Scouting in the News Archives - Aaron On Scouting

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

March 13, 2023 3

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.

Happy Friday! A Scouting endorsement from a Super Bowl-winning mascot, plus other good news from this week

March 10, 2023 0

KC Wolf speaks at a Scouting dinner … columnist visits a Scout meeting for the first time in decades a Stop the Bleed workshop … All that and more in our Happy Friday news roundup!

Happy Friday! Recognizing a community’s hardest workers, plus other good news from this week

March 3, 2023 0

Troop recognizes snow plowers … longtime volunteer reflects on his time in Scouting … and snow camping! All that and more in our Happy Friday news roundup

Happy Friday! A project for the dogs, plus other good news from this week

February 24, 2023 0

An Eagle project for the dogs … Scouts maintain duck nests for decades … the Scoutmasters Camporee! All that and more in our Happy Friday news roundup

U.S. House of Representatives passes resolution supporting the BSA

February 22, 2023 12

As they did a year ago when the BSA turned 112, Reps. Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) and Sanford Bishop (D-Ga.) co-sponsored a resolution supporting the designation of a “Boy Scouts of America Day,” this time in celebration of the BSA’s 113th anniversary.

Happy Friday! A frog in a BSA uniform, plus other good news from this week

February 17, 2023 0

A frog wearing a Scout uniform … hundreds of American flags retired … six Eagle Scout brothers! All that and more in our Happy Friday news roundup

Happy Friday! Scout saves man’s life, plus other good news from this week

February 10, 2023 0

Scouts leaders use CPR training to save a life! Scouting for Food is back! All that and more in our weekly good news roundup.

Happy Friday! Scout builds a bridge, plus other good news from this week

February 3, 2023 0

The West Coast’s Lincoln Pilgrimage is back! A Kansas Eagle Scout restores a local cemetery. All that and more in our weekly good news roundup.

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Worth reading: Eagle Scout sets goal to meet every mayor in his state

January 25, 2023 0

Mitchell Whitley, a native of Greensboro, N.C., a graduate of Samford University, and an Eagle Scout, has set a unique goal: to personally meet every mayor in his home state. There are 551 of them.

‘The Fabelmans’ features a heartfelt, authentic depiction of Scouting

November 23, 2022 11

The Fabelmans is a semi-autobiographical drama written and directed by Steven Spielberg, the legendary director and Eagle Scout who in real life discovered his love of filmmaking while working on the Photography merit badge.