Posts Tagged ‘Brian On Scouting’

They’re natural leaders with empathy for others and a resourceful approach to problems. Those are just a few of the reasons why employers have eagerly hired former Scouts for as long as there have been Scouts. For more, check out this fascinating post, originally written in Spanish for Forbes.es by Ana Sáenz de Miera. The post was translated into English…

Sometimes your past comes back to haunt you. Other times it greets you with open arms. It was the latter for Kevin Dowling this summer at Philmont Scout Ranch, where he serves as general manager. In 1971, Dowling started Troop 918 in the Baltimore Area Council for his Eagle Scout service project. In 2016, he…

Everywhere David Blair goes, he sees people staring at his club foot, which he calls his “skinny, atrophied leg.” “It’s humorous for me because they don’t know I can see their eyes, because they are busy looking at my leg,” he says. “But, it doesn’t matter! You are still a human being, and human life,…

Eagle Scouts, Scouting professionals and volunteers celebrated 92-year-old John Prince with an Eagle Scout court of honor 75 years after he earned Scouting’s highest honor. Price achieved the rank in 1941, just as the world was erupting in war. His Scoutmaster, John Mehltretter, came to Prince’s Bayonne, N.J., home, congratulated him and handed him his Eagle Scout…

Eagle Scout David Blair won a gold medal and extended his own world record in the men’s discus F44 on Friday at the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Blair, whom I profiled last week, hurled the discus 64.11 meters — breaking his previous world record of 63.61 meters, set in May. The man who earned Scouting’s highest honor…

The true reward of becoming an Eagle Scout isn’t the fanfare at the finish but the experiences along the way. That’s why Cameron, a Life Scout in Troop 424 of Katy, Texas, wrote a letter encouraging his fellow Scouts to slow down and enjoy the journey. “I really would like for other Scouts to see and understand how rushing your Eagle isn’t…

Derek Hough sent his dad a text a few weeks back. “Dad, check out my Instagram.” Bruce Hough opened Derek’s Instagram page, where the Dancing With the Stars star shares photos with nearly 2 million followers. And there was Derek, wearing his Cub Scout shirt and holding up the Scout sign at a pre-Emmys dinner. (Derek was nominated…

You’ll often find Mike Walton at his nearby Wendy’s restaurant — but not because the Tennessee Scouting volunteer is a fan of the Baconator. It’s because Walton sees Wendy’s as a safe, public place to meet with Scouts about their Eagle Scout service project. Walton, wearing his field uniform, meets with the Scout for about 30 minutes to discuss the young man’s…

There are more than 400 National Park Service sites across America, including national parks, national seashores and national battlefields. The Rice family of Atlanta — a proud Scouting bunch — is on a mission to visit every single one. In celebration of this year’s 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, it seems an appropriate time to…

Scouts and Smokey Bear have been allies in the cause of wildfire prevention ever since the mascot’s 1944 debut. Scouts have made Smokey conservation posters, sold Smokey Bear litter baskets for fundraisers and posed for photos with Smokey at National Scout Jamborees. Smokey was even referenced in Scouting magazine as far back as our April 1949 issue (see…