Scouting and Guiding is a worldwide youth movement composed of many organizations. Its aim is to develop young people physically, spiritually and mentally so that youth may take a constructive place in society. This is achieved through non-formal education with emphasis on practical activities in the outdoors, the so called Scout method. The Scout Movement was founded in 1907 by Robert Baden-Powell, a retired Lieutenant General in the British Army. He was also at that time a good friend of William Alexander Smith, Founder of the Boys' Brigade. Currently Scouting and Guiding have over 38 million members in 217 countries and territories represented through several different Scouting associations at the international level.

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White Stag Leadership Development Program is a non-profit organization founded on the Monterey Peninsula, California, in 1958 by Dr. Béla H. Bánáthy. The program was a pioneer in teaching leadership to youth which it defines in part as comprising eleven specific leadership competencies. These competencies were later adapted by the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America and introduced into both adult Wood Badge and junior leader training. These two programs had primarily focused on teaching Scoutcraft skills, and the change to teaching leadership was a marked cultural shift for how both adults and youth were trained in the skills of Scouting. The White Stag leadership competencies remained a key part of both training programs from 1974 through 2003.

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Current collaboration

See also the Scouting to-do list as well as the project editing conventions

Did you know...

...that campaign hats are used to honor adult leaders in the Boy Scouts of America?

Selected anniversaries - November

9th

• 1992 – William "Green Bar Bill" Hillcourt, the father of American Scouting, dies in Europe.

30th

• 1941 – Formation of the clandestine Girl Scouts group called Mury in the Ravensbrück concentration camp

Scouting lists

• Age Groups in Scouting and Guiding
• Discontinued merit badges (Boy Scouts of America)
• List of highest awards in Scouting
• List of notable Eagle Scouts
• List of famous Scouts
• List of Order of the Arrow national events
• List of Scouting memorials
• List of Scouting museums
• List of World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts members
• List of World Organization of the Scout Movement members
• Merit badge (Boy Scouts of America)

WikiProjects

Scouting WikiProject

Scouting news

• October 29: Swine 'flu vaccination appointment letters delivered by Scouts to beat UK postal strike Full Story

• October 28: First Lady Thandiwe Banda installed as Matron of the Girl Guides Association of Zambia. Full Story

• October 12: New child protection rules in the UK will affect international jamborees. Full Story

• October 8: Boy Scouts of America launch campaign to attract more Latinos. Full Story

• September 4: Centenary of the Crystal Palace Rally celebrated by Girl Guides worldwide with national and local events. UK, Australia

Selected biography

Robert Michael Gates (born September 25, 1943) is currently serving as the 22nd United States Secretary of Defense. He took office on December 18, 2006. Prior to this, Gates served for 26 years in the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Council, and under President George H. W. Bush as Director of Central Intelligence. Immediately after being recruited by the CIA, he served as an officer in the United States Air Force. After leaving the CIA, Gates became president of Texas A&M University and was a member of several corporate boards. Gates also served as a member of the Iraq Study Group, the bipartisan commission co-chaired by James A. Baker III and Lee Hamilton, that has studied the Iraq War. He was also the first pick to serve as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security when it was created following the September 11 attacks, but he declined the appointment in order to remain President of Texas A&M University. Gates is a Distinguished Eagle Scout of the Boy Scouts of America and former President of the National Eagle Scout Association.

Categories

Scouting:

• WOSM member organizations
• WAGGGS member organizations
• Bronze Wolf awardees
• World Committee members
• Non-aligned Scouting organizations
• Scout logos
• Scouting stubs

Scouting and Guiding by country

• Overseas branches

• Argentina • Australia • Belarus • Belgium • Brazil • Brunei • Canada • Colombia • Denmark • Finland • France • Germany • Hong Kong • India • Indonesia • Ireland • Italy • Japan • Lithuania • Luxembourg • Malaysia • Mexico • Morocco • Netherlands • New Zealand • Norway • Philippines • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Russia • Singapore • Slovenia • Spain • Sweden • United Kingdom • United States

Scouting by region

World Organization of the Scout Movement:

• Africa Region
• Arab Region
• Asia-Pacific Region
• Eurasian Region
• European Region
• Interamerican Region

World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts:

• WAGGGS-Africa Region
• WAGGGS-Arab Region
• WAGGGS-Asia Pacific Region
• WAGGGS-Europe Region
• WAGGGS-Western Hemisphere Region

Associated Wikimedia

Scouting on Wikinews News

Scouting on Wikiquote Quotes

Scouting on Commons Images

Scouting on Wikisource Texts

Scouting on Wikibooks Manuals