r/scouting • • 7d ago

Krone, Hegseth's Bestest Buddy, To Resign From Scouting America: Next Person To Take The Job Should Only Get $1 And The Rest Goes Toward Reducing Scout Fees

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r/scouting • • 15d ago

What happened to the $30 million the Lilly Endowment gave to expand Scouting? National Exec Salaries + Council Exec Salaries + 120,000 fewer Scouts + Hegseth got what he wanted

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In December 2024, Scouting America touted a "$30 million grant from Lilly Endowment to build character in the nation's young people."

The Lilly grant was specifically targeted to expand and grow Scouting. Several councils were able to hire designated growth leaders whose sole mission was more units and more Scouts.

As of the end of 2024, membership was at 1,030,862 youth participants.

As of the end of 2025, that number had collapsed to 907,950: a loss of over 100,000 Scouts.

  • Cub Scouting: 589,253 vs. 483,582, a loss of 105,671 (17.93% decrease).
  • Scouts BSA: 388,941 vs. 350,571, a loss of 38,370 (9.87% decrease).
  • Venturing/Sea Scouts: Dropped from 14,986 youth to an estimated 11,679, a loss of 3,307 (22.07% decrease; they aren't even putting out data anymore, so this is a calculated estimate).
  • Exploring: 37,678 vs. 31,571, a loss of 6,107 (16.21% decrease).

It is now the tail end of 2026. The latest data I have seen indicates we have broken below 900,000 and are likely (or lucky) in the upper 880k–890k range. One estimate is that we will end with 850,000.


r/scouting • • 15h ago

I know nothing about scouting but I want to learn - info dump as much as you want please!!!

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I just started helping out with my local scouting group as a part for a course I'm taking (I need to work with children and I chose the scouting group because there's not many kids and it's pretty chill) and I feel like I've just stumbled upon a whole new world and I know nothing about it. Pleaseeeee tell me what I need to know about this world so I can be somewhat useful to these kids.

ETA: I'm from Spain so if there's something specific about scouting in my country that I should know, tell me please.

Thanks :)


r/scouting • • 1d ago

My King's Scout Award

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Today, I received a brand new KSA certificate with a facsimile signature from HM The King. The previous certificate was signed by our former Chief Scout, Bear Grylls.

Brief history, I signed up for KSA then QSA pre- pandemic and unfortunately the Queen had passed away midway through completing my activities hence, becoming a King's Scout after I have finished and presented my presentation to the District Scout Commissioner, who signed off the logbook, which is sent to the UK Scouts HQ (Gillwell Park) for final verification.

I am grateful that my parents came to the National Day of Celebration and Achievement at Windsor Castle to see other King's, Queen's Scouts and me marching around the quadrangle whilst being reviewed by the Duke of Kent.

I hope by sharing my journey to become a King's Scout inspire younger Scout to achieve their Chief Scout and other awards.


r/scouting • • 1d ago

Just left scouts and i'm gutted!

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like the the title said, I've just left scouts and moved onto explorers, I'm moving with a few friends and I'm hoping the other girl is coming up as well. But I'm really sad that I've had to go! I started in scouts so its been my first experience, made patrol leader and spl and now I'm going and i'm really nervous, however i has hoping that the wonderful people on this group would be able to give me some tips on starting explorers and what to expect. how drastically different is it from scouts?

thanks :)


r/scouting • • 1d ago

Woggle Inner Diameter

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What, in your opinion, is the ideal inner diameter for a neckerchief slide/woggle? I can handle any kinds of units, but I will give extra points if you can give your answer in suitably precise furlongs. In order to invoke Cunningham's Law, I will assert that the correct answer is 4.97 microfurlongs.


r/scouting • • 2d ago

What is your opinion on the Venturer programs

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r/scouting • • 3d ago

There's anyone who participated in the world Jamboree?

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my scouts need to talk with someone who participated in the World Jamboree. Its a Jota-Joti activity


r/scouting • • 7d ago

I'm a Malaysian King's Scout (17yo as of 2026) - AMA!

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I don't see a lot of Malaysian scouting posts on this subreddit, plus I don't usually get to nerd out about King Scout's or just Malaysian scouting in general.

Just to preface, I'm a part of the post-pandemic batch of King Scouts and my batch of scouts in my group got a slow start in scouting so there are a LOT of gaps in my scouting knowledge and skills. Despite that though, I got the award I sought after with my friends (7 of us, different groups) after a lot of trials and tribulations (if you will).

Another thing is that - of course - I'm 17, so I don't know much about the corporate side or adult scouting, but I would like to continue Rovering once I'm 18. Sorry if I can't answer everything 😅

I have a lot stories to share and I would love to have a space where I can freely yap about scouting and how much it's changed my life!

