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The Scouting Portal Wikipedia portals: Culture Geography Health History Mathematics Natural sciences People Philosophy Religion Society Technology edit   Introduction Welcome to the portal about Scouting and Guiding! 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. More about Scouting... edit   Selected article The Scouting 2007 Centenary comprised celebrations around the world in which Scouts celebrated 100 years of the world Scout movement. The original celebrations were focused on the United Kingdom, such as the camp on Brownsea Island, the birthplace of Scouting, and the 21st World Scout Jamboree in Chelmsford, Essex. National Scout movements added extra celebrations in amongst the international ones, including the Australian Scout Jamboree held 1–13 January 2007 at Elmore, Victoria, Australia, and KanderJam at the Kandersteg International Scout Centre in Switzerland. The Centenary celebrations began on the 1 January 2007, and members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) were encouraged to start their programme on that day, and continue right through the year. Archive - Candidates edit   Selected picture Part 1 of first edition of Scouting For Boys, 1908. Archive - Candidates edit   Current collaboration Current Scouting Collaboration Current article Walter Scott, Jr. Prior article Girl Scout Senior Roundup Next article chosen TBA Date of next change December 01, 2010 See also the Scouting to-do list as well as the project editing conventions Archive - Candidates edit   Did you know... ...that the Boy Scouts of America recently started building a world-class encampment near Glen Jean, West Virginia called The Summit: Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve? Archive - Candidates edit   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 Archive - Candidates edit   WikiProjects Scouting WikiProject edit   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) Discontinued merit badges (Boy Scouts of America) Original 57 merit badges (Boy Scouts of America) edit   Scouting news North America wins the bid for the 24th World Scout Jamboree in 2019. Iceland will be host of the 15th World Scout Moot in 2017. Full story October 14: Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden and Prince Faisal bin Abdullah of Saudi Arabia attend the World Scout Foundation and Scouts Canada 60th Baden-Powell World Fellowship Event. Full Story September 15: Bill Gates receives Silver Buffalo Award from Boy Scouts of America. Full Story September 6: The Rhode Island Boy Scouts celebrates their centennial. Formed as a regional Scouting organization, RIBS merged into the Boy Scouts of America in 1917. RIBS continues as a trustee organization managing bequests, funds, and properties. August 9: Ceremony for new HQ building for Boy Scouts of the Philippines. Full Story July 31: Girlguiding UK holds international Centenary Camp. Full Story July 27: Barack Obama skips 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. Full story July 5: Girl Guides of Canada celebrate centenary with camp for 2300. Full Story Archive edit   Selected biography Michiharu Mishima (三島通陽 Mishima Michiharu) was a novelist, playwright and drama critic born in Azabu, Tōkyō. He was a member of the House of Peers and the House of Councillors and was parliamentary vice-minister to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. His pen name was Shōdō Mishima (三島章道 Mishima Shōdō). Mishima formed the nationwide Boy Scouts of Japan with Count Futara Yoshinori in 1922, with Shimpei Gotō at its helm. He was elected as Associate Board Chairman at age 25. He became the first president of the Boy Scout Association of Japan and also served as the head of the central training grounds. In 1941, he was awarded the Blue Ribbon Medal for philanthropy. He held a Scouting exhibition in February 1946, the first of its kind since the end of World War II. In 1950, he transferred the Boy Scouts Association of Japan headquarters to his villa and home in West Nasuno, Tochigi Prefecture. This site is now a permanent camping grounds for the Boy Scouts of Japan known as the Nasuno Camping Grounds. In 1961, he was awarded the Bronze Wolf by the World Organization of the Scout Movement for exceptional services to world Scouting. 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