Articles by Michael Freeman

“Instincts kicked in; I had to do what I could to save this person’s life,” one Eagle Scout says. “I knew if I needed to take a break, my friends could sub in.”

Slade Caltrider came home from a summer canoeing trip with his troop with his legs covered in mosquito bites. Over the next five months, the itching and discomfort never went away.

Every year since 2000, a group of kayakers paddle from Miami to Key West, Fla., to raise money in the fight against cancer. Two of those kayakers are Scout executives and Eagle Scouts.