LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — High school junior Auden Block is a textbook example of how the Boy Scouts' merit badge program can shape a boy's life: By exploring a range of hobbies, outdoor activities and ...

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Boy Scout Troop 1778 hosted a mini-Merit Badge University event Sept. 20 at Journey of Faith Church in Waldorf. Expecting perhaps 40 participants, the troop was excited to have 79 Scouts from 14 ...

Merit badge applies STEM principles in a way that’s fun and interesting When people think of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), they envision activities like camping, knot-tying, and canoeing, but soon, ...

The Boy Scouts of America are this country’s best-known lobbying group for preparedness. Since getting its start in 1910, the group has intentionally conflated outdoorsmanship and core competence with ...

IRVINE – Nearly 600 Boy Scouts came out Saturday for the annual Merit Badge Day to learn new skills and progress in their scouting. Some were looking to earn their very first badge while others had ...

Last week, Harold Kast earned a Boy Scout merit badge in game design. To achieve this, the 17-year-old junior assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 509 played and studied games and designed his own ...

WILKES-BARRE — For the 22nd year, the Northeastrn Pennsylvania Council of the Boy Scouts of America teamed up with King’s College on Saturday to provide a unique and constructive way for young scouts ...

Caleb Biddulph of Frisco is in very rare company. The 16-year-old 10th grader at Reedy High School has achieved all 137 merit badges as a Boy Scout. The young man from Troop No. 216 first got into Boy ...

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Josh McCoy of Alexandria, Virginia, right, is awarded his 135th Boy Scout merit badge from Scoutmaster Dwayn Hanford in Springfield, Virginia. The Boy Scout’s motto is “Be prepared.” Josh McCoy is ...