– Bryan On Scouting

Cade Womack, Alex Young, JP Baughman and Cade Taylor of Troop 50’s Biohazard patrol. Youth who earn the highest ranks Scouting has to offer deserve praise for achieving their goals, but the bigger prize comes from the skills they gain and experiences they have along the way — the leadership, the know-how and the camaraderie.…

Ethan Garner (left) and his dad, Michael, sit on the benches that Michael built for his Eagle project 20 years ago. This year, Ethan renovated those benches and built a new A-frame agility ramp. Some Scouts find Eagle project ideas by talking to community leaders, asking their teachers or searching online. All Ethan Garner had…

Pictured from left, Joey Catarineau, Brian Van Bower, Bob Moore, Tom Williams, Paul Skaggs and Cubbedge Phillips. Scouts succeed thanks to the tireless efforts of adults who step up to lead and guide. Some of those adult leaders volunteer for decades, like Cubbedge Phillips. Troop 1 of Miami, Fla., formed in 1935; Phillips joined in…

Left: Life Scout Holden Sanderson holds completed face shields. Right: Tenderfoot Mark Chang delivers face shields to a local hospital. Sometimes a simple suggestion is all it takes. When Troop 378 Senior Patrol Leader Enzo Ishihara’s leaders told him about an opportunity to construct and distribute 3D-printed face shields for first responders and essential workers in…

The fantastic five in May 2013 (above), and the group reenacting that same photo in January 2020. From left: Tyler Bush, Lane Schaddelee, Colin Brown, Remy Reed and Jeffery Graan. Ask five Eagle Scouts what they’ll take from their Scouting experience, and you’ll get five uniquely inspiring answers: Overcoming hailstorms and wrong turns at Philmont…

Victoria sits on the bench she and her volunteers built for her Eagle Scout service project. Life Scout Victoria Rader didn’t set out to make national headlines. But some news is just too good not to share. In a piece calling her a “Trailblazing Scout,” Victoria was featured on the Sept. 9 episode of the CBS…

After reading together, John and his “pal” do some coloring. Reading can be the ultimate way to escape. Or connect. This summer, a Star Scout from New Jersey pioneered a way for older students at his school to read to younger students through Zoom. John Facchini calls it the Summer Reading Pal Program. He paired…

On a television set with celebrities like Josh Duhamel, Rob Riggle and Jon Lovitz, how can an information technology professional get noticed? He just has to put on a Scout uniform. Gerritt Beatty, a volunteer and Scouting dad from the BSA’s Ventura County Council in California, competed on an episode of ABC’s Holey Moley this summer. While…

The BSA might be the most patriotic organization in the U.S. But we don’t endorse any one political party. You could say that rather than being pro-left or pro-right, the BSA is pro-America. The same applies to your pack, troop, post, ship or crew. You and your Scouts should Do Your Duty to Country but not…