Boy Scouts

The man we know today as Lord Robert Baden-Powell ("BP"), the founder of the world scouting movement, was born Robert Stephenson Smyth Powell but his family called him Stephe after his Godfather, Robert Stephenson. BP's mother was his father's 3rd wife and his Father, Reverend Baden Powell, had 4 children from a previous marriage.

With Lord Baden-Powell's mother, Henrietta Grace Smyth, Rev. Powell fathered Warrington (early 1847), George (late 1847), Augustus (1849), and Francis (1850). Three more children were born but died at an early age before they had Stephe (1857), Agnes (1858), and Baden (1860).

So BP had 4 half siblings who were older when he was born and that he did not know well, 4 siblings who were 6-10 years older, 3 siblings who died early (and so he never really knew them), and 2 siblings that he was especially close to being close to him in age.

The Boy Scouts of America will have had 12 Chief Scout Executives as of September 1, 2012. None are African American.

the be verb 'is' should be the plural be verb 'are' because the word scouts is plural.

From the BSA website:

1) Be active in your troop, team, crew, or ship for a period of at least six months after you have achieved the rank of Life Scout.

2) Demonstrate that you live by the principles of the Scout Oath and Law in your daily life. List the names of individuals who know you personally and would be willing to provide a recommendation on your behalf, including parents/guardians, religious, educational, and employer references.

3) Earn a total of 21 merit badges, some of which are specified and some are elective.

4) While a Life Scout, serve actively for a period of six months in one or more of the following positions of responsibility: Patrol leader, assistant senior patrol leader, senior patrol leader, troop guide, Order of the Arrow troop representative, den chief, scribe, librarian, historian, quartermaster, junior assistant Scoutmaster, chaplain aide, instructor, Webmaster, or Leave No Trace Trainer.

5) While a Life Scout, plan, develop, and give leadership to others in a service project helpful to any religious institution, any school, or your community. (The project should benefit an organization other than Boy Scouting.) A project proposal must be approved by the organization benefitting from the effort, your unit leader and unit committee, and the council or district before you start. You must use the Eagle Scout Service Project Workbook, BSA publication No. 512-927, in meeting this requirement.

6) Take part in a Scoutmaster conference.

7) Successfully complete an Eagle Scout board of review.

1. Ranks past first class, including Eagle Scout
2. Youth protection Training and Rules
3. Cub Scouting and Venture Scouting

It should be worn to any Scouting meeting, event, or outing, unless the nature of the event is such that it could be damaged, or if it is not appropriate due to the weather. For example, one would not want to wear it to a service project where concrete is being poured, or to a Klondike Derby without wearing appropriate outerwear over it.

