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How to earn the World Conservation Award
The World Conservation Award helps Scouts learn to take care of Mother Earth. To borrow from an old country song, Scouts were conservationists when conservation wasn’t cool. One way they can show off...
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Earn the National Outdoor Badges
SCOUTS TAKE HOME all sorts of souvenirs from camp-outs, including bug bites, sunburns, and something better: great memories. Now they also can take home awards that recognize their outdoor...
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How Scouts can earn the 50 Miler Award
Award recognizes hikers, bikers, and boaters who rack up the big Five-O. Most people think nothing of traveling 50 miles by car, bus, or plane. But 50 miles on foot? That’s another story—and just the...
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How your Venturers can earn the Ranger Award
Nothing attracts young people to Venturing as much as the outdoors and high adventure, and nothing demonstrates a Venturer’s outdoor expertise as much as the Ranger Award. Venturers who earn this...
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How your Varsity Scouts can earn the Denali Award
BECAUSE VARSITY SCOUTING uses so much sports terminology—Varsity Scouts join teams, elect captains, and earn letters—many Scouters think the program focuses strictly on sports. The Denali Award,...
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Recognize a Scout's heroic actions with one of three awards
How the BSA recognizes attempts to save a life. Scouts learn how to save a life with Scouting skills. When the training gets put to use, the BSA offers a trio of awards for heroism. WHAT AWARDS DOES...
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Facts and suggestions on leading effective boards of review
Few parts of the advancement program confuse Boy Scout and Varsity Scout leaders more than the board of review. Here’s a primer on keeping a key step in the advancement process from becoming a...
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How to master merit badges
Merit badges are an essential part of the Boy Scout advancement program and key building blocks of troop activities. Every Eagle Scout must earn at least 21 of the small round badges, and it’s the rare...
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Clearing up common questions about what we wear
Scouting founder Robert Baden-Powell was a stickler for correct uniforming. In Aids to Scoutmastership, he explained why: “Smartness in uniform and correctness in detail may seem a small matter, but...
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Help Venturers forge a path toward the Summit Award
Introduced in 2014, Venturing’s awards don’t yet have the same name recognition as the Arrow of Light or Eagle Scout Award. But, like their better-known siblings, Venturing’s awards offer young people...
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Advancement FAQ's: Making the Distinctions
How the Venturing awards program works. The awards available to Venturers often bewilder Scouters who are accustomed to the Cub Scout and Boy Scout advancement programs. Why? Partly because Venturing...
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How Cub Scouts earn loops, pins and letters
Boys learn about dozens of academic subjects and sports through the Cub Scout Academics and Sports Program—and earn belt loops and pins as they improve skills. Who can participate? Tiger Cubs, Cub...
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