May 2017 - Page 3 of 4 - Aaron On Scouting

A big hand for these 8 recipients of the 2017 National Venturing Leadership Award

May 12, 2017 2

Let’s meet the recipients of the 2017 National Venturing Leadership Award. I’ll share who they are and why they earned this high-level Venturing honor.

With documentary, Eagle Scout on a mission to save the mountain caribou

May 12, 2017 1

Scouting helped Marcus Reynerson become the outdoorsman he is today. And now Reynerson wants to help prevent the mountain caribou from becoming extinct.

Scouts Then and Now, Chapter 12

May 11, 2017 2

Chapter 12 of Scouts Then and Now includes more before-and-after photos that show the transformative power of Scouting. Scouting really does change lives.

David Lynch talks Scouting, Kennedy’s inauguration and whether Agent Cooper is an Eagle Scout

May 10, 2017 3

David Lynch, the Oscar-nominated director of “The Elephant Man” and creator of the murder mystery TV series “Twin Peaks,” is an Eagle Scout.

At 2017 Visual Storytelling Workshop, the focus is on growing Scouting

May 9, 2017 3

Learn from experienced professional photographers in a hands-on setting. The next workshop will be Aug. 6 to 12, 2017, at the Philmont Training Center.

Steven Holcomb, Eagle Scout and gold medal Olympic bobsledder, dies at 37

May 8, 2017 4

Steven Holcomb, the Eagle Scout who piloted the U.S. four-man bobsled team to Olympic gold in 2010 and bronze in 2014, has died. He was 37.

Be Prepared: The origin story behind the Scout motto

May 8, 2017 19

In “Scouting for Boys,” Robert Baden-Powell wrote that to Be Prepared means “you are always in a state of readiness in mind and body to do your duty.”

The Teaching EDGE: The best way to teach someone a new skill

May 5, 2017 10

When teaching someone a new skill — be it splinting a broken arm or making s’mores — the Teaching EDGE method is the best method.

Scouts Then and Now, Chapter 11

May 4, 2017 0

Chapter 11 of Scouts Then and Now includes more before-and-after photos that show the transformative power of Scouting. Scouting really does change lives.

Fundraising lessons learned from the four councils who did it best in 2016

May 3, 2017 Comments Off

What did these four winning councils do so well? Read the four biggest takeaways, and get ready to make your next fundraiser really pop.