# Make a timeline of the history of environmental science in America. Identify the contribution made by the Boy Scouts of America to environmental science. Include dates, names of people or organizations, and important events. # Define the following terms: population, community, ecosystem, biosphere, symbiosis, niche, habitat, conservation, threatened species, endangered species, extinction, pollution prevention, brownfield, ozone, watershed, airshed, nonpoint source, hybrid vehicle, fuel cell. # Do ONE activity in EACH of the following categories (using the activities in this {the merit badge} pamphlet as the basis for planning and carrying out your projects): #: a. Ecology #:: 1. Conduct an experiment to find out how living things respond to changes in their environments. Discuss your observations with your counselor. #:: 2. Conduct an experiment illustrating the greenhouse effect. Keep a journal of your data and observations. Discuss your conclusions with your counselor. #:: 3. Discuss what is an ecosystem. Tell how it is maintained in nature and how it survives. #: b. Air Pollution #:: 1. Perform an experiment to test for particulates that contribute to air pollution. Discuss your findings with your counselor. #:: 2. Record the trips taken, mileage, and fuel consumption of a family car for seven days, and calculate how many miles per gallon the car gets. Determine whether any trips could have been combined ("chained") rather than taken out and back. Using the idea of trip chaining, determine how many miles and gallons of gas could have been saved in those seven days. #:: 3. Explain what is acid rain. In your explanation, tell how it affects plants and the environment and the steps society can take to help reduce its effects. #: c. Water Pollution #:: 1. Conduct an experiment to show how living things react to thermal pollution. Discuss your observations with your counselor. #:: 2. Conduct an experiment to identify the methods that could be used to mediate (reduce) the effects of an oil spill on waterfowl. Discuss your results with your counselor. #:: 3. Describe the impact of a waterborne pollutant on an aquatic community. Write a 100-word report on how that pollutant affected aquatic life, what the effect was, and whether the effect is linked to biomagnification. #: d. Land Pollution #:: 1. Conduct an experiment to illustrate soil erosion by water. Take photographs or make a drawing of the soil before and after your experiment, and make a poster showing your results. Present your poster to your patrol or troop. #:: 2. Perform an experiment to determine the effect of an oil spill on land. Discuss your conclusions with your counselor. #:: 3. Photograph an area affected by erosion. Share your photographs with your counselor and discuss why the area has eroded and what might be done to help alleviate the erosion. #: e. Endangered Species #:: 1. Do research on one endangered species found in your state. Find out what its natural habitat is, why it is endangered, what is being done to preserve it, and how many individual organisms are left in the wild. Prepare a 100-word report about the organism, including a drawing. Present your report to your patrol or troop. #:: 2. Do research on one species that was endangered or threatened but which has now recovered. Find out how the organism recovered, and what its new status is. Write a 100-word report on the species and discuss it with your counselor. #:: 3. With your parent's and counselor's approval, work with a natural resource professional to identify two projects that have been approved to improve the habitat for a threatened or endangered species in your area. Visit the site of one of these projects and report on what you saw. #: f. Pollution Prevention, Resource Recovery, and Conservation #:: 1. Look around your home and determine 10 ways your family can help reduce pollution. Practice at least two of these methods for seven days and discuss with your counselor what you have learned. #:: 2. Determine 10 ways to conserve resources or use resources more efficiently in your home, at school, or at camp. Practice at least two of these methods for seven days and discuss with your counselor what you have learned. #:: 3. Perform an experiment on packaging materials to find out which ones are biodegradable. Discuss your conclusions with your counselor. # Choose two outdoor study areas that are very different from one another (e.g., hilltop vs. bottom of a hill; field vs. forest; swamp vs. dry land). For BOTH study areas, do ONE of the following: #: a. Mark off a plot of 4 square yards in each study area, and count the number of species found there. Estimate how much space is occupied by each plant species and the type and number of nonplant species you find. Write a report that adequately discusses the biodiversity and population density of these study areas. Discuss your report with your counselor. #: b. Make at least three visits to each of the two study areas (for a total of six visits), staying for at least 20 minutes each time, to observe the living and nonliving parts of the ecosystem. Space each visit far enough apart that there are readily apparent differences in the observations. Keep a journal that includes the differences you observe. Then, write a short report that adequately addresses your observations, including how the differences of the study areas might relate to the differences noted, and discuss this with your counselor. # Using the construction project provided or a plan you create on your own, identify the items that would need to be included in an environmental impact statement for the project planned. # Find out about three career opportunities in environmental science. Pick one and find out the education, training, and experience required for this profession. Discuss this with your counselor, and explain why this profession might interest you.

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There are 11 Scout Shops or distributors in Massachusetts. Browse to Scout Stuff site posted below in the related links, click the find a Location link to find the closest store to your place of occupation.

Yes, men can be adult members of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.

In Girl Scouts of the USA, men can be members and be involved as volunteers and as staff. However, any time a man is meeting/leading with Girl Scouts, and unrelated adult female must also be present.

Robert Baden-Powell started the Scouting Movement (Boy Scouts) in 1908 because of his experiences in the British Army. He felt that boys could benefit from the Scout method, a program of informal education and practical activities such as camping, hiking, sports, backpacking, aquatics, and woodcraft.

