Northern Tier (opens in a new tab)
Not only building strength and confidence, developing leaders through the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota.
The Bloggers
BSA Value of Scouting Podcast
- Active 2006–2010
- Posts 29
- Words 604
Interviews with Scouts, alumni and camps about what Scouting meant to them.
A blog's life in posts
Every post, newest first
Showing 1–29 of 29. Each title opens the post in a new tab.
Pulling Together (opens in a new tab)
Scouting is something that stays with you all your life.
Camp Wisdom (opens in a new tab)
To describe one Minnesota teenager as "one in a million" is an understatement – by half. The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) announces that Anthony Thomas, has been named the 2 millionth Eagle Scout since the first Eagle badge was awarded in 1912.
2 Millionth Eagle Scout (opens in a new tab)
To describe one Minnesota teenager as "one in a million" is an understatement – by half. The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) announces that Anthony Thomas, has been named the 2 millionth Eagle Scout since the first Eagle badge was awarded in 1912.
Do A Good Turn Daily (opens in a new tab)
As a part of what has been dubbed the largest food drive in America, 30,000 Scouts collect 1.3 million bags of food. "It really is a time when people are coming together … they know they're doing something good for the community and it just makes everyone feel really good."
Ben Pearce (opens in a new tab)
Eagle Scout, Ben Pearce, received the 2008 Hero of Conservation Award from Field and Stream, in addition to the BSA's William T. Hornaday Award for conservation and environmental ethic. "Giving back to the community everything that it has done for him."
Michael Schmidt
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Guatemala (opens in a new tab)
Eagle Scout Project benefits a Guatemalan School
ArrowCorps 5
National Service Project Results in $5 Million Dollars of Improvements to National Forests
Florida Sea Base
"...they start to see others beyond themselves and they see where they need other people and they also see where they fit in to the big picture..."
John Gottschalk (opens in a new tab)
"...on my honor, I will do my best."
Ted Marris
What started with care packages for U.S. troops in 2004 turned into ongoing humanitarian aid for the children of Afghanistan."
Ryan Mathews
"… to know that you're making a difference in this child's life, whether or not it's just a smile or a book or just a wave hello, is so incredible."
Thomas Foust (opens in a new tab)
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Chief Scout Executive Bob J. Mazzuca (opens in a new tab)
Scouting brings value to every segment that it touches. We really need to reintroduce the American people to Scouting."
Eagle Scout Andrew Zimbeck
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Austin McDonough-Fisher (opens in a new tab)
It's not just about the den leader, it's not just about a family, it's not just about the Scouting principles, it's when all of those three come together. He found a need and decided he was going to try to fill it."
Bob Gurule (opens in a new tab)
The things that I've done in my lifetime are all because of Scouting. In Scouting you learn how to be a leader, you learn how to take charge of your life."
Chelmsford, England (opens in a new tab)
Through the values that Baden-Powell has set down, if I do my part and I keep spreading the word and I keep promoting, then I can one day live to say that I made a difference in this world."
Joseph Csatari
Scouting plays a very big part in my life and also in the lives of many boys who are going to be leaders in this country and leaders in this world. That kind of background and training is ideal and it's what we need today."
Cimarron, New Mexico (opens in a new tab)
Scouting plays a very big part in my life and also in the lives of many boys who are going to be leaders in this country and leaders in this world. That kind of background and training is ideal and it's what we need today."
Camp Perry - Harlingen, Texas (opens in a new tab)
Teaching values to these young boys as they grow older and become young men; actually foster making sure they're leading in our community, and they become role models."
Trevor Robinson (opens in a new tab)
Boy Scout Saves Friends
Kevin Stephan (opens in a new tab)
Eagle Scout Saves His Hero's Life
Bob Gillis (opens in a new tab)
Scouting Serves Men With Special Needs
Greg Sweeney
The Heart of Volunteerism: 75-year-old Cubmaster Makes a Difference in the Lives of Youth
Purdy Women's Correctional Facility (opens in a new tab)
Scouting Serves Sons of Incarcerated Mothers
Christian Nanson and John Fitzgerald (opens in a new tab)
Boy Scouts Save Nebraska Toddler Floating in River.
Ashton Pruitt (opens in a new tab)
14-year-old Boy Scout saves family.