Posts Tagged ‘Brian On Scouting’

Rex Tillerson, a Distinguished Eagle Scout, Silver Buffalo Award recipient and past national president of the Boy Scouts of America, has been nominated to be the nation’s next secretary of state. Tillerson, upon Senate confirmation, would be the latest Distinguished Eagle Scout to reach a cabinet position. That lengthy list includes former Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, former…

Katie Hancock, a Venturer from Lubbock, Texas, was the lone Boy Scouts of America honoree to receive the 2016 Messengers of Peace Hero Award. The award, presented Nov. 23, 2016, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, recognizes Scouts, volunteers and professionals for their work toward creating a better world. It was first presented in 2012. In all, 24 Scouts, Scouters…

John H. Glenn Jr., the first American to orbit the Earth, a Silver Buffalo Award recipient and the father of an Eagle Scout, has died. He was 95. Glenn was never a Scout, but his son, David, is an Eagle Scout. David went on a trek at Philmont Scout Ranch in the summer of 1961 —…

Sometimes, it’s like night and day. You look at a spot of land before an Eagle Scout candidate has completed his project there. Then you look at that exact same spot after the project is done. The transformation is so stunning that you’re tempted to ask whether you have entered a parallel universe. But no. Same universe.…

2015 In 2013, the Boy Scouts of Troop 485 in Franklin Square, N.Y., were getting ready for their troop’s annual gift exchange when something magical happened. In prior years, it went like this: Scouts brought a gift to the designated troop meeting. They put all the gifts — each worth no more than $15 — into a pile and swapped them.…

The BSA announced this week that some Cub Scout adventure requirements that previously were mandatory will become optional, in a move intended to give Cub Scouters more control over their den program. On Facebook, on this blog and elsewhere, Cub Scouters have shared questions about how these modifications will affect their pack and den. The…

Oh, Christmas tree. How lovely are your branches. And how lovely, too, is your ability to raise money to fund Scouting adventures. While that last sentence lacks the lyricism of the original carol, its words are no less accurate. Many Boy Scout troops and Venturing crews find a fundraising fortune in selling Christmas trees. While families get…

The Boy Scouts of America has announced modifications to Cub Scouting that make the program more flexible for busy parents, den leaders and Cubmasters. The BSA gathered feedback from den leaders who had delivered the new Cub Scouting program for a year. What they learned was that some den leaders had difficulty fitting into their program…

Angela has a trunk full of Scouting for Food donations. Jennifer’s SUV can hold 80 dozen doughnuts for a troop fundraiser. And Rob fills his hatchback with camping and paddling supplies. Scouters from coast to coast (or should I say Interstate 5 to Interstate 95?) use their cars as mobile storage spaces for all things Scouting. That’s…

How about a jamboree job where people look up to you all day long? That’s the promise of the Aerial Sports team at the 2017 National Jamboree, held July 19 to 28 at the stunning Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia. The perks of the job — like the chance to deliver life-changing experiences to…