Inspirational Stories Archives

How the journey to the Eagle Scout Award helped prepare these two teens for what comes next

January 15, 2021 0

Ava Look and Anniston Murphy, soon-to-be Eagle Scouts from Mississippi, extracted every last ounce of experience from their Scouting journey.

Eagle Scout’s adversity reminds him to keep ‘true north’ in sight

January 14, 2021 0

Surviving a battle with cancer is certainly cause for celebration, but it might also lead to reassessing one’s life and finding purpose, especially after two bouts with the deadly disease.

How a Klondike Derby helped two Scouts perform a headline-making ice rescue

January 4, 2021 2

Last month, five New Jersey teenagers rescued a pair of siblings who fell into an icy pond. Two of those heroes are Scouts.

Five Scouting-related New Year’s resolutions that you can definitely keep

December 31, 2020 0

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How two Eagle Scouts are making assistive technology more accessible

December 17, 2020 1

Disability isn’t the only thing that connects Mark Chilutti and Buddy Marshall. Both are Eagle Scouts. And both have worked to create the Buddy Marshall Assistive Technology Center at Magee Rehabilitation Hospital in Philadelphia.

Scouters continue to clean up Iowa Scout camp after devastating derecho

December 8, 2020 0

More than 350 tall trees fell and nearly every one of the 70 structures sustained damage. Scouters quickly jumped into action to clean and restore the camp — an effort that continues and is in need of help.

Five brothers from Wisconsin — all Eagle Scouts — share why we still need Scouting

November 27, 2020 7

All five sons in this exceptional family from Burlington, Wis. (Three Harbors Council), are now Eagle Scouts.

Arizona Scout’s Eagle project benefits Navajo and Hopi communities

November 24, 2020 2

One of the most important things you can do to stay healthy during a pandemic is to wash your hands on a regular basis. But what if you don’t have reliable access to clean, running water?

Troop 2019’s soon-to-be Eagle Scouts, from left: Lindsay Parker, Kenzie Neal, Taylor Bell and Morgan Phillips.

These four will join Inaugural Class of Female Eagle Scouts next year

November 20, 2020 4

Four young women from Troop 2019 of the Middle Tennessee Council have completed all the requirements to earn the highest honor in Scouts BSA.

Gidget’s Good Turn: Webelos Scout shows what it means to be friendly and kind

November 16, 2020 2

Gidget has been helping her best friend’s brother, who has Down syndrome, cope with the stresses of the pandemic.