For his Eagle project, this Scout and Fire Explorer restored a 1956 Chevrolet truck
For his Eagle Scout service project, Koren Ernst completed a full external restoration of a historic Chevrolet truck owned by his city’s fire department.
Extreme Makeovers, Round 24: Eagle Scout project before-and-after photos
This week’s batch of 15 projects includes a memorial to fallen firefighters, a stand to hold kayaks and an outdoor water station for high school athletes.
Extreme Makeovers, Round 23: Eagle Scout project before-and-after photos
This week’s batch of 12 projects includes a handsome horseshoe pit in California, a majestic memorial in Florida and an antique apple orchard in Virginia.
This Scout wanted to help his home away from home — in South Africa
When word reached a Tennessee Life Scout about a school in need of help, he decided to do his Eagle Scout project in a village more than 8,000 miles away from his hometown.
Extreme Makeovers, Round 22: Eagle Scout project before-and-after photos
This week’s batch of 14 projects includes a remodeled youth activity room in a church basement, two large raccoon cages at a wildlife rehabilitation center, and several memorials to honor the men and women of our armed forces.
Extreme Makeovers, Round 21: Eagle Scout project before-and-after photos
This week’s batch of 14 projects includes new shelving for an Illinois food bank, an outdoor physical fitness training center in California and a helipad for a North Carolina fire department.
Extreme Makeovers, Round 20: Eagle Scout project before-and-after photos
This week’s batch of 12 projects includes a sand volleyball court, an agility course for search and rescue dogs, and 3D-printed prosthetic hands for children born without fingers. I’ve also included the first-ever Eagle before-and-after submission from a BSA troop in France. Très bon!
Extreme Makeovers, Round 19: Eagle Scout project before-and-after photos
This week’s batch of 12 Eagle Scout service projects includes an outdoor bird classroom, a butterfly garden and a gazebo honoring military veterans.
Guidance for honoring veterans with grave site flags on Memorial Day
Keep these tips in mind if your Scouting unit is planning to honor our fallen veterans this Memorial Day.
At SeaBreak, Arrowmen spend their spring break helping rebuild Florida camp
At SeaBreak, Arrowmen from as far away as Minnesota and Colorado traveled to the Florida Sea Base in March to complete a week of hurricane cleanup.
Leaders inject fun, education into clean-up service projects
How do you help ensure picking up trash doesn’t devolve into a way to simply fulfill service hour requirements? Pack 267 and Troop 267 in Fredonia, N.Y., have an answer.
Thanks to the Order of the Arrow, Puerto Rico’s hurricane-devastated Camp Guajataka is open for business
A hundred Scouts and Scouters from 28 different states traveled to Puerto Rico this month to help rebuild Camp Guajataka, the beloved camp owned by the BSA’s Puerto Rico Council. The camp was hit hard by Hurricane Maria in September.
When Troop 707 lost all of its gear in the California fires, other troops stepped up
Six Troop 707 families, including the Scoutmaster’s family, lost their homes. As luck would have it, all of Troop 707’s camping gear was stored at three homes that were completely burned.
Arrowmen: Spend spring break helping rebuild BSA camps in Florida, Puerto Rico
Arrowmen are invited to spend their spring break helping BSA camps in Florida and Puerto Rico rebuild after last year’s devastating hurricane season.
Eagle Scout builds buddy bench to fight bullying, promote autism awareness
Sometimes kids who are bullied don’t know where to go for help. Thanks to an Eagle Scout, that’s no longer the case at a Maryland elementary school.
Buy a patch to help rebuild Puerto Rico Council’s Guajataka Scout Reservation
While most of us won’t be able to make it down to help with relief efforts, we can assist the Puerto Rico Council by buying a commemorative patch.
Scouts clean a national park’s sticky situation
California Scouts scraped gum off sidewalks at the Cabrillo National Monument, putting in service hours for a Scout Ranger patch.
Eagle Scout’s service project solves city’s traffic problem
Skyler Chapman is barely old enough for a Utah learner’s permit. But for his Eagle Scout service project, he made a traffic problem disappear.
Puerto Rico Scouter shared this powerful message 2 days before Hurricane Maria hit
Two days before Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico, Maria Molinelli posted a message in Spanish on the council Facebook page.
How Hurricane Maria is affecting BSA members in Puerto Rico
Members of the BSA in Puerto Rico — including nearly 11,000 members across 300 Scout units — have been severely impacted by Hurricane Maria.
Is this your Cub Scout uniform that washed ashore after Hurricane Irma? [Update: Found him!]
Nikki Presley and her husband, Dustin, were picking up Hurricane Irma debris on the beach in Jacksonville, Fla., when they spotted something familiar.
New York Eagle project honors the ‘man in the red bandanna,’ a 9/11 hero
Christopher Walsh’s project is a memorial to the “man in the red bandanna,” who had died while saving strangers on Sept. 11, 2001.
Eagle Scout project teaches parents about the signs of drug addiction
Realizing that parents play an important role in recognizing drug abuse, Corey had an idea. For his Eagle project, he would re-create a teenager’s bedroom.
How to help Scouts and Scouters affected by Hurricane Harvey
Chief Scout Executive Mike Surbaugh shared ways that members of the BSA family can help those affected by historic flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey.
6 ways to help young people remember the true meaning of Memorial Day
Somewhere along the way, we forgot what Memorial Day is all about. Here are six ways to help young people keep that patriotic pledge going.
2017 Eagle Project of the Year: He built sensory rooms for kids with autism
Blake built two sensory rooms specially designed for children with autism. The project earned him the 2017 Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award.
With documentary, Eagle Scout on a mission to save the mountain caribou
Scouting helped Marcus Reynerson become the outdoorsman he is today. And now Reynerson wants to help prevent the mountain caribou from becoming extinct.
For Volunteer Appreciation Month, #ThankAScouter who made a difference
For Volunteer Appreciation Month, which is April, we want you to send in photos, videos and stories about great volunteers. It’s called #ThankAScouter.
Ohio Scouts collect more than 23,000 pairs of shoes for people in need
Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Venturers collected gently used shoes for Soles4Souls, a global nonprofit that delivers shoes to children and adults in need.
Souper Bowl of Caring has been a big hit for Houston-area Scouting
Last year 17,000 Sam Houston Area Council Scouts and Scouters collected 192,782 pounds of food for local food banks through Souper Bowl of Caring.