and beyond, fantastic, but it does not redefine the standard. The kid that does just the standard is just as much an eagle scout as any other eagle scout. 
    • BetterWithCheddar
      End of 2024 membership numbers

      By BetterWithCheddar · Posted

      I had a pretty traditional Scouting experience that culminated in earning the Eagle Scout award after I had a lot of fun and finally got around to the paperwork. One of my best my friends could be described as a "Paper Eagle." He made it through the program with very little camping and had everything wrapped up by high school so he could focus more on academics. Today, he's a professor at a prestigious university and travels the world to present his research. He is absolutely someone we'd want to represent the program. Scouting just means different things to different people and we all have to be OK with that for the BSA to survive.
    • Prime00
      Boy in trouble

      By Prime00 · Posted

      So what happened with this? He straighten up?  
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