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Boy Scouts celebrate anniversary
Jacob Hensley doesn?t enjoy being high off the ground, so taking a turn walking across a suspended rope in front of fellow Boy Scouts at the Santa Maria Town Center on Saturday was no minor task.

Boy Scouts help the needy with Scouting for Food program
Scouts of the Suwannee River Area Council, Boy Scouts of America will be collecting food today to help the hungry in the council?s 13-county service area, which includes Colquitt County.

Boy Scouts fight area hunger with parade
Nearly 5,000 scouts took the trip to the Capital for the 63rd annual Boy Scout Parade. The Scouts also took donations for the Capital Area Food Bank.

Boy Scouts to launch regional food drive on Saturday
The East Carolina Council for Boy Scouts of America kicks off its largest service project, ?Scouting for Food,? on Saturday. The project is a food drive involving thousands of Scouts and adult volunteers across 21 counties in Eastern North...

Jefferson boys are soaring to Eagle with local troops
According to national statistics from the Boy Scouts of America, two to five percent of Boy Scouts ever manage to attain scouting?s highest rank of Eagle.

Boy Scouts of America and Edison Nation(R) Launch $1 Million Innovation Chall...
IRVING, Texas and CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Boy Scouts of America (BSA), one of the nation's largest and most prominent youth development organizations, and Edison Nation(R), an idea-to-shelf product developer, today announced the Boy Scouts of America Innovation Challenge. Open to all boys and girls age 7 to 21 years, the challenge does not require that the ...

Boy Scouts Celebrating Anniversary
The Boy Scouts of America are getting ready for a big celebration this weekend.

Catalina Council Boy Scouts Partner With Sanofi US Tucson Research Center to ...
TUCSON, Ariz., Jan. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Catalina Council of the Boy Scouts of America announced today that approximately thirty Boy Scouts in Arizona will complete the Chemistry Merit Badge requirements ...

Boy Scouts parade to close streets in downtown Austin Saturday
AUSTIN -- Some roads will be closed in downtown Austin Saturday for a Boy Scouts parade. The Boys Scouts of America Parade will take place from 9 a.m. to noon along Congress Avenue. The City of Austin says roads will be closed along the parade route, from Cesar Chavez Street to the south entrance of the State Capitol. Streets that intersect Congress Avenue between Brazos and Colorado Streets ...

Local Boy Scouts Retiring Flags
Flames will be burning bright in Bristol for a week and it's a sign of respect. Boy Scouts are taking part in the 37th annual Continuous Campfire.