Scouting Around

There are few better ways to be helpful than getting a summer job in the great outdoors.

Boy Scout Troop 175 in Simsbury, Conn., participates each year in an 18-hour exercise that tests the Scouts both mentally and physically.

The Scouts of Troop 131 love their hometown of Wrentham, Mass. Turns out their hometown loves them right back.

Four Scouts from Georgia climbed three different peaks higher than 14,000 feet over a period of seven days last summer.

The BSA's newest high-adventure base has a new Web site, and there's tons of cool stuff to see.

Whether your headed to Philmont anytime soon or not, you'll enjoy the new Field Guide.

Bryce Thornton, a Boy Scout from Troop 48 in Eagle Point, Ore., is serious about supporting U.S. soldiers who are stationed overseas.

If you can demonstrate your knowledge and skill in the outdoors, you can earn five new BSA badges, and maybe even a new medal as well.

The Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation and Boys' Life need your help.

Along with the new year, there are new Boy Scout requirements.

Now that's what we call a food drive!

Nothing beats skiing and snowboarding in the winter. Just remember to wear a helmet.

Four words: Philmont ... in ... high ... definition

Forward these videos to your friends who aren't in Scouting and see if you can get them to sign up.

Grab your GPS, your map and your Geocaching merit badge pamphlet and get ready to earn the newest and coolest badge.

National Robotics Week is significant to the BSA for many reasons the biggest of which is this: It's when we're going to officially announce the availability of the Robotics Merit Badge and the requirements that go with it.

The most common way for a Boy Scout to properly dispose of an unusable U.S. flag is by burning. But if the flag is made of nylon, burning is not necessarily a good idea.

Blake Cortright, a Boy Scout from Latham, N.Y., has written, directed and produced a fascinating documentary film about what is believed to be the first-ever Boy Scout camp in America.

Several thousand Texas Scouts gathered this fall to launch more than 3,000 rockets into the sky. They also launched themselves into the Guinness Book of World Records.

In 2011, Boys' Life will celebrate its 100th birthday. Between now and then, you can find some of the best writing in our history in one book.

The Southeast Louisiana Council will be presenting a Distinguished Eagle Scout Award to one of their local favorites: artist George Rodrigue.

Imagine a Pinewood Derby track nearly as long as football field. That's the Screamin' Eagle, a 263-foot, 2 1/4-inch track that was featured at a Cub Scout event in Illinois last summer.

Adventure Base 100, a traveling interactive BSA camp, is on its way to the Northeast, where it will be open for business next month.

At the 2010 National Scout Jamboree last summer, a couple of star-struck Boy Scouts got to interview Mike Rowe, an Eagle Scout and host of the hit TV show Dirty Jobs.