by Vanguard Contributor | Dec 10, 2018 | Current Events, LDS-BSA Blogs, Scouting Moms
I’m a new Bear Den leader…and I LOVE IT! Cub Scouting is so much fun! At first, I was hesitant. “Why should I volunteer?” I wondered. After all, I’m a busy mom with ten children, I teach preschool, my husband is busy with his job, and I was already a Scout leader 20...
by Vanguard Contributor | Oct 7, 2018 | LDS-BSA Blogs, Scouting Moms, Scouting Stories
Hi! My name is Roseanne Service. Yes, I’m literally “Sister Service!” I live in the Arizona Queen Creek Stake; the BSA Grand Canyon Council Agave District. A few years ago I was serving as the Primary president in my ward. At first I wasn’t exactly...
by Vanguard Contributor | Apr 25, 2018 | LDS-BSA Blogs, Scouting Stories
Grant H. couldn’t wait to put on his Cub Scout shirt. He had six more months before he turned eight, but in private he wore it around the house with pride. Grant’s mother, Laura, said to him, “I notice when you have your shirt on, you seem happier.” Grant pondered, “I...
by Vanguard Contributor | Mar 9, 2018 | LDS-BSA Blogs, Scouting Stories
“Boys, this will be the hardest thing you have ever done. Are you up for the challenge?” asked Scoutmaster Beckham of his Troop 747. “We are going on a tough, possibly dangerous, hike from the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, 17 miles down to the historic Phantom Ranch,...
by Vanguard Contributor | Mar 2, 2018 | LDS-BSA Blogs, Scouting Stories
When Shakespeare’s Henry V spoke of his “band of brothers,” he described an empowering bond–forged under extraordinary circumstances–that elevates normal people and normal relationships above the every-day course of life. Usually with far less drama,...
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