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Independence, leadership, problem solving, responsibility, social skills, team building are skills you can learn and develop ...

Business, finance, technology, marketing and, of course, some taste-testing are all part of the curriculum at Cookie University. Local Girl Scouts will head to school this weekend to prepare for the ...

BSA scouts test their skills at starting a fire with all natural materials during the annual Camp Kootaga Klondike Derbies. (Photo by Gretchen Dowler) PARKERSBURG — The BSA Buckskin Council Kootaga ...

Three generations of the Jossell family will join more than 5,200 Scouts and leaders from across the state as they kick off the 100th Anniversary of Boy Scouts of America at the Centennial Camporee, ...

As one Boy Scout lie waiting for rescue in the snowy woods of Wayne Township, fellow scouts combed the forest to find him. Forming a search party, they worked together to follow his trail while ...

While retiring flags is a way that scouts can serve the community, Kirtland Scoutmaster Doug Knoop believes it also teaches them valuable life skills. “It’s a great opportunity for the scouts to ...

On 27 April, Chief Scout Dwayne Fields had the honour of celebrating Alex MacDonald, Rebecca Hewitt, Gregory Darling and ...