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Author: Laura Sowdon

I'm the South Region Commissioner for BPSA.

Pathfinder Handbook Pre-Release!

By Laura SowdonPosted on September 24, 2021September 24, 2021
  • Pathfinders

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 selection […]

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Gearing up for a New Scouting Year

By Laura SowdonPosted on August 19, 2021April 1, 2022
  • Forms and Leader Guides
  • GSM Tips

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 few […]

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Leader Guide to working with Scouts with Special Needs and Neurodiversity

By Laura SowdonPosted on July 10, 2021April 1, 2022
  • Forms and Leader Guides
  • GSM Tips
  • Otters
  • Pathfinders
  • Rovering
  • Timberwolves

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 are […]

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Schedules for Camp: How and Why

By Laura SowdonPosted on July 2, 2021April 1, 2022
  • Forms and Leader Guides
  • GSM Tips

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 be […]

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Happy Pride Month!

By Laura SowdonPosted on June 8, 2021June 8, 2021
  • News and Information

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 be […]

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BPSA becomes OSG

By Laura SowdonPosted on May 29, 2021
  • News and Information

In 2020, the Baden Powell Service Association announced that we would be making a change to our name. After months of work, debate, and voting, we have arrived at our new name: Outdoor Service Guides, […]

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Rover Project Badge: Laminated Spars

By Laura SowdonPosted on May 10, 2021May 26, 2022
  • Pathfinders
  • Rovering

Rover Richard Sowdon recently completed his Project Badge with a project on laminated spars. He created spars for his pathfinders to use in pioneering projects that are stronger, safer, and more sustainable than harvesting young […]

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How to Scout It- Community Gardening

By Laura SowdonPosted on April 27, 2021
  • GSM Tips
  • Pathfinders
  • Timberwolves

Sometimes, an opportunity presents itself and we get a chance to do something that we didn’t plan on.  As a scout leader, this is a great chance to let everyone, including us, try something new. […]

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Menstruation Guide

By Laura SowdonPosted on April 7, 2021August 26, 2021
  • Forms and Leader Guides
  • GSM Tips
  • Pathfinders
  • Timberwolves

As a fully inclusive program of all genders, scout leaders need to be knowledgeable about menstruation and provide appropriate support for scouts who experience menstruation. The typical age for a first period is 12, with […]

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What’s in a Necker?

By Laura SowdonPosted on March 15, 2021March 31, 2022
  • Getting Started
  • GSM Tips

As OSG scouts, we wear large, traditional neckers. But what are those and why do we wear them?  Scout neckers go back to the start of scouting in England in 1908. They are “original equipment” […]

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