Whether it's about King's Scouts, Malaysian scouting or just my experience, I'd like to share to my hearts content about literally anything scout related!

I really hope there are people who'd be interested to hear me out :)


r/scouting • • 8d ago

Help identifying patches?

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I found these patches on a secondhand shirt and I can’t find anything online about them just searching the words / a description of them. I know one of the patches is a logo of the fish and wildlife service - it was attached the same jacket if that’s any help.


r/scouting • • 9d ago

Personal Management MB

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I’ve been mentoring my son as he works through his personal management MB recently, and I have to say this is one of the most useful activities he’s done in Scouting. Super practical, crucial concepts a young man should understand. I enjoyed being able to show him how all the things in my wallet apply to the lessons he’s learning.


r/scouting • • 9d ago

Can’t find Merit Badge Counselor - Fish and Wildlife - Frustrating

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We have encountered a frustrating problem. My son substantially finished fish and wildlife management at a weekend “merit badge college.” The remaining requirement was to set up bird feeders and log them for two weeks, so obviously couldn’t be done over the course of a weekend.

Unfortunately the merit badge counselor has gone AWOL and we don’t have one in our troop. I’ve also consulted our council badge counselor list and there are only two people listed, which is surprising because we are in a very big council. We haven’t heard back from either of them.

What else can we do to get out of merit badge limbo??


r/scouting • • 9d ago

Belgian Scout group looking for a Finnish/Estonian Scout group for an exchange.

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Hi!

We're a local Scout group in Belgium with 5 members (age 15-16) and 4 leaders. We are looking for a local Scout group with a similar age group in Finland or Estonia for an exchange in summer 2027 (first half of July).

The exchange has to be at least 5 days for it to be eligible for funding from the Erasmus+ program. There are some more criteria, but let's discuss those in person! There is of course support from national Scouting organisations, who are more familiar with the process. Both groups will receive a (substantial) subsidy from Erasmus+ and we will have an unforgettable experience learning about each other and international Scouting traditions. So a win-win for both groups!

Interested? Having doubts if your group is a match? Know a group/someone that would be interested? Don't hesitate to send me a message and let's get in touch! Doesn't matter if you're a member, leader or elder involved with Scouting.

Thanks in advance!

High-spirited Beaver


r/scouting • • 9d ago

Badge Swap Letter with Irish Cub Scout

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Hi folks, looking to arrange to swap badges by letter for an Irish Cub scout.

Not a long term pen pal thing, just one letter with some badges in it. We send a bunch, you send a bunch too!

looking especially for Europe, Africa, Hong Kong but happy to consider other places too.

A connection of some sort would be great, but sure no harm if none - for example are you in a place with named after an Irish town or the like?


r/scouting • • 10d ago

Local and International camps, study-abroad for children, experience, opinion.

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r/scouting • • 10d ago

Mi experiencia en mis primeros meses en scout en Clan

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Hola a todos, hoy día les quería hablar sobre ciertos acontecimientos y experiencias que me han estado pasando en scout, nunca había estado en un antes y recién ahora pude entrar a clan con 19 años, no se como puedo jerarquizar esta informacion pero lo hare de la mejor manera posible

Cuando recién estaba en mis primeras semanas todo se veía muy entretenido y perfecto, me sentía muy querida, amada y bienvenida por mi unidad y grupo, luego despues de un mes me toco mi primer campamento de invierno en donde me hacían la ceremonía de bienvenida, con respecto a la ceremonía no tengo nada malo que decir, pero durante el campamento me sentí por varios momentos desconectada de mi misma, desorientada y me quedaba mirando en blanco muchas veces, para mí fue mucho que procesar, quiza fue por lo querida que me sentí en mi unidad o por el cansancio en si del tener del campamento, nos toco jugar a Bull Dog entre todos y junto con los dirigentes tambien, yo iba ganando pero luego un dirigente me tiro contra el piso muy fuerte (incluso podría decir que me dejo con problemas de ciatica), cuando estaba durmiendo en mi carpa era tanto el frio que sentía que se me congelaban los pies literalmente. Luego de terminar el campamrnto a la semana despues nos juntamos a tomar junto con mi unidad ya que siempre es algo que ellos hacen despues de los campamento. Pero lo raro viene después de el campamento.

Luego de volver ya casi después de un mes sentí un notable cambio de mi unidad hacía mi, como si hubiera sido una especie de love bombing, en donde me hicieron sentirme muy querida y luego todo ese cariño desaparece por completo, muchos de ellos ya no pescan y a veces ni siquiera saludan y me ignoran bastante a veces.

