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Shanae Maerz
As a lifetime Girl Scout ( as a child a first class scout , leader, trainer and camp staff eventually director) I can that there is no better youth organization as scouting . The missions are strong and the movements are only as strong as the leadership. We all need good strong motivated individuals who believe in the mission of scouting . The future belongs to the youth but scouting longevity belongs to the volunteers.
I started out as a Cub scout. I lived ten miles in the country near a small town in Arkansas. When we moved up to Boy Scouts we went to Jamborees every year also Boy Scout camp in the summer. When we got older we were in the Explorers and that enabled us to go to Canada with other troops from other towns in the area. It was a two week canoe trip with ten days on the water. It was exhausting but great.
I should mention that my mother helped me with my camping and cooking merit badges because she was a Girl Scout Leader to a troop my sister was in. My mom taught me how to cook on an open fire and how to set up a tent. My Scout Masters taught us other skills that helped us in the woods.
Sean-
I was a Boy Scout and made it to Eagle . One of the best things I ever did. I owned a business and whenever I had a job applicant , I took special note if he was an Eagle . So sad to hear that scouting numbers are down.
Thanks for your writing. It means a great deal to me!
Dear Sean, I am married to an Eagle Scout. Last week the two of us were invited to attend an Eagle Court of Honor for a young friend of ours. Alex Cazier became the first young woman in Huntsville, AL to become an Eagle Scout. As we learned about all she had to accomplish to receive that honor I was so proud of her. There were five other young women in uniform that night who are coming right along behind her, working hard to achieve the same goal. Scouting continues to be one of the most positive character building organizations around!
Sean, i think my love of America started with scouting. I spent most of my life in uniform, first as a Cub Scout then Boy Scouts and finally as an Explorer. During college I was in a fraternity surrounded by men who would become my life long brothers. Next, I became an Air Force pilot and after serving America for 20 years I became an Airline Captain.
The finest people I bee met were my commanders in the military and founders of the airline. I believe many were former Boy Scouts.
I was in Troupe 58 in Phoenixville, Pa. We went to Camp Horseshoe every summer for two weeks. The memories bring tears of happiness to my eyes as I remember the selflessness of our Scout Master, Mr Walsh. He will never know how much he taught us to be good boys and men.
My scouting experience provided a great cornerstone in the building of my character. The Order of the Arrow initiation was an unforgettable experience in self confidence at an insecure time in growing cup.
Same goes for Girl Scouts. I began as a brownie and was a scout through high school. Scouting taught me moral living, being self sufficient in the woods, the joy of music (ah, those lovely round at camp), leadership, and so much more. Once a Girl Scout always a Girl Scout.
I was a boy scout. Started with a Mormon troop in Gainesville Fla and then we got one in my small town of Archer. What fun we had. I loved that old boy scout book. I read it cover to cover more than a few times. Our leader was a man named James. He had three daughters so we were like surrogate sons. I finally called him in my forties and thanked him. Scouting could really help so many young boys. But you have to have men to run it.
Thanks for the wonderful scouting memories, Sean! Everyone should be as lucky as you to have them!! My husband, God rest his soul, was an Eagle Scout,
Class of 61, Troup 205 in Phoenix,Az and received Order of the Arrow as well. He would have loved your post today and also loved pound cake.
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Scouting is unfortunately following most voluntary membership organizations into decline. the scouts have done nothing to cause the decline. I think tv and video games has been a much bigger detriment than any change in scouting policy.
This delicious red blend honors our late and beloved Labrador Retriever, Scout. This wine is based on a tradition of producing a full bodied and delicious red wine. We start with a base of old-vine Zinfandel and build upon that with dry-farmed Petite Sirah, old-vine Charbono, and finish with mountain vineyard Syrah. The result is an unpretentious, generous mouthful of red wine that we recommend be opened and enjoyed immediately upon release.
The Mackinac Island Honor Guard (MIHG) program began in 1929 when the State Park Commission invited eight scouts to serve as honor guards for the Michigan Governor. In 1974, the program was expanded to include Girl Scouts.
At the beginning of the Girl Scout year, troops or IGMs should decide if they want to work toward honor status. In fact, the Honor Troop Requirements are a great place to start when planning your Girl Scout year!
The story is told predominantly through the experiences of a 13-year old boy and a 70-year-old man -- both heterosexual, both dedicated to the Scouts, and both determined to change the course of Scouting history. Their challenge is being waged in their hometown of Petaluma, California -- a place more familiar with agriculture than activism. Yet it is here where they began an international petition drive and media campaign to overturn the BSA's anti-gay policy. "To be physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight," this is the Boy Scout Oath. Since 1910, millions of boys have joined. But until recently, if you wer openly gay, you couldn't. Witness how Steven Cozza, a 13-year-old Boy Scout, launches a grassroots campaign to overturn the ban on gays. Scouting for All is the movement built by Cozza with the help of a long-time Scout leader, community members, and his own family. Also included are the stories of ousted gay Eagle Scouts Tim Curran and James Dale, whose legal cases culminated at the United States Supreme Court where a private organization's right to determine its membership was heard against a state's right to protect the civil rights of gay and lesbian citizens. Moving from Petaluma, California to the Supreme Court, the film chronicles a modern interpretation of the Scouting ideals of courage, citizenship, and honor.
This delicious red blend honors our late and beloved Yellow Labrador Retriever, Scout. When we first met in 1989 at the Napa rescue shelter, we recognized immediately that he was no ordinary Lab and we were right. Like a true winery dog, Scout helped us welcome visitors for seven magnificent years.
Brands need to spend more time thinking about what makes them honorable. What are the values they hold sacred? What behavior is deemed profane? To what degree will a management team be willing to make sacrifices in order to preserve the honor of the brand? What business are they willing to walk away from?
Four dozen others were injured, and the scouts immediately used their first aid training to help each other while waiting for emergency responders to arrive. It was the beginning of a long recovery for the camp and all the people that were there.
The camp was re-opened the following May, and a memorial to the four boys was erected. Later that year, the New York Says Thank You Foundation and Mid-America Council coordinated hundreds of volunteers to help build an open air chapel on the foundation of the site where the four scouts died, using reclaimed timber from the camp and surrounding areas.
Things settled into a new normal at LSSR, with scouts returning to camp, connecting with nature and learning new skills. But attendance at the camp was steadily declining, a trend that has been happening with camps across the country.
The project is likely to take 3-5 years for INHF to complete, and in that time they will lease the camp back to the Mid-America Council for use and management. Even after the property is completely opened to the public, Mehaffey envisions scouts continuing to use it for years to come.
When UCI undergraduate Ruben Hipolito learned he was chosen from among 3.5 million Boy Scouts to represent the organization before the U.S. president and Congress this month, he followed the official scout motto: Be prepared.
During their four-day stay in Washington, D.C., the scouts also met Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. They toured local landmarks and visited the Pentagon, meeting U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and lunching with Army Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal.
Naturally sarcastic, a touch disillusioned, but always the idealist, Rob Lassner is an NBA scout who must assess the potential of high school and college players while appeasing a "shit-for-brains" owner who wouldn't know a crosscourt pass if it knocked the silver spoon out of his blathering mouth.
As a member of the National Eagle Scout Association, you further the mission, values, and time-honored traditions of Scouting in your community and our country. Give your Eagle pride a purpose by joining NESA today; the future is in your hands.
Dr. Casey Jakubowski, an Eagle Scout from GNFC (now Greater Western NY), has recently released his fifth book. With a strong commitment to education, Dr. J is a BSA Alumni Educators board member and dedicates himself to volunteer efforts in conflict management for scouts.