About a dozen parents of Boy Scouts, leaders and adults who have been scouts gathered in front of the new headquarters of the group's Mid-Iowa Council on Friday to protest a plan to end the organization's ban on homosexual members....

ACUSHNET — Local Girl Scouts are looking to rally voters in the run up to Monday's Town Meeting, when residents will get another crack at sending a new library and community center to the ballot....

PASADENA -- Doug Boyd of Glendora has been part of the Boy Scouts of America for more than 50 years, and he can't see any reason to change rules that bar gays from joining the private organization....

York, PA - More than 250 Boy Scouts and 100 volunteers are spending the weekend at a temporary encampment at Sweeny Park in Shrewsbury for the annual merit badge camporee hosted by Shrewsbury Troop 90 assisted by Shrewsbury Troop 205....

EUGENE, Ore. — Active and former Boy Scout members and leaders are protesting in Eugene and across the country. Their message: keep gay people out of the Scouts. Next Thursday Boy Scout leaders will vote on whether or not the group will allow openly gay men to join the organization. On Friday a group rallied … Continue reading »...

Click Here to purchase Lee Hiller Photography Posters and Prints Click to view slideshow. Southern Magnolias line Bath House Row in Hot Springs National Park. From a distance the white blossoms look like popcorn sprinkling the dark green foliage.  Up close the lovely creamy white petals glow in the spring sun.  Sheltered in the leaves baby sparrows await their dad who is bringing them lunch. Glorious purple Venus Looking-Glass are blooming along the Hot Springs Mountain Trail.  Their star like blooms layer the green foliage with rich color.  Spring grasses ripple in a gentle breeze creating the illusion that the trail is moving....

Now through October, the Belleville Area Museum is hosting an exhibit dedicated to an important part of American history: the Boy and Girl Scouts....

The Boy Scouts of America will vote next week at its national meeting whether to partially lift its long-standing exclusion of gays. The group wants to allow homosexuals as youth members while continuing to bar them as adult leaders. About a dozen people attended a rally Friday outside the Boy Scouts office on Riverside Drive in Jackson to show their support of a "no" vote on the proposal. Those ......

There’s tons to see inside the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum near Portland, Ore. But it’s what’s outside that caught my eye. The museum, located in McMinnville, just opened a new designated Scout camping area. That means Scouts can set up their tents among oak trees right off the museum’s parking lot and then walk over to the museum during the day. Once there, they can check out displays like the original Spruce Goose, movies in the museum theater, merit badge classes, or the “educational waterpark” with its 10 waterslides that teach visitors about the power of water.  No Scout camping area is complete without a...

Please join us in congratulating the winners of the 15th Annual National President’s Awards for Marketing Excellence! These awards recognize councils that are doing outstanding work in the areas of Best Positive Public Relations, Best Website, Best Marketing Campaign, Best Finance Support Materials, and more! This year’s entries were some of the finest to date and showcase the strides we’ve made as an organization in building and managing our brands. Congratulations to those who won, and to all those who submitted an entry. Entries are typically accepted from November to January each year, with information accessible from the Marketing Toolbox at www.scouting.org/marketing. For the complete...

Please join us in congratulating the winners of the 15th Annual National President’s Awards for Marketing Excellence! These awards recognize councils that are doing outstanding work in the areas of Best Positive Public Relations, Best Website, Best Marketing Campaign, Best Finance Support Materials, and more! This year’s entries were some of the finest to date and showcase the strides we’ve made as an organization in building and managing our brands. Congratulations to those who won, and to all those who submitted an entry. Entries are typically accepted from November to January each year, with information accessible from the Marketing Toolbox at www.scouting.org/marketing. For the complete...