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Toy drive for Eagle Scout project benefits children battling cancer

October 13, 2016 9

Zachary Fortuna, a 13-year-old Scout from Troop 56 of the Chicago suburb of Burr Ridge, organized a toy drive to benefit children battling cancer.

At the Eagle Scout Project Showcase, browse ideas by keyword, location

October 4, 2016 3

Boys’ Life’s new Eagle Scout Project Showcase includes more than 101 Eagle Scout project ideas that Scouts can browse by keyword, category and location.

Instead of spending it on himself, Scout gives mitzvah money to troop

September 30, 2016 9

He could’ve spent his bar mitzvah money on the typical things that interest 13-year-old boys: videogames and candy. But Jacob Finch isn’t a typical boy.

Extreme Makeovers, Round 18: Eagle Scout project before-and-after photos

September 26, 2016 0

This week’s batch of 10 projects includes an elementary school playground, an outdoor stage and a hawk aviary for rehabilitating birds.

Extreme Makeovers, Round 17: Eagle Scout project before-and-after photos

September 19, 2016 4

This week’s batch of 10 projects includes a meditation labyrinth, a bocce ball court and a renovated entrance to a national reserve in Puerto Rico.

Help find mystery Eagle Scout who saved a life

September 13, 2016 13

A mystery man (an Eagle Scout) saved Joshua Allen’s life. And now Josh and his wife, Anna, are trying to identify the hero so they can properly thank him.

Scouts rescue hiker with second-degree burns in California

August 29, 2016 6

Members of Oregon Troop 859 put their wilderness first-aid training into action during a weeklong backpacking trip on California’s Lost Coast Trail.

Louisiana flooding hits Scout families; here’s how to help

August 18, 2016 4

Scouts and Scouters in the Evangeline Area Council and Istrouma Area Council in Louisiana have been displaced by unprecedented flooding.

Sea turtle rescued, released with help of Scouts from Florida and Texas

July 7, 2016 1

A group of Scouts from Texas helped release a sea turtle back into the wild — the same turtle a group of Scouts from Florida had rescued months earlier.

Eagle Scouts first on scene of rollover accident along Interstate 95

June 21, 2016 4

At the scene of a single-car rollover accident in Georgia, two Eagle Scouts and an assistant Scout executive leapt into action to help the injured driver.