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Answering common questions about the BSA’s commitment to act against racial injustice

June 24, 2020 55

The National Service Center has fielded many questions about the statement on helping combat racial injustice as an organization. Here are answers to a few of the most common.

Life Scout performs lifesaving CPR on brother with illness linked to COVID-19

May 29, 2020 1

The 15-year-old followed the procedure he’d learned — and practiced — while earning the First Aid merit badge as a Scout in Troop 177 of New York.

Councils coordinate donations, lead initiatives during COVID-19 pandemic

May 14, 2020 0

See how a few councils are working on helping others during this pandemic.

How three Eagle Scout brothers are working to make more ventilators

May 7, 2020 0

It’s not like Tyler, Ryan and Preston Mantel didn’t have anything else to do. It’s just that, back in March, when the three Eagle Scout brothers from Troop 804 of the Crossroads of America Council

Life Scout helps collect neckerchiefs to be used as face coverings

April 27, 2020 3

Jacob, a Life Scout from New York, led an effort to collect neckerchiefs for people to use as face coverings during COVID-19.

Scouts, Nick Jonas appear in latest episode of ‘Kevin Hart: What The Fit’

April 20, 2020 7

In the April 23 episode of the YouTube comedy series “Kevin Hart: What the Fit,” the stand-up comedian and movie star will try his hand at Scouting.

Scout’s touching tribute to veterans who died from COVID-19 featured on ‘NBC Nightly News’

April 13, 2020 2

Alex Saldana, a Life Scout from New Jersey, stood outside the New Jersey Veterans Home in Paramus and played “Taps” on his trumpet.

Perseverance pays off: Meet the Scout who named the next Mars rover

April 8, 2020 4

Alex Mather, a Scout in the National Capital Area Council, submitted the winning name, Perseverance, in NASA’s “Name the Rover” contest.

Captains of USNS Mercy, the hospital ship docked in Los Angeles, are Eagle Scouts

March 31, 2020 7

Capt. John Rotruck and Capt. Jonathan Olmsted, who command the USNS Mercy hospital ship, are both Eagle Scouts.

Good Turns during the coronavirus: Acts of Scouting service you can do from home

March 18, 2020 9

Acts of Scouting service don’t have to stop because you’re at home practicing social distancing.