New South Region Commissioner
Please take a moment and welcome our new South Region Commissioner: Nicholas Provenzo, OSG Knight and GSM of the 107th Dogwood Group in Alexandria, VA! Nick has been active with Outdoor Service Guides since...
Author: Laura Sowdon
New BOARD!
Outdoor Service Guides just elected a new board. As of Feb 22, 2022, our board will be: Chief Commissioner: Richard Sowdon Secretary: Mathias Neuber Treasurer: Aislinn McEwen In OSG, our elected board serves for...
Pathfinder: Gardening Badge Zoom Help
One of the newest badges available for pathfinders to earn, is the Gardener Badge which is included in the new Pathfinder Handbook Pre-Release. The 17th Black Bears in Virginia participated in a community garden...
Bronze Arrow Training: An Awesome Weekend for Pathfinders!
What is Bronze Arrow Training? It is an Outdoor Service Guides weekend created especially for our Pathfinders! This special weekend is designed for Pathfinders who have earned Second Class and are patrol leaders, assistant...
Community Gardening
In the spring, the 17th Black Bear Pathfinders got the chance to have a community garden plot to farm. They jumped at the chance! Getting outside together sounded fun. The Pathfinder patrols decided what...
Pathfinder Handbook Pre-Release!
In advance of the release of the completely new Pathfinder Handbook, the Pathfinder Handbook Committee, has created a set of new badges for our scouts to start earring right now! These badges are a...
Gearing up for a New Scouting Year
Starting a new scouting year is exciting and challenging. One thing that seems to be extra challenging is gathering contact information for any new families that show up at your kick-off meeting or first...
Leader Guide to working with Scouts with Special Needs and Neurodiversity
Part of our mission in OSG is to create “Scouting for All.” In this quest, we not only scout with people of all races, religions, backgrounds, genders, and orientations, but also with scouts who...
Schedules for Camp: How and Why
I adore having an hour-by-hour schedule for troop camping trips. Why? Because it takes much of the stress out of the experience for me. Having every adult in camp know what time we will...
Happy Pride Month!
One of our goals in Outdoor Service Guides is to be radically inclusive. Why “radically inclusive”? Because there have been many people denied access to scouting, we seek to fix that. We want to...