February 2014 - Page 4 of 4 - Aaron On Scouting

Happy 104th birthday, Boy Scouts of America!

February 8, 2014 11

Five score and four years ago today, the Boy Scouts of America was born. Yes, the nation’s top youth-serving organization was incorporated on this date in 1910. A lot’s changed since. In that 104-year span, we’ve

More insight into the National Council’s role in unit fundraising

February 7, 2014 32

Mark Moshier and the fundraising experts at the Boy Scouts of America hear you. Last week’s explanation of why a unit’s fundraiser was determined to be against BSA rules left some of you with even

U.S. Olympian is great-great-grandson of BSA’s first Chief Scout Executive

February 7, 2014 7

Updated for 2018 The speedy sport of luge has been in Tucker West’s blood since age 6 when his dad built a track in the backyard for Tucker and his fellow Cub Scouts to race on. Scouting’s

New York Times: Eagle Scout’s new book about Vietnam POWs is ‘gripping,’ ‘fresh’

February 4, 2014 3

Eagle Scout Alvin Townley’s new book Defiant tells of the 11 American prisoners of war who were shipped from the Hanoi Hilton to an even worse prison in North Vietnam they nicknamed Alcatraz. These “ringleaders, diehard

Here’s the Mining in Society MB patch, cover and first two requirements

February 3, 2014 23

Updated Feb. 21 to add image of cover. Mining in Society merit badge won’t officially launch until Feb. 24 at the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration’s Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City. But I’ve been

How many Sea Scouts earned the Quartermaster Award in 2013?

February 3, 2014 21

In a room filled with 175 Sea Scouts, odds are just one earned the Quartermaster Award last year. Finding him or her in this imaginary room won’t be easy, but once you do, you’ll be

Cub Scout Thomas Brown delivers Super Bowl game ball

February 3, 2014 9

Even with about 100 million people watching, Cub Scout Thomas Brown didn’t fumble. The 9-year-old from Pack 14 of Virginia Beach, Va., ran onto the field and handed the game ball to head referee Terry McAulay