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NFL strength coach receives NESA Outstanding Eagle Scout Award at Americanism Breakfast

June 1, 2023 0

Monty Gibson, strength and conditioning coach for the Cleveland Browns, brought the Americanism Breakfast crowd of Scouters to their feet this morning. But not before he brought his Scouting journey to a new summit as

Four volunteers receive 2023 Silver World Award for international service to Scouting

June 1, 2023 0

The Silver World Award is one of the ways the Boy Scouts of America recognizes that the Scouting movement reaches far beyond the BSA itself. The BSA honored the 2023 winners this week at the National Annual Meeting.

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter with Troop 101

Before entering hospice, Jimmy Carter joined his grandson’s Scout troop on a walk

April 3, 2023 37

Late last year, before former U.S. President Jimmy Carter made the decision to enter hospice care, he and his wife Rosalynn were joined on their daily walk by the Scouts of Troop 101 in Atlanta — their grandson’s troop.

Jenna Bush Hager and her husband, Henry Hager

A Scout in Action! Jenna Bush Hager’s husband, an Eagle Scout, saves woman from choking

March 13, 2023 4

Jenna Bush Hager, co-host of the immensely popular Today with Hoda & Jenna morning news program, revealed last week that her husband, Eagle Scout Henry Hager, recently saved a woman from choking by using the abdominal thrusts technique he learned in Scouting.

Ashton Kutcher confirms that he’s a Cub Scout den leader

February 6, 2023 9

Why does actor Ashton Kutcher keep walking around the streets of Los Angeles in a BSA uniform, for all the paparazzi to see? Sometimes the most obvious answer is the correct one: He’s a registered leader in the BSA.

NFL strength coach, Eagle Scout helps fund Philmont scholarship program

January 4, 2023 3

When Joe Gibson, a longtime Scout leader in the San Angelo, Texas, area died last January, his family thought long and hard about the best way to memorialize his life. Then, it came to them: a scholarship to help send Texas Southwest Council Scouts to Philmont Scout Ranch.

Mike Leach, football coach and Eagle Scout, dies at 61

December 13, 2022 1

In 2015, when he was coaching at Washington State, Leach was invited to speak at a breakfast fundraiser to benefit Scouts in Moscow, Idaho. There, he reminisced about earning his Eagle and had this to say about Scouting.

Worth reading: Acclaimed Explorer got his start in Scouting

November 14, 2022 0

Growing up in New York City in the 1950s, J.R. Harris developed a love of exploring when he got to go to work with his dad, a waiter in the dining car of a long-distance train. He developed his love of the outdoors, however, in Scouting.

Train derailment heroes recognized with BSA lifesaving awards; watch and share this inspiring video

October 28, 2022 5

The honors and recognitions continue to pour in for the Bay-Lakes Council Scouts and Scouters who came to the aid of their fellow travelers in the moments following the June 27, 2022, train derailment near Mendon, Missouri.

President of BSA’s Flint River Council thriving on U.S. amateur golf tour

October 12, 2022 0

After putting competitive golf aside for more than a decade, Rusty Strawn, president of the Flint River Council, is making up for lost time. Strawn, an Eagle Scout, recently earned titles at both the U.S. Senior Amateur tournament and the Canadian Senior Amateur just two weeks apart.