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NFL star speaks from the heart in Scouting America promotional video

January 9, 2025 3

As a six-year veteran of the NFL, David Montgomery has recorded a lot of commercials, voiceovers and other promotional materials. This one, however, hit different.

A photo of Eagle Scout rock climber Michael Vaill

Eagle Scout rock climber continues to reach for new heights

December 31, 2024 0

It’s not an exaggeration to say that Michael Vaill (Eagle Class of 2010) recently had one of the best weeks in the history of recorded rock climbing.

Kenneth Cooper Distinguished Eagle Scout

Founder of modern aerobics reflects on his career and time in Scouting

December 16, 2024 1

Kenneth Cooper, Eagle Scout, is the man who first coined the term aerobics and changed the way the world thought about the concept of exercise.

How four former Scouts made a movie about one of Scouting’s most inspirational stories

October 23, 2024 1

The story of how the Lost on a Mountain in Maine movie came to be is a remarkable tale in its own right. It involves a lot of Scout-like stick–to–itiveness, a little bit of what Cook calls kismet, and a helping hand from one of the biggest stars in Hollywood.

Add one more name to the list of Nobel Prize-winning Eagle Scouts

October 16, 2024 0

Gary Ruvkun, a molecular biologist, professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School and Eagle Scout, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology for the discovery of microRNA, the molecules that control our genes.

Meet the NFL running back who’s now an official Scouting America ambassador

October 14, 2024 0

David Montgomery says Scouting gave him the skills and discipline that it takes to succeed in all aspects of life. Last week, Montgomery was named an official Scouting America recruitment ambassador. His message: Scouting can do for everyone what it did for him.

Here are the Eagle Scouts in the NFL in 2024

September 30, 2024 7

These are men who grew up in an era in which youth sports is almost a full-time job, and at the same time they were all able to advance to the highest rank in Scouting.

This NASA astronaut just became the oldest Eagle Scout to go to space

September 16, 2024 2

Don Pettit, a 69-year-old Eagle Scout from Silverton, Oregon, is serving as a flight engineer and member of Expedition 72 on the International Space Station. It is Pettit’s fourth journey into space and will add to the 370 days he had already accumulated in orbit.

Donor profile: Dave Alexander, Distinguished Eagle Scout and Silver Buffalo recipient, believes in the power of Scouting

July 1, 2024 0

The world has changed since Dave Alexander earned the rank of Eagle Scout from Troop 113 in Long Beach, California, back in 1959. One thing that hasn’t changed, Alexander says, is our country’s need for Scouting. That’s why Alexander, now 79, continues to give back to the organization that gave so much to him.

This PBS doc on a 1920s-era Eagle Scout is must-see TV

May 23, 2024 0

Paul Siple just might be one of the most significant Eagle Scouts from the early decades of the organization. The producers of Chronicles, a PBS docuseries from WQLN in Erie, Pennsylvania, apparently agree.