There are great Scouting stories to be told across the country every day, and newspapers and other media outlets are catching on.

Here are some recent highlights:

• Stories of heroism are nothing new for the Boy Scouts, but they never seem to get old, do they? Read how a Pennsylvania 10-year-old sprang to action to get national recognition.
  
• A California teen overcame extraordinary challenges to bring warmth to his community’s homeless population.
  
• Look out, John James Audubon, because this 14-year-old Eagle Scout is making a name for himself in the world of bird conservation.