Activities
Scouting offers numerous age-appropriate activities and events for members of your troop.
- Recruitment Videos
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- Boy Scout Outdoor Program
- Outdoor
adventure is the promise made to boys when they join Scouting. Boys
yearn for outdoor programs that stir their imagination and interest.
- Philmont Scout Ranch
- The
Boy Scouts of America's premier high-adventure base challenges Scouts
and Venturers with more than 200 square miles of rugged New Mexico
wilderness. Backpacking treks, horseback cavalcades, and training and
service programs offer young people many ways to experience this
legendary country.
- Order of the Arrow Involvement in the Cub Scout Camping Program
- There
are numerous opportunities for Arrowmen to provide service, demonstrate
leadership, and practice camping skills by working with a Cub Scout
pack.
- Scuba BSA [PDF]
- Scuba
BSA introduces qualified Boy Scout, Venturing, and registered adult
participants to to the special skills, equipment, and safety
precautions associated with scuba diving.
- BSA Snorkeling Safety [PDF]
- Snorkeling Safety is the recommended procedure for conducting BSA swimming activities using masks, fins, and snorkels.
- Kayaking BSA [PDF]
- Kayaking
BSA provides an introduction to kayaking skills and safety procedures
and serves as a program opportunity for Boy Scout, Varsity, and
Venturing units in camp or out.
- Nationally Approved Historic Trails
- More
than 300 trails have been approved for Tiger Cubs, Cub Scouts, Boy
Scouts, Varsity Scouts, Venturers, and family campers. The Boy Scouts
of America strongly recommends that hikers use only historic trails
that have been nationally approved.
- Council High-Adventure Directory
- The
BSA high-adventure program directory lists council-operated
high-adventure trekking programs to help units locate high-adventure
programs across the nation.
- Passport to High Adventure
- Designed
to help older Scouts, with guidance from their adult leaders, to plan
and safely carry out council and unit high-adventure treks
- BSA High Adventure Bases
- The Boy Scouts of America operate three high-adventure bases: Florida Sea Base, Northern Tier, and Philmont Scout Ranch.
- Troop Open House
- The
Boy Scout troop open house provides a forum to demonstrate the troop's
accomplishments in a way that will appeal to youth who have never tried
Scouting.
- Scout Sunday Observance
- The
Boy Scouts of America designates the Sunday that falls before February
8 (Scouting Anniversary Day) as Scout Sunday, which is the primary date
to recognize the contributions of young people and adults to Scouting.
- Age-Appropriate Guidelines for Scouting Activities
- Program-specific
criteria designed to assist unit leaders in determining what activities
are age-appropriate for their participants.
- Jamborees
- The
Boy Scouts of America has held National Scout Jamborees for Scouts and
leaders of Boy Scout councils throughout the United States and the
World Organization of the Scout Movement holds World Jamborees for
Scouts and leaders throughout the world.
- Jamboree on the Air (JOTA)
- The
Jamboree-on-the-Air (JOTA) is an annual Scouting and amateur radio
event sponsored by the World Scout Bureau of the World Organization of
the Scout Movement.
- Project COPE
- Project
COPE is an exciting outdoor activity designed to meet the needs of
youth who seek greater challenges to their physical and mental
abilities.
- Scouting and Climbing
- Youth
participants identified climbing as an increasingly popular activity.
They requested the development of program literature by the Boy Scouts
of America in support of climbing.