Pathfinders: Making Maps
There are lots of good reasons to work on making maps, and several badges now require it for pathfinders. But how do you make it fun? Because scouting is a game we are playing,...
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New Pathfinder Badges and Awards- A How To For Leaders
Hopefully you have seen the Pathfinder Handbook Prerelease of 3 chapters of our new handbook. If you have, you’ve seen that there are 101 new badges, plus pins, special awards and other updates. It...
First Archer Badges Awarded
Congratulations to the Pathfinders of the 64th Brandywine, in Pennsylvania! Seven of them have been awarded the New Archer Badge in the updated Pathfinder Handbook. They are the first OSG pathfinders to receive these...
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...
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...
How to Scout It- Community Gardening
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...
Trail Signs: Which Way Do We Go?
Learning how to identify trail signs is an important part of hiking safely. It is also one of the skills pathfinders need to know for their Tenderfoot badge. Need an easy way to show...
Defeating Sexism and Gender Inclusion
Okay, forgive my bluntness, but there are some key differences in leading girls vs. boys. In big, general terms that don’t apply to every scout, girls and boys tend to have some differences in...