Vanguard News & Updates
2023 World Scout Jamboree Report
The 25th World Scout Jamboree was held in South Korea. Normally, the BSA National Jamboree and World Scout Jamboree are offset by two years. Due to the COVID pandemic, these two events were held within weeks of each other. WOSM (World Organization of the Scouting...
Great Alaska Council “Walk of Faith”
This past June, Vanguard Scouting member Wes Newman of the Great Alaska Council, organized the 2023 "Walk of Faith" for his council. It was an opportunity to teach Scouts of all ages about the faith communities in Alaska and work toward requirements for faith-based...
2023 National Scout Jamboree Report
Since the foundation of Scouting, Jamborees have played a significant role in both BSA National and World Scouting. Due to the COVID pandemic, the National and World Scout Jamborees were held within weeks of each other this summer. Part of the Vanguard International...
Winsor Sisters-A Tale of 2 Jamborees
By Richard Winsor As Rulon Skinner, my 1981 Jamboree Scoutmaster told me, “There are three reasons Scouts attend a Jamboree—fun, adventure, and romance. Fun - something you enjoy doing; adventure - doing something for the first time; and romance - the feeling of...
How joining Cub Scouts made my children better citizens
By Elizabeth Grace Matthew Originally published in The Deseret News (Apr 17, 2023). Used here by permission. When my oldest son wanted to join the Cub Scouts — a K-5 coed program of the Boy Scouts of America — I resisted at first. I told him we could go to one meeting...
How to Have the Best Day Ever
By Mark Blackhurst, Circle 10 Council On April 14 and 15, 2023, 150 members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints met at Camp James Ray (Circle Ten Council, BSA, Dallas, Tx) for an overnight family encampment. Many of those participating are currently...
Scouting: More Family-Centered Than Ever!
PRESIDENT'S CORNER As I thought about the events of Scouting over the past 8 years, it dawned on me that through those events, while maintaining its core values as embodied in the Scout Oath and Law (and the Scout Motto and Scout Slogan), Scouting has become more...
MIRACLE AT QUAIL CREEK
OK, so “miracle” is a little bit of a stretch, but the experience was quite serendipitous and perhaps, I believe, some providence. This year, the Scouts of the Spanish Trails District selected the theme: “Scouting without Borders” for their Spring camporee at Quail...
SCOUTING AWARDS FOR TREKKING HISTORIC MORMON BATTALION TRAIL
By Bryce R. Hall Scouting has a High Adventure Award for trekking the Historic Mormon Battalion Trail. Before the pandemic, a pair of great news articles came out about Scouts (both in and out of the Church) doing a desert High Adventure Trek that re-enacted the...