Name That Council: August 14, 2009 solutionWe hope that Friday’s council patch challenge wasn’t too much of a bear to figure out. After all, for the first time in Name That Council history, the patch actually had the flag of theScouting Magazine·August 17, 2009
Name That Council: August 14, 2009Let’s hope you remembered to put all your food and other smellables in a bear-proof container away from your tent before going to bed last night. If not, you might find yourself face-to-face with theScouting Magazine·August 14, 2009
The BSA Handbook goes digitalLast week we told you about the new Boy Scout Handbook, available now online or at your local Scout Shop. We detailed the new book’s firm embrace of the Internet to provide Scouts with extra resources andScouting Magazine·August 13, 2009
Knot of the Week: Venturing Silver AwardThe Venturing program gives young women and men new opportunities they can’t find in other programs. And with those new opportunities comes a new set of awards they can earn. The highest of these isScouting Magazine·August 12, 2009
Scouter Spotlight: Meet Tom BaltesThe Scouting program relies on volunteers like you to succeed. We at Cracker Barrel recognize this and enjoy showing off some of the nation’s best adult volunteers. It’s a feature we call Scouter Spotlight, andScouting Magazine·August 11, 2009
Name That Council: August 7, 2009 solutionYou had all weekend to consider the mystery patch shown below. Did you figure out the missing council? Make like a dolphin and jump to find out.Scouting Magazine·August 10, 2009
Name That Council: August 7, 2009Hmm, let’s see. There’s a seagull, an oilrig, a bottlenose dolphin. That combination could only be found in the site of this week’s Name That Council challenge. We’ve removed all text from the patch above.Scouting Magazine·August 7, 2009
NOAC 2009 comes to an endAll week, Arrowmen from across the country have been living it up at the National Order of the Arrow Conference in Bloomington, Ind., that ends today. What were they up to? The agenda included leadershipScouting Magazine·August 6, 2009
New BSA handbook now availableHere’s a book that should be at the top of your summer reading list. No, it’s not the latest legal thriller by John Grisham or romance novel from Danielle Steel. It’s the new Boy ScoutScouting Magazine·August 4, 2009
Name That Council: July 31, 2009 solutionThe trees are green. The fish are jumping. The water is pleasant. It must be summer in the land of Friday's patch. Friday’s patch featured the pleasant green-and-blue hues that people in cooler climes associateScouting Magazine·August 3, 2009
Name That Council: July 31, 2009Flying fish, a tree-lined shore, and a snow-capped mountain—what sounds like a scene from an L.L. Bean catalog is actually the content of this week’s Name That Council challenge. We’ve altered the patch above toScouting Magazine·July 31, 2009
Scouting in the News: July 30, 2009Dedicated Scouting volunteers, such as yourself, get their BSA news and information from Scouting magazine and, we hope, right here at the Cracker Barrel blog. But for the uninitiated, the mainstream media often are theScouting Magazine·July 30, 2009
Knot of the Week: Asian-American Spirit of Scouting Service AwardScouting’s diversity helps boys learn what it means to be an American. And the BSA embraces that fact by encouraging the growth of the program in underserved communities. That commitment became even more noticeable inScouting Magazine·July 29, 2009
Is this campsite a hotspot?Two weeks ago, we blogged about troops that ban or limit cell phone use by their Scouts. Several of you responded with your reasons for forbidding their use at camp—from the wall of isolation theyScouting Magazine·July 28, 2009
Name That Council: July 24, 2009 solutionWe told you that Friday’s Name That Council patch belongs to the home council of a VIS—very important Scouter—and that was no exaggeration. In fact, none other than Chief Scout Executive Robert Mazzuca himself callsScouting Magazine·July 27, 2009
Name That Council: July 24, 2009We’ve got a special council for you this week. It’s the home council of a VIS (very important Scouter). We can’t tell you who it is, because we know you’d click over to Google andScouting Magazine·July 24, 2009
Waiting is the hardest partWe at Cracker Barrel can’t wait for the 2010 National Scout Jamboree, and we’ve literally been counting down the seconds till it gets here. For those of you who haven’t been watching the clock asScouting Magazine·July 23, 2009
How to beat the stink when campingGoing without a shower on a long camping trip? Here are 7 hygiene tips to keep you healthy and relatively clean.Scout Life·July 22, 2009
Knot of the Week: Community Organization AwardWhen representatives from the vast network of chartered Scouting organizations speak, the BSA listens. Want proof? Look no further than the Community Organization Award. It began when a group of delegates from several chartered organizationsScouting Magazine·July 22, 2009
News of Scouting magazine redesign hits the InternetWhile you’ve been busy taking your troop to summer camp, preparing for next year’s jamboree, or getting Cub Scouts ready for an exciting program year, we’ve been kinda busy ourselves. What has occupied our time?Scouting Magazine·July 21, 2009