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Learn About Boy Scouts Here

The Boy Scouts group brings together the best lenses that have to deal with Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, Webelos, and all of the other great things that belong in scouting today. The lenses in this group will deal specifically with Boy Scouts and Cub Sco...

Girl Scouts Headquarters

Girl Scout Headquarters This will be a group where we can share ideas for Girl Scout leaders and/or parent volunteers. Girl Scouting can be the magic thread which links the youth of the world together. - Juliette Gordon Low

Lenses dealing with everything Scouting 

Start a Scout Hiking Program

One of the things I love about scouting is being outdoors. I am very lucky that my Cub Scout Pack has a very robust hiking program. So much so that I decided to become the Hiking coordinator when the position became available. This page is about set...

Community Service Ideas

While visiting a neighboring town today, I realized the importance of community service. It's not that I didn't feel it was important before, I just didn't realize just how much is done by volunteers until today. My sons and I decided t...

Great Backyard Bird Count

The Great Backyard Bird Count is a fun and free way to experience wildlife during the winter months. You do not need any supplies to participate. You can participate in as little as 15 minutes. You do not need to leave the comfort of your own home, i...

Fundraising for Elementary Schools, High Schools, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, PTA, PTO, Travel Teams

Fundraising is something my family has been doing since my kids started school. There are many different of organizations needing to raise money, and there's even more companies willing to lend a hand or donate to a good cause. I have been involve...

How to be a Scout Leader 

You Said Yes to Being A Girl Scout Leader!

Being a Girl Scout Leader is one of the most rewarding opportunities you can take on. It can't be measured in points scored or points on a test, but it does make a difference in a girl's life!

Girl Scouts of America 

Lenses dealing specifically with the girl scouts, brownies, and daisies.

Girl Scout Council's Own Badges

Is your scout bored with the badges in her Badge book? Help is on the way! Here is a collection of links to unique Council's Own badges, patches, and more from the various Councils of the United States.

Girl Scout Cookies Are SAFE!

Over the weekend, news organizations were reporting the FDA warnings regarding Peanut Butter and Peanut Butter paste. Several companies over the last couple of days have pulled products off the shelves because they were using the company that was inv...

Gigi's Troop to Troop Lapbook

This lens is written along with my daughter. She was working on a Troop-to-Troop badge. Her leader gave a list of requirements. The Troop to Troop patch is a chance to learn more about military service and history. The number of activities needed to...

Girl Scout Birthday

Everybody has a birthday - so of course Girl Scouts has one also! Juliette Gordon Low after visiting England saw the positive affect Lord Robert Baden Powell was having with the boys in England with his Boy Scout program. She believed a similar progr...

It's Girl Scout Cookie Time!

Those illusive cookies are almost here. This lens will address for leaders and volunteers how to have a positive cookie sale. There are several keys to having a prosperous and growing experience for your girls. This can be the biggest fundraiser for...

Boy Scouts of America 

Cub Scout Skits

One of the fun things about scouting are the skits being performed on scout camping trips or at scout pack and troop meetings. Most cub scout skits have some sort of twist at the end which makes them fun. I am compiling my favorite skits from boy sco...

The Boy Scouts of America: Character Counts

How to change American values .... one little boy at a time has always been possible with the Boy Scouts of America.  With more and more troubled youth in our society,  it's obvious that something needs to be done to help the situation...

How to Pass The Eagle Scout Board of Review

Becoming an Eagle Scout takes years of commitment, dedication, and leadership. The last step is the Eagle Scout Board of Review. I'm making this page on how to pass the Eagle Scout BOR because, as a fellow Eagle Scout, I want to share my knowledge in...

Great Trips for your Scout Troop or Pack 

Take Your Scout Troop to Washington DC

Destination: Washington DC With Your Troop! We DID IT! We (my co-leader & I) took 8 Brownies to Washington DC and survived! I want to share some of the information I have gathered to help you plan a trip for your Girl Scout or Boy Scout troop trip...

Councils, Troops, and Packs 

Pacific Northwest Scouting

The Boy Scouts of America is a great organization and I wish to show what different things that scouts in my community are doing. This page will mostly be about Scouts in my local council, Crater Lake Council. We will be following patch trading, coun...