#ad Go Green - Ready for a Happy Holiday? Download The Nature Conservancy's great Holiday Green Guide to make the earth happy through the holidays, too. boyscouttrail.com/blog/1353.asp

Scout Jobs - Already tired of winter vacation? Bored with your current job? The week after Christmas is a great... ow.ly/tiAB507RV87

The Challenge Slope - I don't generally agree with the common statement regarding Scouting to "let them fail". ... ow.ly/cDgU5080cQw

NSC Speaker - I've had the good fortune to learn from a lot of good men while volunteering in the Boy Scouts of... ow.ly/Ya67508aZ48

BSA Announcement - You should view this announcement about gender identity by the BSA Chief Scout Executive tod... ow.ly/aMvV5096Edt

Scouting Emojis - A tiger den joined my Pen Pals program and included code for a tiger emoji in their name. I t... ow.ly/UtgY5099YOD

Plenty O Projects - Looking for some service conservation projects for 2017? There are TONS of opportunities fo... ow.ly/UDhp50a9MX3

#BringBacktheBees - Following up on my post from yesterday about Boy Scout projects, here is a fun one for Cub ... ow.ly/L3sl50ab9wm

MacGyver Patch - Last September, Boys' Life ran a MacGyver Challenge sweepstakes. Today, I received this photo ... ow.ly/xpHB50aco8L

Ivy's Out - With a mild winter and warmer spring, vegetation around here is earlier than usual. I found these n... ow.ly/HwbH50bsEi4

Feeling Lucky? - If you have been trying to help scouts cook balanced, healthy, wholesome meals on campouts, yo... ow.ly/S8Cu50bxAih

Post Your Colors - Check out the July BSA promotional program! If you are on the net, you could win some very c... ow.ly/uCzj50cHii6

Scouts of America - Well, that was fast! Starting next year (2018), girls will be part of the BSA scouting prog... ow.ly/siKw50eyxbi

Chief Scout on Girls in BSA - Plenty of rumors, speculations, and concerns about the changes we'll have in plac... ow.ly/6YzV50fj824

Any Gift Ideas? - I just gave away 3 gifts this morning in my Monthly Give-Away and I'm waiting for the winners to claim them. You could win at the end of this month - if you just enter! If you're looking for some gift ideas, here's a few to consider:... ow.ly/N4Zy50fuq6b

Penpals and Postcards - Our Pen Pals program has about 1700 Scouting units signed up and scouts around the world are exchanging mail and electronic messages. A new Postcard Exchange has just been started. Scouts across the USA can collect postcards fr... ow.ly/OPsA50fAK2X

Eagle Scout Rox - If you ever find yourself wondering if it is worth the effort being a BSA volunteer - this should take away any doubt you have. Listening to this young man might be the best way you have to spend 10 minutes today. This is an intervie... ow.ly/fRL550fMRBL

Super Achiever - Lots of people have been asking about the Webelos Super Achiever patch. It has never been an official national BSA award, so it fell to individual units or councils to create or adopt the award locally. It was available in a handful o... ow.ly/Po5O50fNKQd

Solstice Activity - Today is the best day of the year for Astronomy merit badge and worst for Photography. :-) At 10:28am Central time today, the winter solstice occurs. For the next six months, we'll be getting more and more sunlight each day in the ... ow.ly/Ad6650fQblQ

Webelos Super Achiever - The new Webelos Super Achiever patches have arrived and are available now. ClassB.com did a great job on them and they look super! A hundred have already been shipped out to folks that pre-ordered them so they'll ... ow.ly/Gczo50g5Uml