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  • [ May 15, 2025 ] Everything that’s happened at Scouting America’s National Annual Meeting so far App Feed
  • [ May 15, 2025 ] Scouting America recognizes the 2025 recipients of the Silver Buffalo Award, presented for distinguished service to youth App Feed - For Leaders
  • [ May 15, 2025 ] David Montgomery says Scouting helped him recover from major injury App Feed - Eagle Scouts
  • [ May 14, 2025 ] The Aviation merit badge just got a first-class upgrade: introducing a new digital experience App Feed
  • [ May 14, 2025 ] Meet Devang Desai, Scouting America’s newest national commissioner App Feed

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NFL running back David Montgomery at the 2025 National Annual Meeting with Andrea Marron, 2024-2025 National Venturing President
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David Montgomery says Scouting helped him recover from major injury

May 15, 2025 0

At first, it looked like he would require surgery that would keep him from playing for the rest of the season. But Montgomery had other ideas.

A scan of an old newspaper article featured B.J. Wolff and his five Eagle Scout brothers
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He learned CPR as a Scout; more than 40 years later, this happened

May 12, 2025 3

As a member of Troop 31 in Traverse City, Michigan, B.J. Wolff remembers learning the basics of CPR while working on the First Aid merit badge. More than 40 years later, he put that training to good use.

A photo of Eagle Scout firefighting brothers Nicholas, Matthew and Michael Wineland.
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Why these Eagle Scout brothers continue to volunteer for their local fire department

May 7, 2025 0

As members of Scouts BSA Troop 920 in Valparaiso, Indiana, brothers Michael, Matthew and Nicholas Wineland learned what it meant to serve.

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2025 Eagle Scout Project of the Year: He packed 100,000 meals to feed Haitians

April 16, 2025 8

For his exceptional efforts, Jamesly Jesse of Troop 85 in Moweaqua, Ill., received the 2025 Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award.

5 Quick Questions

5 Quick Questions with: Gray Barnhill, an Eagle Scout and CMA Award-winning radio producer

March 25, 2025 0

This past November, 94.7 QDR took home the CMA in the “Large Market Radio Station of the Year” category. On that award-winning crew is Eagle Scout Gray Barnhill.

Photos of Eagle Scouts Wesley Casselman, the co-founders of TrailEagle Packs
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Eagle Scout entrepreneurs create new backpack with gear organization in mind

February 24, 2025 0

TrailEagle Packs attempts to solve the problems of inefficient packing combined with disorganized pack storage.

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Two Eagle Scouts, three other Scouting alumni are getting ready for the big game

February 6, 2025 0

Super Bowl LIX  is a Chiefs vs. Eagles rematch, and just like last time, there are two Eagle Scouts involved.

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A football-themed project helped this Eagle Scout reach the goal line

February 3, 2025 0

When it came to picking an Eagle Scout project, Armani Rodriguez wanted to do something a little different: a free football clinic.

An image of the cover of the Guide to Advancement 2025
Advancement

What you need to know about the latest updates to the Guide to Advancement

January 27, 2025 5

The Guide to Advancement 2025, the latest version of the one, true official source for all things related to advancement in every Scouting America program, has just been released.

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Why this 53-year-old Scouting alumnus decided to finish his Eagle Scout project

January 23, 2025 11

“The whole purpose of this was to get myself to the point that I can say I did everything I needed to do to become an Eagle Scout.”

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