Scouting in the News
August 21, 2008
Atlanta scoutmaster’s zeal inspires generations
Benator was 12 when he first joined the organization in 1934. Scouting was considered one of the great youth programs of the time...
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August 11, 2008
Scout Puts Lifesaving Skills To Work
The Georgia Boy Scout earned his life saving merit badge just two months ago, and put those lessons to use on the beach in Panama City. ...
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August 5, 2008
Boy Scouts rescue injured climber
By Paris Achen - Mail Tribune A 35-year-old woman is in serious condition at a Redding hospital after falling into a crevasse on Mount Shasta and wandering the peak for two days before a group of Boy Scout Explorers rescued her late Monday.
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August 4, 2008
Rockwell model inspired scouts to aid country, community, dies at 82
By James Monteleone The Daily Times Boy Scouts of America lost its poster face last week when Arthur Robert Hamilton died in Aztec at the age of 82.
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August 1, 2008
President Bush Receives Scouts Affected By Tornado at Little Sioux Scout Ranch
In a ceremony honoring recipients of the "Scouts in Action" commendation, President Bush opened The White House doors today and warmly greeted the 114 Scouts who exhibited bravery during the June 11th tornado that swept trough Iowa's Little Sioux Scout Ranch.
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July 21, 2008
Advice from the Top: Leaders need Scouts' qualities
For 98 years, the Boy Scouts of America have been identified with leadership, and it was put to the test last month when a deadly tornado tore through a campsite in Iowa killing four Scouts. USA TODAY corporate management reporter Del Jones spoke to Chief Scout Executive Robert Mazzuca, 60, about the leadership lessons of Scouting from a business perspective. Following are excerpts, edited for clarity and space.
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July 17, 2008
President Bush Presents Award to ArrowCorps5 Shasta-Trinity Project Participants.
President Bush presented the President’s Volunteer Service Award to Mark Hendricks, Western Region Chief of the Order of the Arrow; Jake Wellman, national chief of the Order of the Arrow; and Alex Braden, deputy youth incident commander of the Shasta-Trinity Project.
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July 10, 2008
History Detectives on PBS
HISTORY DETECTIVES host Gwen Wright explores New York City's 1930s high society and illuminates a connection between FDR and the Boy Scouts that inspired one of the most popular and effective pieces of the President's New Deal program.
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June 23, 2008
Boy Scouts of America Plans Largest National Service Project Since World War II
The largest, most complex, most challenging conservation project ever conceived by the Order of the Arrow and the Boy Scouts of America.
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June 09, 2008
Boy Scouts Look for $100M Jamboree Site
By John McCloud, GlobeSt.com The Boy Scouts of America is expanding its search to find a site of at least 5,000 acres to build a permanent home for the Boy Scouts National Scout Jamboree.
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June 05, 2008
Suburban Living: To build a man of integrity, character, start with Eagle Scout
By Ruth Ann Dailey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette I was going back over some of these stories the other day when it struck me that a great many of the charitable projects had a single thing in common: Eagle Scouts.
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June 5, 2008
Boy Scouts hires Greenville firm to find a home for Jamboree
By Rudolph Bell, The Greenville News The Boy Scouts of America has hired McCallum Sweeney Consulting, the Greenville site consultant, to find a permanent home for its National Scout Jamboree, the quadrennial campout that draws more than 35,000 scouts from across the country.
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