Bryan Wendell, Author at Aaron On Scouting

First Look: Boy Scouts IndyCar in Brazil

March 18, 2010 0

Here's your first look at the BSA's No. 19 IndyCar in action at Sunday's São Paulo Indy 300 in Brazil. It's the first of several stops in the exciting debut season for BSA Motorsports. Rookie

Update: BSA Historic Merit Badge Program

March 17, 2010 43

UPDATE (04/01/10): The Historic Merit Badge Program has been released. Click here for details. You may have heard rumors that the Historic Merit Badge Program has been canceled. Not true. What is true is that

Adventure Base 100, Vol. 9: Houston, Texas

March 15, 2010 2

http://www.youtube.com/v/LCu7mLl8aT4&fs=1 Meet Jacob Pekarek, an Eagle Scout with Troop 727. He's your host for last week's Adventure Base 100 stop in Houston, Tex. For his Eagle Scout project, Jacob took on an ambitious task: labeling

Forbes profiles Stephen Bechtel Jr., “Billionaire Boy Scout”

March 12, 2010 3

Stephen Bechtel Jr. gave the BSA $50 million to help build Scouting's fourth high-adventure base. So it should come as no surprise that Bechtel believes in the power of the BSA. "I just felt this

Cub Scouts meet Steve Holcomb, Olympic gold medalist and Eagle Scout

March 9, 2010 0

Some people have all the luck. Last weekend, in addition to racing pinewood derby cars against NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon, a group of Atlanta Cub Scouts met Steve Holcomb, driver of the gold medal-winning U.S.

A nationwide push to double the number of Hispanic Scouts

March 9, 2010 0

The Boy Scouts of America has a membership of more than 2.9 million Scouts nationwide, but just 4.5 percent of those Scouts are Hispanic. Compare that to the demographics of the U.S. as a whole,

Racing on their terms, Atlanta-area Cub Scouts take on Jeff Gordon

March 5, 2010 2

In a grueling 500-mile race, who would win: a NASCAR champion or a Cub Scout? No contest. Besides, the BSA’s Health and Safety team would surely frown on hearing about an unlicensed 11-year-old driving a

Ask the Expert: Does Bugler fulfill the “position of responsibility” for the Eagle Scout award?

March 4, 2010 6

Have you been searching for an answer to a Scouting-related question? Ask the Expert is here to help. Send us your question, and Cracker Barrel will seek out the answer. Today's question comes from Arlene

January-February Where Am I? winner announced

March 3, 2010 0

The January-February edition of our popular “Where Am I?” reader contest turned out to be the toughest yet. It’s our own fault. All the facts about the mystery location were true, but some of them

Recap: Boy Scouts of America on “Jeopardy!”

March 1, 2010 9

The venerable quiz show “Jeopardy!” paid tribute to the 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America last week with a special category about Scouting. The “Jeopardy!” Clue Crew took a special field trip to