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Emails that make Scouting more fun: Introducing BL BAM!

You’ve never seen an email newsletter like BL BAM! It’s the first and only newsletter for Scouts. No sales pitch. No lengthy reads. Just family-friendly jokes and electrifying how-tos brought to you by...

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Recharter form confirms Neil Armstrong’s status as Eagle Scout, Boys’ Life...

Consider it one small step toward confirming something we’ve known all along — and one giant leap toward proving something that hadn’t been reported previously. A newly uncovered troop recharter form...

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Boys’ Life wants YOU (actually your Scout) to join the magazine advisory team

What does your Scout think of Boys’ Life magazine? Do they have ideas of what they’d like to see more of? Less of? What’s their favorite section? Least favorite? What new stories would they like to...

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Boys’ Life Wants to Tell YOUR Story

Do your Scouts want to land on the same pages as some of the most famous Scouts of all time? Here’s their chance! Whether you’re carving out the adventure of a lifetime in a snow-filled wonderland or...

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Fun projects for kids that you can do from home

As public places, including many parks and campgrounds, are closing to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, you might be left scratching your head on what you and your kids can do. Plenty! As we’ve...

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Take your kids on a #TrekAt2 without leaving your house

Social distancing may keep you from physically canyoneering at Zion National Park or traversing unseasonably cold streams at Yosemite. But you and your kids can still take on rugged explorations you...

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Scouts: Let’s make a MASSIVE video to thank essential workers

We need Scouts’ help to create a BIG thank you video for the people who are keeping our world running. Since we can’t thank them in person right now, we’ve got another idea! Scouts, here’s your charge:...

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Join next week’s virtual Art-O-Ree to work on the Art Merit Badge

Imagine getting free art lessons from the most accomplished illustrators from around the country. Maybe you want to ask them questions about their techniques. Maybe you’re looking for tips for your...

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A challenge for Scouts: Let’s work together to make the world a better place

Submit ideas, art and poems It takes cooperation from all groups and individuals to work together so that we can all get along. Learning to accept people for who they are, no matter what their...

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Download these planning resources for your next Scouting year

This year has been hectic, to say the least — disrupted schedules, cancelled campouts and constant adjustments have become the norm. Any resource to help you keep track of changes and plan accordingly...

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Remember this? All about that nun reading BL in ‘Airplane!’

It’s one of the best visual gags in a movie filled with them. In the classic 1980 comedy Airplane!, two passengers are seen reading magazines. First, we see a nun reading Boys’ Life. Moments later,...

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The history of Scouting and s’mores

The Girl Scouts are widely credited with inventing the concept of sandwiching a fire-roasted marshmallow between graham crackers and chocolate and calling it a s’more. So before we go any further, let...

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On opposite sides of barbed-wire fence, an enduring friendship formed in...

Norman Mineta was a proud 10-year-old Cub Scout in 1942 when the U.S. government began imprisoning Japanese-Americans. Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor months earlier, and Mineta and his family became six...

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Boys’ Life offers special discount just in time for International Literacy Day

Like tying a bowline or hitting a baseball, skills in reading can be improved with practice. Experts at the National Education Association say that the more young people read for fun on their own time,...

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Like this: Vote Boys’ Life as your favorite magazine cover of 2017

Weather that’s so cold it makes your eyelashes freeze makes for an unforgettable Scouting experience. It also makes for a memorable magazine cover. The February 2017 cover of Boys’ Life, featuring an...

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Was this quote attributed to Groucho Marx actually published in Boys’ Life...

“Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.” This funny quote, commonly attributed to comedian Groucho Marx, might have a much cooler origin story. One...

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Scouts in Action story in Boys’ Life inspires Cub Scout to save a life

One of the most popular sections of Boys’ Life magazine is Scouts in Action, a cartoon-style retelling of a true story of life-saving heroism. What you might not know is that it’s sometimes difficult...

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J. Warren Young, who served 32 years as Boys’ Life publisher, dies at 79

Young helped introduce the Bank Street Classic Tales. Published in Boys’ Life four times a year, these tales reminded readers that “all you need is a book and a dream.” J. Warren Young, who helped...

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These calendars, notebooks and poster-size charts will help you plan your...

What does your pack, troop or crew have planned for its 2018-2019 Scouting year? If the answer is “nothing yet,” don’t fret. Boys’ Life magazine has you covered with calendars, notebooks and...

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Why this funny cartoon for kids is the most educational thing you’ll watch today

What do guitar-strumming bears and top hat-wearing clydesdales have to do with cold-weather camping? You’d have to watch December 2018’s episode of Tales From the Campfire to find out. And honestly,...

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Are dogs ticklish? And exactly what does that have to do with Scouting?

The wonders of the world are all around us. And young people, like your kids and the Scouts you lead, have all kinds of questions about them. That’s why we’re tackling kids’ toughest questions in an...

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#GetReadyforCamp: A week full of deals, contests and prizes no Scout should miss

Scout Shop has huge surprises for shoppers next week. To help you #GetReadyForCamp, it’s rolling out an epic lineup of incentives. (Pro tip: Read this entire post to find out how you can start taking...

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Boys’ Life honored with prestigious publishing award

Scouts know every issue of Boys’ Life is full of fascinating features. Publishing industry leaders recognize that, too. Boys’ Life won a Maggie Award and was named a finalist in three other award...

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It’s the Great Pumpkin #TrekAt2: Get carving and tune in October 30!

You’re invited to the #TrekAt2 Halloween and pumpkin-carving party Friday, October 30, at 2 p.m. Central. Attending is easy. Just head to go.boyslife.org/fblive at the time of the party and tune in via...

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Boys’ Life is now Scout Life — new name, same great magazine

Your Scout found a surprise when his or her latest issue of Boys’ Life arrived: a special collector’s edition revealing the new name of the Boy Scouts of America’s premiere youth publication. Scout...

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Congratulate your Eagle Scout in an upcoming special edition of Scout Life

This year will mark the first year young women will have earned the highest rank in the Scouts BSA program, the Eagle Scout Award. Those who have completed their Eagle boards of review from Oct. 1,...

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Gather these supplies and tune in to the Great Science #TrekAt2 on January 25

Next week, Scout Life and #TrekAt2 are going all in on a science experiment you and your kids can do at home along with the show. Science Museum Oklahoma‘s museum educator Kirsten Therkelson will join...

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Get inspired by this never-ending list of virtual den meeting ideas!

If you loved exploring the ideas in our “Five games for virtual den meetings” post, the Cub Scout volunteer Facebook community is about to make your day! Cub Chat Live, our weekly Cub Scout-focused...

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Watch the Be the Change celebration and read a special digital edition of...

For more than 110 years, Scouts have been a positive change in their communities, building a legacy of servant leadership and making a difference in the world. Every year, thousands of these Scouts...

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Meet the second Eagle Scout who walked on the moon! Join a live Q&A with...

If someone asked you to name an Eagle Scout who walked on the moon, your go-to response might be Neil Armstrong. But did you know the youngest person to step foot on the moon, Apollo 16 astronaut...

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