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Courts of honor, boards of review and service projects that took months of planning. Scouters wrote about the journey to Eagle from every angle, from the first rank advancement to the speech at the ceremony.
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Spencer Zimmerman so badly wanted his friend with cerebral palsy to finish a triathlon that in 2010, the Arizona Eagle Scout pushed, pulled, and carried his buddy through a 500-meter swim, 3.2-mile run, and 12-mile bike ride. Spencer, then 13 years old, and his friend Dayton Hayward trained relentlessly - Spencer pulled Dayton in a raft…
Following the great theme of great Scout Apps hitting the market lately, another is rolling out. Trail to Eagle is a Boy Scout reference for your smartphone available on iOS, Android, and Windows Phone 7. With the Trail to Eagle a Scout can quickly look up the Scout Oath or Promise, Scout Law, Scout Motto…
A reader recently wrote to me with this question about recognizing Eagle palms: "My son is about to get his 17th Palm before he turns 18. Is there some type of ceremony to recognized this similar to the Eagle COH?"
I had a unit leader contact me with this question recently. They were looking for wooden nickels with the Eagle Scout's name and COH date but also other ideas for gifts to give to each attendee at the COH that were: - inexpensive - customizable - could be purchased in quantities as low as 20-30 items - durable Thoughts?
Next on 'The Voice': An Eagle Scout prepares for battle « Bryan on Scouting Check it out!!!!!!! A Eagle Scout has made it to the final audition round of the voice. I hope he gets into the competition but even if he doesn't hes still done a awesome job!!!!!!
Good thing a Scout is Brave. Phillip Arnold will need all the courage he can get. The Eagle Scout singer, who goes by the stage name "Pip," is entering the battle round on NBC's hit reality singing show, The Voice .
Phillip Arnold had just returned from the first round of The Voice in Los Angeles, where, by all accounts, he stole the show. He was adored by the celebrity judges and praised by entertainment bloggers. TV ratings showed that his audience was 16 million strong.
New Research Finds that Eagle Scouts More Likely to Be Leaders at Work, Goal-oriented WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 15, 2012)-Since the first Eagle Scout Award was earned in 1912, more than 2 million young men have gone on to achieve the Boy Scouts of America's highest rank.
To turn a run-of-the-mill Eagle Scout Court of Honor into something unforgettable, toss out the carbon-copy script your troop has used for years. Instead, pick up a copy of The Eagle Court of Honor Book ( $14.99 at ScoutStuff.org ). Buy the book at ScoutStuff.org.
This morning I was directed to the blog of Brad Harris, author of Trails to Testimony . He describes how Nephi was an Eagle Scout. http://www.trailstotestimony.com/blog/2011/07/nephi-would-have-made-a-great-boy-scout/ This is right in-line with my own thinking about LDS Scouting heroes. See my previous posts here , and here .
Pip didn't just sing last night. He "absolutely blew the roof off the place," said host Carson Daly. Phillip Arnold, known on the show as Pip, gave a powerful rendition of The Animals' "House of the Rising Sun" during last night's episode.
Memo to NBC: You didn't need to run all those ads for The Voice during yesterday's Super Bowl. To get me to tune in, you could've just said this: An Eagle Scout is among the hopefuls. Now that we have someone to root for, my wife and I plan to watch every episode of the…
The most rewarding part of my journey toward Eagle? Walking across the wooden deck that my fellow Scouts and I built at The Heard Natural Science Museum in McKinney, Tex. My Eagle Scout Service Project was hardly a unique idea - the majority of Eagle projects are construction-based - but it had one key element: It meant…
In ornithology ‘fledge' generally means independence of the chick from parents; a young bird whose feathers and wing muscles are sufficiently developed for flight. Fledge is also a term that describes raising a young bird. Ornithologists apply the term differently to individual species because individual species develop differently.
Know an Eagle Scout headed to college? Then read on: Tuesday, Jan. 31, is the deadline for Eagle Scouts who are high school seniors to apply for a 2012 National Eagle Scout Association scholarship . In all, 153 scholarships, each between $1,000 and $50,000, will be presented to worthy Eagle Scouts based on their Scouting record…
What's the greatest story never told? Yours. Specifically, your trail to Eagle and the ways it changed your life - both during and after. Whether you earned Scouting's top honor six days or six decades ago, your tale is worth sharing.
Dr. Terry Grove got his first Eagle Scout Award medal in 1956. It wouldn't be his last. Ever since, he's been fascinated by the ever-changing design of Eagle Scout medals, patches, hat pins, and other artifacts. And now, the Central Florida Scouter has amassed the largest collection of Eagle Scout Award medals in the world.
2012 is the 100th Anniversary of the Eagle Scout. The Eagle Scout is an elusive creature. His achievements are the stuff of legend. He is roundly respected and ultimately expected to do the right thing. He has been known to be a little tattered around the wings and weary at times.
