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ROSEMOUNT SCOUT EARNS EVERY MERIT BADGE
GABE ANDERSON OF TROOP 270 For most Scouts, earning the 21 merit badges to become an Eagle Scout is challenge enough. But for Gabe Anderson of Troop 270 in Rosemount, it was just the beginning. “When I first joined, I read an article about another Scout who earned every merit badge. I said, ‘I want…
Read MoreThink your Sea Scout ship is the best? Apply for the National Flagship Award
Does your Sea Scout ship rule the seas (or rivers or lakes)? Prove it by applying for the annual Sea Scout National Flagship Award. When doing so, have your Sea Scouts use the new and improved application process outlined below. Each year since 2002, the Sea Scout committee has selected one ship to be the…
Read More2018-2019 preview: Philmont Scout Ranch
It’s the fourth-annual High-Adventure Week here on Bryan on Scouting. This week is all about the once-in-a-lifetime experiences awaiting Scouts and Venturers at the BSA’s four national high-adventure bases. Plus, we share tips for securing your spot in 2018, 2019 and beyond. That group of teenagers singing Backstreet Boys while backpacking the final miles of a…
Read MoreUpcoming Chapter Meeting – Nov 2, 2017 7:00PM
Hello fellow OA members, Congrats for those of you who have just joined the ranks of the Lake Minnetonka Order of the Arrow Chapter and for those who have achieved the rank of Brotherhood. We are having our first post-conclave chapter meeting this Thursday, November 2nd. This is where the youth leaders will transition in and…
Read More2018-2019 preview: Paul R. Christen High Adventure Base at Summit Bechtel Reserve
It’s the fourth-annual High-Adventure Week here on Bryan on Scouting. This week is all about the once-in-a-lifetime experiences awaiting Scouts and Venturers at the BSA’s four national high-adventure bases. Plus, we share tips for securing your spot in 2018, 2019 and beyond. Skateboarding, rock climbing and an unbelievably awesome activity called “bikepacking.” At the Paul R. Christen…
Read MoreBabe Ruth signed this baseball ‘to Troop 6,’ and now it’s being auctioned for Scouts
There was something different about the baseball these Scouts were tossing back and forth. The year was 1948. The place: a crowded gym in Larchmont, N.Y. Eagle Scout Jack Coughlin, then the 20-something Scoutmaster of Troop 6 out of Larchmont, had to confiscate the ball so nobody got injured. But this wasn’t any baseball, Coughlin…
Read MoreAfter hearing from volunteers, BSA to allow current Eagle Scouts to receive Eagle Palms retroactively
All current Boy Scouts — even those who completed their Eagle Scout board of review before Aug. 1, 2017 — are now entitled to receive Eagle Palms for merit badges earned before their Eagle board of review. Previously, only those Scouts with an Eagle board of review date on or after Aug. 1, 2017, were…
Read More2018-2019 preview: Northern Tier National High Adventure Program
It’s the fourth-annual High-Adventure Week here on Bryan on Scouting. This week is all about the once-in-a-lifetime experiences awaiting Scouts and Venturers at the BSA’s four national high-adventure eses. Plus, we share tips for securing your spot in 2018, 2019 and beyond. Paddle your way to an experience of a lifetime in Minnesota and Canada at…
Read MoreFALL HOMESCHOOL DAY: TEAM BUILDING. NOVEMBER 6TH
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH, 2017 Each field trip will begin at 9:00 AM and conclude at 2:00 PM. Check-in begins at 8:30 AM and pre-registration is strongly encouraged in guaranteeing your spot in the program. Parent/Adult registrants are not required to remain onsite, but are welcome to observe the activities throughout the day. For adults dropping…
Read MoreSTEM Scout Named America’s Top Young Scientist
Photo: Andy King, Discovery Education Last week, STEM Scout Gitanjali “Anjali” Rao was named the winner of the 2017 Discovery Education and 3M Young Scientist Challenge, making the world a better place in the process. Anjali’s award-winning project, the Tethys, enables users to test for lead levels in water with greater ease and effectiveness than many…
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