Posts Tagged ‘Brian On Scouting’

Zachary Fortuna knows all too well the struggles a young person faces when battling cancer. His little cousin, Chris, was diagnosed at age 4 with advanced-stage neuroblastoma, a cancer of the adrenal glands. Zachary noticed that whenever Chris, now 6, was feeling down, a toy would quickly put a smile on his face. That smile spread to everyone…

In this case, it did take a rocket scientist. Charlie Fenske, a Life Scout from Troop 93 on Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., won the top engineering prize at this year’s Google Science Fair. His project — a prototype of faster and cheaper rockets — earned him the Virgin Galactic Pioneer Award. He wins a $15,000 scholarship, a tour of the Mojave Air and Space…

It’s right there on the Statue of Liberty for all the world to see: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free … ” But for Michael Nebeker and his fellow Scouting volunteers in Utah, those are more than just words. They’re a way of life. Nebeker is chairman of the Utah Refugee…

The merit badge counselor is one of the coolest jobs in Scouting. These volunteers introduce Scouts to a topic about which they are passionate and knowledgable. At the very least, a merit badge counselor helps a young man earn a merit badge for his sash and get one step closer to the next rank. At the most, a merit badge counselor introduces…

Always leave a place better than you found it. For more than 100 years, Scouts have followed that doctrine everywhere they go. It’s in our DNA. And it’s why the Boy Scouts of America has teamed up with Keep America Beautiful, a nonprofit devoted to ending littering, improving recycling and beautifying America’s communities. The embodiment of that partnership is the Keep America…

Looking for Eagle Scout service project ideas? Look no further than Boys’ Life‘s new Eagle Scout Project Showcase. The site includes more than 101 Eagle Scout projects that visitors can browse by keyword, category and location. And you can submit your own project — or that of a Scout in your troop — to add it to…

Our Scouts might not believe it, but it’s true. I was there. There was actually a time in the not-too-distant past where renting a movie meant putting on shoes, getting in your car and driving to a place called Blockbuster Video. That is, until Netflix came along. Experts consider Netflix a recent example of disruptive innovation. That’s their…

Troop 1 of Sacramento, Calif., celebrated its 100th anniversary with a powerful, well-made video and a special neckerchief. Troop 1 of Wichita Falls, Texas, reminisced about a century of existence at a reunion banquet attended by Glenn Adams, then-president of the National Eagle Scout Association. And in Rhode Island, Camp Yawgoog staff planned a weekend of festivities…

He could’ve spent his bar mitzvah money on the typical things that interest 13-year-old boys: videogames, candy and comic books. But Jacob Finch isn’t a typical boy. The Second Class Scout from Kent, Conn., gave the money he raised to his Boy Scout troop. Jacob realized that the older guys in Troop 11 sometimes have trouble financing their Eagle Scout…