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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.

With application season upon us, we caught up with one of the original NESA scholarship recipients

December 12, 2024 0

To mark the 40th anniversary of NESA scholarships, my friends in the official alumni association for Eagle Scouts helped me track down one of the original recipients from 1984.

A photo of two recent high school graduates

NESA scholarship application season is almost here

November 11, 2024 0

The NESA scholarship application window opens in just a couple of weeks. Here’s everything you need to know before then.

NESA recognizes most recent winners of its Distinguished Service Award

May 22, 2024 1

The NESA Distinguished Service Award is reserved for those who have provided service over a sustained period of years to NESA, dedicating themselves to the promotion of Eagle Scouting, staying active or returning to Scouting, and promoting and helping young people earning the rank of Eagle Scout.

Michael Manyak, explorer, author and longtime supporter of Scouting, dies at 73

May 15, 2024 3

Michael Manyak, a world-renown expert in backcountry medicine, member of The Explorers Club, former National Eagle Scout Association vice president and Distinguished Eagle Scout, has died.

5 Quick Questions with: Rich Pfaltzgraff, NESA’s new president

January 23, 2024 2

Rich Pfaltzgraff, a longtime volunteer with South Carolina’s Blue Ridge Council who has earned the BSA’s Silver Beaver Award and District Award of Merit, has been named the new president of the National Eagle Scout Association.

A photo of Eagle Scout mountaineering guide Larry Gumina

Former NESA World Explorer shares how the program shaped his life

December 6, 2023 0

Gumina is an accomplished wilderness guide, leading treks through the Sierra Nevada, Death Valley and White Mountains.

NFL strength coach receives NESA Outstanding Eagle Scout Award at Americanism Breakfast

June 1, 2023 0

Monty Gibson, strength and conditioning coach for the Cleveland Browns, brought the Americanism Breakfast crowd of Scouters to their feet this morning. But not before he brought his Scouting journey to a new summit as