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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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The Boy Scouts of America and the National Park Service have been connecting families to the outdoors for generations. It’s kind of their thing. In recognition of that mutually beneficial friendship, the BSA’s Report to the Nation delegates presented the Hornaday Gold Certificate to the National Park Service on Sunday night at the Department of…
Second-year midshipman and Eagle Scout Thomas Dias (left) talks with 1998 U.S. Naval Academy graduate and Eagle Scout Jeff Messer (right). The two midshipmen stood tall in their crisp blue uniforms. It was a cloudy Sunday morning at the U.S.
With his helicopter blades spinning less than 10 feet from a vertical rock wall, Lt. Matthew Schwab’s margin for error was dangerously small. For his most daring mission, the search and rescue pilot had quickly and safely transported his team from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., to a jagged rock chute on Mount Stuart…
When he was being recruited to play college basketball, Jacob Davison met with an assistant coach from Eastern Washington. Davison and Shantay Legans — who has since been elevated to head coach at EWU — discussed the usual topics: basketball, academics, leadership.
Earning the Eagle Scout Award is an awesome accomplishment, one any Scout would be proud to proclaim. For Eagle Scouts applying for college admission or their first job, it feels natural to highlight their Scouting accolades. But how long should “Eagle Scout” remain on your resume?
Behind every Eagle Scout, there’s a story. A story of perseverance. Of parents and adult volunteers offering guidance and support. Of merit badges, camping trips and service projects. Multiply each individual Eagle Scout story by 52,160 , and you’ll begin to see just how much impact Eagle Scouts had on their communities in 2018.
NASCAR’s biggest race of the year and kickoff to this season will be Sunday for the 61st running of the Daytona 500 . And leading the pack of more than 40 of the best drivers in the sport will be an Eagle Scout.
Lena and Jack Towne Technically, Scouts BSA launch day isn’t an official U.S. holiday. But don’t tell that to Lena Towne. The eighth-grader from Georgia, like countless girls in communities across the country, is celebrating today like it’s her birthday.
The Peck family of Idaho (from left): Andrew, Rachel, Phil and Bobbie Jo. Earlier today, I shared the news that the Boy Scouts of America will offer a limited-time extension to its Eagle Scout age requirements, giving new Scouts BSA members the chance to earn Scouting’s highest honor.
Consider this getting the best of both worlds. When the Scouts BSA program launches on Friday, Feb. 1, girls already in Venturing or Sea Scouting can join a Scouts BSA troop without paying a second membership fee. That means they’ll experience the excitement of Scouts BSA without having to give up the high-adventure fun and…
You don’t have to travel across the ocean to have a transformative Scouting experience. But if you’re ever lucky enough to visit Kandersteg International Scout Centre in Switzerland, the results will be nothing short of legendary. Over winter break, Dakota Scott spent a week at Kandersteg .
When Eagle Scout Zach Dougherty met John McCain in 2007, he was a Cub Scout. What happened years later will leave you speechless. Zach knew the flag ceremony he was taking part in was important. But he had no idea the impression McCain left on him would come full circle.
The Scouting community rallied to Houston’s side in 2017 after Hurricane Harvey. A year later, when an Eagle Scout from Houston heard about the wildfire in Northern California, he was determined to return the favor. Rafe Kotalik, senior patrol leader of Troop 1772 from the Sam Houston Area Council, launched a massive gear drive for…
One carabiner can help you carry a water bottle, organize your keys or climb a mountain. But 1,856 carabiners? That’ll help you get a Guinness World Record. Charles Boone, an Eagle Scout from Dormont, Pa., was honored by Guinness World Records for creating the longest chain of carabiners ever.
Birders call a group of eagles a convocation, a congregation or an aerie. But in the case of Daniel, Tim, Ben, Adam, Sam and Joshua Moeller, a more fitting word is “family.” Last month, the two youngest members of the Cincinnati-based Moellers earned the Eagle Scout rank.
The Eagle Scout medal symbolizes a difficult, rewarding journey that, for some young people, spans more than a decade. While it’s impossible to replace the actual medal pinned on a proud Eagle Scout at a court of honor, the BSA does have a process for obtaining a replacement.
Rogers Claussen, a battalion chief with the Rochester Hills Fire Department, recently joined the National Eagle Scout Association and got the Firefighters Affinity Group decal for his helmet. That decal served as a proud statement of his earning the Eagle Scout Award in 1987.
As we move into 2019, there are some advancement changes in the offing. Significant is the issuance of a new Eagle Scout leadership service project workbook, now available from the national forms library or your local council. The new form must be used for all Eagle projects started after January 1, 2019, but projects started…
Matt Parsons, an Eagle Scout and Sea Scout from Delaware, has been elected by his peers to serve as National Chief of the Order of the Arrow. Parsons, along with National Vice Chief Eric Harrison of Illinois and four region chiefs, will serve and represent nearly 200,000 members of the OA , the Boy Scouts of…
