February 2014 - Aaron On Scouting

Dennis Pitta, Eagle Scout and Baltimore tight end, gets 5-year deal

February 28, 2014 3

They say once you’re an Eagle Scout, you’re one for life. For Eagle Scout Dennis Pitta, the same may be true about being a Baltimore Raven. The Super Bowl-winning tight end just signed a five-year

The BSA’s looking for a few good men and women to be professional Scouters

February 28, 2014 31

Career opportunities for district executives span 25 different states, including California, Florida, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas.

Report to the Nation, through the years

February 27, 2014 5

A president’s busy schedule means he can’t always receive the Boy Scouts of America’s annual Report to the Nation himself. But over the years, the BSA’s scheduled Washington visit and the commander in chief’s travel

Friends in high places: Scouts deliver Report to the Nation to top party leaders

February 27, 2014 4

You’ve met the delegates, and you’ve read the Report to the Nation for yourself. Now see which of the top power players in Washington got a copy of the report hand-delivered to them this week.

January-February 2014 ‘Where Am I?’ winner, location revealed

February 27, 2014 0

You don’t have to be an astronaut to recognize the terrain in our January-February “Where Am I? – Rise From the Ashes” contest. 284 readers submitted their guess of the mystery location, and we randomly

Sanitation worker finds U.S. flag in the street, and then …

February 26, 2014 7

Boy Scouts are inherently patriotic. We wear the American flag on our sleeves, we say the pledge before meetings, and we learn the proper ways to post, fold and retire Old Glory. So it was

Identify potential Scout leaders with the Oreo Test

February 26, 2014 24

Wondering whether that parent on the other side of the meeting room would make a good Cub Scout, Boy Scout or Venturing leader? Try the Oreo Test. I think it’s brilliant. Here’s how it works …

See inside the 2013 Report to the Nation

February 26, 2014 8

The Boy Scouts of America is a 3.6-million-strong, outdoor-ready, community-serving, patriotism-preserving, values-validating force for good. And we’re just getting started. But wait. I’m preaching to the choir here. The real people who need to know about

How do you get more dads involved in Cub Scouting?

February 25, 2014 56

Moms do Cub Scouting, and dads do Boy Scouting. That’s no longer true. So how do you get more dads to volunteer for Cub Scouting?

These 9 awesome young people are your Report to the Nation representatives

February 24, 2014 14

An Eagle Scout from Maryland, the young woman serving as National Venturing President and a Cub Scout from Sandy Hook, Conn., are among the nine young people selected to represent the Boy Scouts of America