Scouting Around

Last Thursday, Cub Scout Caleb Sowinski showed up to school in style.

Four Scouts from Troop 65 in Harrah Okla., are being called heroes after saving a the life of a dog. The Scouts were recently camping outside a church, when they heard

A 17-year-old Scout received the Honor Medal on October 16 after racing into a burning apartment building in January to save his elderly neighbor and a toddler. Jack Dailey

A true outdoor community event, the Outdoor Inspiration Awards celebrates individuals, groups, and companies whose efforts go above and beyond in inspiring others in their

Noah Cahoon, a 14-year-old Eagle Scout from American Fork, Utah, was recently a guest on the ABC show Shark Tank, where ambitious entrepreneurs pitch ideas to some hungry — and sometimes unpleasant — businessmen. And he did just fine.

Gavin Burseth, a 16-year-old Boy Scout from Illinois, recently brought in 38 goats to remove invasive species from the Blackwell Forest Preserve Family Campground.

In between finishing out the school year last spring and starting another one this fall, the Eagle Scouts of Troop 165 in Fredericksburg, Va., had a busy summer. As in, cycling-3,800-miles-across-the-country busy.

Jackson Hobbs was vacationing in Alaska to celebrate earning his Eagle Scout when he won a $10,000 fishing competition.

For his Eagle Scout project, Nebraska Scout Doug Pepper gave back to the hospital that saved his life two years earlier.

Camp Eagle, a Mid-America Council Boy Scout camp located near Cedar Bluffs., Neb., got a new statue earlier this summer to mark its entrance.

A neat service project from the Circle Ten Council designed to encourage recycling has resulted in a neat time-lapse video.

The good folks over at Adweek are asking readers to vote for their favorite magazine. For us, the choice is obvious.

Maybe the best part of the upcoming 23rd World Scout Jamboree is just getting the opportunity to meet and hang out with Scouts from around the world.

A couple of Maryland Boy Scouts used their Eagle projects to restore a local hiking trail.

For Michigan Boy Scout Geno Chandler, installing a sundial made for the perfect modern-day Eagle project.

A Massachusetts Boy Scout took up the task of sprucing up a hospital courtyard.

When Jody Beringer completed his Eagle Scout project in 1990, he probably never thought that, 23 years later, his own daughter would be one of the beneficiaries.

A Michigan Scout recently installed 333 trees and one flagpole at a nearby airport.

For the last eight years, a Boy Scout in Granite Quarry, North Carolina, has led the town hall meetings in the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance.

An Ohio Boy Scout installed a new sidewalk to make playground equipment more accessible to kids in wheelchairs.

A high school competitive swimmer credits Scouting for his success.

Coming up in the September 2014 issue of Boys' Life: Dogs in Action!

A Pennsylvania Eagle Scout candidate has tackled a pair of projects at a nearby hiking and biking trail.

We love most of what we've seen at the Outoor Retailer show, but we especially love the companies with good stories behind them.

There are lots of products of interest to Scouts at the Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The Scouts of Troop 101 in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, recently earned their 50-miler awards by hiking one of the most famous trails in the country: The Appalachian Trail.

A South Dakota Eagle Scout has sold $25,000 worth of popcorn over the last 12 years. That's some serious salesmanship.