Posts Tagged ‘Brian On Scouting’

You won’t believe what these five moms are saying about Scouting! That was my original, clickbait-approved headline for this post. But when I got to thinking about it, I realized that you probably will believe what these five Scout moms had to say about the program we all love. Their passion for Scouting probably matches your own. A mom in…

While others offer scary predictions about the future of our planet, Scouts and Venturers do something to ensure those dire warnings never come true. In short, Scouts, Venturers and Scout leaders strive to leave this planet better than they found it. It’s been that way since the days of Ernest Thompson Seton, the first Chief…

Guest blog post by Thora Qaddumi, a Scouting supporter Gloria Adams, 82, made her way past the ladders and buckets of paint in front of her brick home in the Hiram Clarke area of Houston. She looked up to a newly repaired and painted area under the eaves. “I had a covering to that hole…

While traditional/physical bullying ends when a child enters the safe harbor of home, cyberbullying has no such geographical limits. It can — and does — occur 24 hours a day and 365 days a year. And occur it does. How frequently? Research on cyberbullying is imperfect, because it is most certainly underreported. But the latest estimates say that 7…

The real heroes at Bungie, the videogame company behind sci-fi blockbusters Halo and Destiny, don’t wear armor. They’re guys like Matthew Ward, Eagle Scout and the company’s cinematic director, who wore an untucked button-up, jeans and red sneakers when we interviewed him earlier this year. Eagles’ Call magazine visited Ward at his office in Bellevue, Wash., for a…

Scout Executive Jeff Doty was proud of his efforts to bring a zip line to Camp Mountaineer in West Virginia. There was just one problem: At the time the zip line was announced, Doty weighed too much to ride the quarter-mile zip line himself. And so the busy Scout professional from the Mountaineer Area Council made a change.…

In some troops, incoming Scouts form a new-Scout patrol. In others, new Scouts are integrated immediately into a patrol with older boys. There’s no one-size-fits-all technique, but there are upsides and downsides to each approach. For this Tuesday Talkback, I’ll share the BSA’s recommendations and ask you to make a case for your preferred method of patrol organization. What is a patrol? As I’ve mentioned…

It’s the third-annual High-Adventure Week here on Bryan on Scouting. It’s time to celebrate the once-in-a-lifetime experiences offered at the BSA’s four national high-adventure bases — and give you tips on how to secure your spot in 2017, 2018 and beyond. By now you’ve heard the Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia is hosting the 2017 National Jamboree. Lesser…

It’s the third-annual High-Adventure Week here on Bryan on Scouting. It’s time to celebrate the once-in-a-lifetime experiences offered at the BSA’s four national high-adventure bases — and give you tips on how to secure your spot in 2017, 2018 and beyond. What a week! The blog just visited all four of the BSA’s national high-adventure bases in just four…

It’s the third-annual High-Adventure Week here on Bryan on Scouting. It’s time to celebrate the once-in-a-lifetime experiences offered at the BSA’s four national high-adventure bases — and give you tips on how to secure your spot in 2017, 2018 and beyond. If you think paddling around the gorgeous lakes of Minnesota and Canada is your kind of…