Girl Scouts and Girl Guides were founded because girls also wanted to be Scouts. Many groups of girls began forming their own troops and one group of girls attended a Boy Scout rally in 1909 calling themselves "Scouts". Robert Baden-Powell felt that girls should have their own organization so he chose the name "Girl Guides" and asked his sister, Agnes Baden-Powell, to help found the Girl Guide organization in 1910. Some organizations have chosen to use "Girl Scouts" instead of "Girl Guides".

Baden Powell specifically wrote his books because he found his new military recruits were clueless about how to function in the outdoors (hence the name "scouts" - it refers to military scouts).

Several scouting movements were actually established in the late 1800's to early 1900's. The unifying themes are that they looked to stimulate an interest and comfort in outdoors activities, promote good moral values, and give children wholesome activities with which to occupy themselves.

Less than 10% of Boy Scouts achieve the rank of Life.

Merits give you awareness and social conscience of what is happening within your community and around the world. Demeriting would be, for examples, thinking you're indespensible and up to solve all conflicts around you, or taking too much credit.

There are seven international associations for Scouts and Guides. Each international association provides guidance and support for their member organizations.

The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) has over 32 million members as of December 2010. There are 161 countries with recognized national Scout organizations (NSO), 29 countries with NSOs not recognized by WOSM and 6 countries without Scouting.

The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts has over 10 million members as of December 2010 in 145 countries.

Both WOSM and WAGGGS recognize only one NSO per country. In most countries these are separate NSOs, but in 57 countries one NSO is recognized by both WOSM and WAGGGS. For membership numbers by country, see the related links.

The World Federation of Independent Scouts, the Federation of European Scouting, the Order of World Scouts, the Confederation of European Scouts and the World Order of Independent Scouts are associations with about 600,00 total members. There are about 80 NSOs that are not affiliated with an association with about 100,000 members.

The rights and duties of a citizen are to be a good citizen and abide the laws in the Constitution. You have to support and defend the Constitution, serve the country when required, participate in the democratic process, respect and obey federal, state, and local laws, respect the rights, beliefs, and opinions of others, and participate in your local community. The rights that you have are you can vote in federal elections, serve on a jury, bring family members to the United States, obtain citizenship for children born abroad, travel with a U.S. passport, run for federal office, and become eligible for federal grants and scholarship.
The rights and duties of a citizen are to be a good citizen and abide the laws in the Constitution. You have to support and defend the Constitution, serve the country when required, participate in the democratic process, respect and obey federal, state, and local laws, respect the rights, beliefs, and opinions of others, and participate in your local community. The rights that you have are you can vote in federal elections, serve on a jury, bring family members to the United States, obtain citizenship for children born abroad, travel with a U.S. passport, run for federal office, keep and bear arms, and become eligible for federal grants and scholarship.

All presidents from William Howard Taft on have served as the Honorary President of the Boy Scouts of America, but several were involved before or after they were president.

Theodore Roosevelt had left office before the BSA was formed, but he was an Honorary Vice President and the first and only Chief Scout Citizen. He heavily promoted Scouting and was involved in reinstating the Marksmanship merit badge.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the first President of the United States who had been involved with Scouting before he took office. He was instrumental in the purchase of Ten Mile River Scout Camp and received the Silver Buffalo Award in a ceremony held at the camp on August 23, 1930. In 1933, he was made an honorary member of the Suanhacky Lodge of the Order of the Arrow.

John F. Kennedy was the first president who had been a Scout as a youth. He was a member of Troop 2 in Bronxville, New York from 1929 to 1931, attaining the rank of Star Scout. JFK was active in the Boston Council from 1946 to 1955 as district vice chairman, member of the executive board and representative to the National Council.

Ronald Reagan was active with the Golden Empire Council when he was governor. He served on the council's advisory board, he chaired Project SOAR (Save Our American Resources) and was the membership roundup chairman. He was awarded the Silver Beaver Award. As a member of the Los Angeles Area Council, he served as Scoutorama chairman and as a sustaining member.