Boy Scouts

A Boy Scout is a member of a Scouting organization. There are thousands of national Scouting organizations or federations; these are grouped into six international Scouting associations with some non-aligned organizations. Many of these use Boy Scouts in their name, including:

  • World Organization of the Scout Movement
    • List of World Organization of the Scout Movement members
  • World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
    • List of World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts members
  • Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d′Europe
  • World Federation of Independent Scouts
  • Order of World Scouts
  • Confédération Européenne de Scoutisme
  • List of non-aligned Scouting organizations
  • Many Scouting organizations have a Boy Scouts section, or Scout section, see: Age groups in Scouting and Guiding

Famous quotes containing the words boy and/or scouts:

    “To Him, the painted swallow,
    to Him, the lump of amber,
    to Him, the boy and girl
    with roses and love-knots,
    to Him, the little cat
    to play beneath the Manger....”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    “The medieval town, with frieze
    Of boy scouts from Nagoya?”
    —John Ashbery (b. 1927)