Posts Tagged ‘Brian On Scouting’
Dr. Thomas Starzl, Eagle Scout and ‘Father of Transplantation,’ dies at 90
Dr. Thomas Starzl, an Eagle Scout who performed the first-ever liver transplant in 1963 and pioneered transplant surgery and anti-rejection drugs, died on March 4 at age 90. Dr. Starzl’s research advanced organ transplantation from a risky and rare procedure to a surgery accessible to patients in need. “We regard him as the father of transplantation,” says…
Read MoreThe U.S. Naval Academy’s lesser-known tradition: Scouting
Tradition is a big deal at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., where young men and women train to become officers in the Navy and Marine Corps. Every midshipman must jump off the 10-meter (33-foot) diving platform to graduate. It’s said that if you step on the academy’s seal, embedded into the ground near the dorms at…
Read MoreAt Goddard Space Flight Center, Scouts get a look at the future of NASA
Also at Goddard, the delegates participated in some get-to-know-you games — a surefire way to strengthen a team. At NASA, the future is all about looking deeper into the past. On the first day of the BSA’s Report to the Nation trip, the delegates got a behind-the-scenes tour of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, where astronomers…
Read MoreReport to the Nation 2016: A preview of the BSA’s week in Washington
Informing key leaders in our nation’s capital about all the good things Scouts did last year isn’t just a smart idea. It’s congressionally mandated. When Woodrow Wilson signed the Boy Scouts of America’s charter on June 15, 1916, he made it official that “on or before the first day of April of each year the said Boy Scouts of…
Read MoreEagle Scout Class of 2016, by the numbers
There were 55,186 Eagle Scouts in 2016. That’s the fourth-largest Eagle Scout class ever — surpassed only by 2012, 2010 and 2013 — and represents a 1.5 percent increase over 2015. Just think about that for a sec: 55,186 Eagle Scouts. Each one has his own story of the challenging but rewarding journey to Scouting’s highest honor. These young men have…
Read MoreWhat was the average age of 2016 Eagle Scouts?
Eagle Scouts are getting older, and that’s not a bad thing. In 1949, the average age of Eagle Scouts was 14.6 years. In 2016, that number was 17.35 years old. (That’s 17 years, 127.75 days.) I see two explanations. First, young men are staying in Scouting longer, meaning they’re enjoying the program and not feeling the…
Read MoreWhen a car crashed near this Eagle Scout, he became a real-life superhero
Bennett earned Scouting’s highest honor in 2015 as a member of Troop 216 of the Fort Worth-based Longhorn Council. The great power of the Eagle Scout badge comes with great responsibility. Once you first wear it, you never really take it off. Just look at Cameron Bennett. The Fort Worth, Texas, 19-year-old has been known to wear the…
Read MoreHere’s the number of Eagle Scouts per year from 1912 to 2016
How many young men have earned Eagle Scout each year since 1912? I thought you’d never ask. Perhaps you’re an Eagle Scout and want to see how many other young men earned the rank the same year you did. Or maybe you’d like to see how the number of Eagle Scouts per year has changed throughout history. Here’s a…
Read MoreOhio Scouts collect more than 23,000 pairs of shoes for people in need
You’ve heard the saying: Good shoes take you to good places. So imagine the places more than 23,000 pairs of shoes will go when donated to people in need after the Dan Beard Council’s Soles4Souls shoe drive. This impressive Good Turn served as a way for the Ohio council to encourage partnerships between Scouts and chartered…
Read MoreLDS Commissioner Orientation, a free online training module, now available
If you’re a commissioner assigned to an LDS unit, this could be the most important 13 minutes of your week. LDS Commissioner Orientation, a new training module for commissioners who work with LDS units, is now online. In the free online training, LDS commissioners will learn about their role and responsibilities — all with the goal of helping ensure the…
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