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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, and Confederation of European Scouts. (Full article...)
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The Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) is the national scouting organization of the Philippines in the World Organization of the Scout Movement. The Scout movement was first introduced in the Philippines in 1910 during the American Occupation. It was granted "Recognition as a Member Organization of the Boy Scouts International Conference with effect from October 31, 1936" by virtue of certification signed by J. S. Wilson, Olave Baden-Powell, and Daniel Spry.
For most of the late 20th century and into the 21st century, the Boy Scouts of the Philippines is among the largest Scout organizations in the world, currently 4th, in terms of membership count (behind Boy Scouts of America, The Bharat Scouts and Guides of India and the co-ed Gerakan Pramuka Indonesia), largely due to the organization's dependence on the Department of Education. (Full article...)Selected picture
- Image 1A happy Cub Scout holds a winning pine car
- Image 2Mafeking Cadets, one of the many inspirations of the Scouting Movement
- Image 3Boy Scouts take to the streets in New York City, 1917
- Image 4The 8th Indonesian National Rover Moot - Prambanan Temple-Yogyakarta July 8-17 2003
- Image 5Wood Badge beads and neckerchief. Wood Badge is the premier Boy Scout adult leader training course. A holder of the Wood Badge is a leader highly trained and dedicated Scout leader.
- Image 6Scouts in Virginia, USA having fun, like Scouts from all over the world do outdoors
- Image 7This postage stamp was issued in 1978 to celebrate 50 years of Girl Guiding in the Faroe Isles. This year will mark their 80th anniversary.
- Image 8Sioux: Ohiyesa, (pronounced Oh hee' yay suh), February 19, 1858 - January 8, 1939) was a Native American author, physician and reformer. He was active in politics and helped found the Boy Scouts of America.
- Image 10Preparing the pancakes before the arrival of the children for the evening dinner during the summer camp of the Dutch Student Rover crew Delftsche Zwervers for children in special education. Because pancakes are considered to be a feast meal for children, this is served on the last evening dinner of this camp.
- Image 12Young future U.S. President Eagle Scout Gerald Ford, Mackinac Island, Michigan, August, 1929
- Image 13Sculpture erected in 1982 to commemorate the 1979 Jamboree at Perry Lakes Western Australia and 75 years of Scouts.
- Image 14Lady Olave Baden-Powell, wife of Lord Baden-Powell and founder of Girl Guides/Scouts
- Image 15Yang Huimin (simplified Chinese: 杨惠敏; traditional Chinese: 楊惠敏) was a Chinese Girl Guide during the battle of Shanghai.
- Image 16B-P's footprint
- Image 17Baden-Powell grave
- Image 18Frederick Russell Burnham one of biggest influences on the founding of Scouting.
- Image 19Portuguese Girl Scouts at the 21st World Scout Jamboree, Jul 28, 2007, England
- Image 20Memorial stone on Brownsea Island commemorating the first Scout encampment, Aug 1-9, 1907, Brownsea Island
- Image 21The Tooth of Time, a landmark at Philmont Scout Ranch
- Image 22Polish Boy Scouts fighting in the Warsaw Uprising
- Image 23Girl Scouts in the Central African Republic
- Image 24Commemorative stone marking the site of the first Scout encampment at Brownsea Island, England, held Aug 1-9, 1907 by Robert Baden-Powell
- Image 25Cub Scouts of Hong Kong at Scout Rally having fun, Nov 2005
- Image 26The first Scout encampment, Aug 1-9, 1907, Brownsea Island
- Image 27Scouting friends from around the world at the 21st World Scout Jamboree, Aug 01, 2007, England
- Image 28Boy Scouts of America uniform circa 1917-1918
- Image 29Scouts camping at the hallowed ground of Scouting, Gilwell Park, England in the summer of 2006
- Image 30A Czech Scout camp at 19th World Scout Jamboree 1999
- Image 31American Boy Scouts at summer camp in 2002. In the front row, the first three boys have made Eagle Scout and the 4th is one requirement away.
- Image 32Boy Scouts canoeing on the Blackwater River, Virginia
- Image 33Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. A 5-day Boy Scout Camp on the bank of the Mississippi River was composed of nearly a hundred boys from the Rohwer Center, a few less form the Jerome Center, together with a small troop from the nearby town of Arkansas City.
- Image 34British Guiana Scout leaders, April 1954
- Image 35First Gilwell Wood Badge in the Netherlands, July 1923
- Image 361996 World Rover Moot
Did you know
- ...that Hergé's first published comic strip was Totor, Patrol Leader of the Cockchafers?
- ...that Camp Helendade partly burned in the California wildfires of October 2007?
- ...Scouting has been an active movement in displaced persons camps since World War I?
- ... that following the defense of Katowice on 4 September 1939, dozens of defenders, including a number of Polish Boy and Girl Scouts, were summarily executed?
- ... that when the Boy Scouts of America tried changing their name in 1977 to Scouting/USA, they were accused of chauvinism for not considering the effects on the Girl Scouts?
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Selected anniversaries - July
4th
- 1911 – The Boy Scouts of America receives the design patent for the First Class badge that symbolizes Scouting in the USA.
6th
- 1950 – Second National Jamboree ends. (began June 30th)
9th
- 1937 – First National Jamboree ends. (began June 30th)
25th
- 2005 – Sixteenth National Jamboree starts.
29th
- 1907 – Sir Robert Baden-Powell founds the Boy Scouts with the first Scout camp at Brownsea Island. The encampment ran August 1-9, 1907.
30th
- 1920 – First World Scout Jamboree begins in Olympia, London, England (ended Aug 7th).
31st
- 1932 – Opening of Our Chalet
General images
- Image 1Wood Badge neckerchief, set of three beads (training staff), and woggle (from Wood Badge)
- Image 2Baden-Powell (from Scout method)
- Image 3Eerste Nederlandsche Meisjes Gezellen Vereeniging (First Dutch Girls Companions Society), 1911, first Dutch Girl Guides (from Girl Guides)
- Image 4MacLaren Tartan (from Wood Badge)
- Image 5Four American Wood Badgers with insignia (from Wood Badge)
- Image 6Gilwell Leiderscursus, The Netherlands July 9–21, 1923 (from Wood Badge)
- Image 7Smokey Bear with members of the Boy Scouts of America and the Camp Fire Girls celebrating the 50th anniversary of their founding in 1910 (from Scouting in popular culture)
- Image 10British Scouts in Detroit, July 1942 (from Scout method)
- Image 11Santa and Scouts in Snow (1913), one of many Boys' Life covers (from Scouting in popular culture)
- Image 13The monument to the Battle of Isandlwana depicts a beaded Zulu necklace similar to the one used for the original Wood Badge beads (from Wood Badge)
- Image 14King Dinuzulu, wearing what is perhaps the necklace from which the original Wood Badge beads came (from Wood Badge)
- Image 17Closing ceremony of the 20th World Scout Jamboree, held in Thailand in 2002/2003 (from Jamboree)
- Image 18A kudu horn (from Wood Badge)
- Image 19A Finnish Gilwell Woggle (from Wood Badge)
Scouting by region
World Organization of the Scout Movement:
- Africa Scout Region
- Arab Scout Region
- Asia-Pacific Scout Region
- Eurasian Scout Region
- European Scout Region
- Interamerican Scout Region
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Topics
Scouting lists
- Age groups in Scouting and Guiding
- 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)
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