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Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth social movement employing the Scout method, a program of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activities, including camping, woodcraft, aquatics, hiking, backpacking, and sports. Another widely recognized movement characteristic is the Scout uniform, by intent hiding all differences of social standing in a country and encouraging equality, with neckerchief and campaign hat or comparable headwear. Distinctive uniform insignia include the fleur-de-lis and the trefoil, as well as merit badges and other patches.
In 1907, Robert Baden-Powell, a lieutenant general in the British Army held a Scouting encampment on Brownsea Island in England. Baden-Powell wrote Scouting for Boys (London, 1908), partly based on his earlier military books. The Scout Movement of both Boy Scouts and Girl Guides (renamed to Girl Scouts in some countries) was well established in the first decade of the twentieth century. Later, programs for younger children, such as Wolf Cubs (1916), now Cubs, and for older adolescents, such as Rovers (1918), were adopted by some Scout organizations. In 1910, Baden-Powell formed the Girl Guides, for girls in the United Kingdom which spread internationally as Girl Guides and includes age programs of (Brownie Guide, Girl Guide and Girl Scout, Ranger Guide).
In 2007, Scouting and Guiding together had over 38 million members in 216 countries. International umbrella organizations include:
- World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), for boys-only and co-educational organizations
- World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), primarily for girls-only organizations but also accepting co-educational organizations
- World Federation of Independent Scouts
- World Organization of Independent Scouts
- Order of World Scouts
- International Union of Guides and Scouts of Europe
- Confederation of European Scouts (Full article...)
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Wood Badge is a Scouting leadership programme and the related award for adult leaders in the programmes of Scout associations throughout the world. Wood Badge courses aim to make Scouters better leaders by teaching advanced leadership skills, and by creating a bond and commitment to the Scout movement. Courses generally have a combined classroom and practical outdoors-based phase followed by a Wood Badge ticket, also known as the project phase. By "working the ticket", participants put their newly gained experience into practice to attain ticket goals aiding the Scouting movement. The first Wood Badge training was organized by Francis "Skipper" Gidney and lectured at by Robert Baden-Powell and others at Gilwell Park (United Kingdom) in September 1919. Wood Badge training has since spread across the world with international variations.
On completion of the course, participants are awarded the Wood Badge beads to recognize significant achievement in leadership and direct service to young people. The pair of small wooden beads, one on each end of a leather thong (string), is worn around the neck as part of the Scout uniform. The beads are presented together with a taupe neckerchief bearing a tartan patch of the Maclaren clan, honoring William de Bois Maclaren, who donated the £7000 to purchase Gilwell Park in 1919 plus an additional £3000 for improvements to the house that was on the estate. The neckerchief with the braided leather woggle (neckerchief slide) denotes the membership of the 1st Gilwell Scout Group or Gilwell Troop 1. Recipients of the Wood Badge are known as Wood Badgers or Gilwellians. (Full article...)Selected picture
Did you know
- ...that Eagle Scout is also the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of the Philippines, not only the Boy Scouts of America?
- ...that King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden attended the 1981 National Jamboree at Fort A. P. Hill, Virginia, USA?
- ...that Owasippe Scout Reservation is the oldest continuously operating Boy Scout camp in America?
- ...Scouting in Germany consists of more than 130 different associations and federations with about 250,000 Scouts and Guides?
- ...that "Knight Scout" is the Danish equivalent of BSA's Eagle Scout rank?
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Selected biography -
Ernest Thompson Seton (born Ernest Evan Thompson August 14, 1860 – October 23, 1946) was a Canadian-American author, wildlife artist, founder of the Woodcraft Indians in 1902 (renamed Woodcraft League of America), and one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) in 1910.
Seton also influenced Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scouting movement . His writings were published in the United Kingdom, Canada, the US, and the USSR; his notable books related to Scouting include The Birch Bark Roll and the Boy Scout Handbook. He is responsible for the appropriation and incorporation of what he believed to be American Indian elements into the traditions of the BSA. (Full article...)Selected anniversaries - April
12th
- 1923 – Kandersteg International Scout Centre came into existence.
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- David Scott (2019-07-21)
- Scout councils (Boy Scouts of America) (2013-03-16)
- Scouter's Key Award (2010-09-10)
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- Scouting in displaced persons camps (2007-11-07)
- Scouting/USA (2018-03-06)
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- The Scoutmaster (2014-06-15)
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- Bolton Smith (2022-05-28)
- Squirrel Scouts (The Scout Association) (2021-10-04)
- Statue of Liberty (Seattle) (2018-11-08)
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- Unami Lodge (2007-05-29)
- Valley Forge Pilgrimage (2006-10-30)
- William Verbeck (2020-01-10)
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