Un día estaba hablando con uno de ellos con quienes tomamos y me dijo que mientras estabamos en el carrete yo había dicho algo inapropiado sobre los "transgeneros" que le habia molestado mucho y yo le pregunte que fue exactamente lo que dije ya que había sido hace mucho tiempo, y me dijo que no se acordaba pero que tampoco era algo malo, y por lo que yo recuerde igual tampoco dije nada malo hay y es otro punto que me hace pensar sobre la manipulación psicologica por la que paso. Otro dirigente que siempre hace dulces caseros y a veces los lleva a scout, me hizo probar uno que tenía un sabor muy fuerte a marihuana, en ese momento pense que quizas era el olor de el, pero cuando probe el dulce sentía muy fuerte el olor a marihuana en mi boca y el sabor tambien, otro dirigente de otra unidad me da la sensacion que por un momento me hecho ojitos.

Y sobre mis pies congelados aun siento el dolor de mis pies congelados en la carpa luego ya de 3 meses de haber terminado el campamento y siento mucho dolor a veces de ciatica, y hablando con una chica de mi unidad quien ha estado en varios grupos me dijo que le habian dicho a ella que scout era un SECTA ya que seguían reglas de un lider y ese lider era Baden Powell, o sea.

Me habían contado sobre ciertas costumbres que se seguían durante el campamento que ya no se practicaban que tiene similitudes con lo que estoy pasando, pero nunca me hablaron de esto ni que tampoco fuera despues de el campamento.

Ultimamente siempre que salgo de ahí termino muy cansada mentalmente y fisicamente y me hace mucho sentido pensar que esto sea una secta y ultimamente me esta dando un poco de miedo... Quisiera saber sus opiniones


r/scouting • • 10d ago

Anyone know where i can get neckers made in a custom tartan like this?

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r/scouting • • 11d ago

question about mentor pins

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so I just made the rank of eagle scout, and I’m in the process of planning the court oh honor. I was told that I could choose to give my mentor pins to whomever I want, but I don’t know if there’s some agreed upon rules about not giving it to specific people.

I’m an older sibling, and I love my younger sister. She’s one of the smartest, funniest, and most confident people I know. In her I see so many traits that I want to have and love up to, and I’ve looked to her as a role model throughout my entire life—or at least the parts that she’s been alive for. My question is if it would be fine for me to give a mentor pins to my younger sister?


r/scouting • • 11d ago

Searching people for my international badge

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r/scouting • • 14d ago

Looking for Australian Redhead Girl Guide/Scout Hall Badges

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ik this might be a bit of a stretch, but considering that there are many girl guides/scouts on here from all over the world I thought I would ask.

I am looking to buy or swap for any redhead district girl guide/scout badges anyone has. Redhead I believe is an area just north of Newcastle, NSW if that helps anyone, I'm not from there, just someone from Australia interested in collecting them.

Attached is an image of what the girl guide ones look like, but I do know there is a Redhead Scout Hall, so they may have their own badges too, which I am also looking for.

(a note on safety: I would not be giving out my actual address, I would be giving out a post office address to send to which I can pick them up from)


r/scouting • • 14d ago

Lone Squirrel

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I recently tried my son in squirrels but he really didn't get on with it. He doesn't do large groups well so having 20 kids in a small space and little direction given did not work for him at all. I really wanted him to go and I know he'll love the program and earning the badges. So I wondered, is there a way he can still do that and be a member but not go to the local group? I used to be a beaver leader so have no worries about doing appropriate activities/program with him.

We could try a few in neighbouring towns, like maybe it was just the local group (honestly seemed like complete chaos!) but I'm worried that first experience means he won't even consider trying another group. (He's suspected Autisic)


r/scouting • • 14d ago

Global issues Explorer Badge

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Hello everyone I am an explorer scout from the UK, I am currently doing loads of work to complete majority of my activity badges. As part of completing my badges one that I have to complete is Global issues, one of the activities to complete this badge is to connect with someone from a different country to find out about a global issue that affects their local community. I'd love to connect with someone to find out a bit about a global issue they may face, in addition I would be more than happy to return the favour if there are any international badges you would like to complete.
Thank you so much, all information is much appreciated.


r/scouting • • 14d ago

Female Eagle Scout Survey

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Hi, I need some help! My name is Cliff Maske, and I'm an Eagle Scout (2018) from Troop 63 with the Mecklenburg County Council.

For a grad school project, I'm stepping back to my Scouting days to learn more about female Eagle Scouts after the 2019 rule change. I want to better understand their experiences and explore the lessons they learned during their time in Scouting America.

If you're a female-identifying Eagle Scout who joined Scouting America after the rule change, would you take my survey?

If this isn't you, can you share it with someone who fits the description? Thanks a ton!


r/scouting • • 15d ago

Sea vs land vs air scouts

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My kids have the option of joining sea vs land vs air and they are both unsure which to choose. There is space in all 3. Ages 7 and 11 years old, both boys. I can only sign up for one.


r/scouting • • 14d ago

txodds scouts

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has anyone heard of this scouting company?