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Value of Scouting

• Northern Tier
  Not only building strength and confidence, developing leaders through the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota.
  
  
• Pulling Together
  Scouting is something that stays with you all your life.
  
  
• Enchanted Rock
  Rock climbing brings out a challenge in a group of Scouts. While climbing, they learn a lot about themselves and build self esteem and confidence.
  
  
• 2 Millionth Eagle Scout
  To describe one Minnesota teenager as “one in a million” is an understatement – by half. The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) announces that Anthony Thomas, has been named the 2 millionth Eagle Scout since the first Eagle badge was awarded in 1912.
  
  
• Do A Good Turn Daily
  As a part of what has been dubbed the largest food drive in America, 30,000 Scouts collect 1.3 million bags of food. "It really is a time when people are coming together … they know they’re doing something good for the community and it just makes everyone feel really good."
  
  
• Ben Pearce
  Eagle Scout, Ben Pearce, received the 2008 Hero of Conservation Award from Field and Stream, in addition to the BSA's William T. Hornaday Award for conservation and environmental ethic. "Giving back to the community everything that it has done for him."
  
  
• Michael Schmidt
  
  
  
• Guatemala
  Eagle Scout Project benefits a Guatemalan School
  
  
• ArrowCorps 5
  National Service Project Results in $5 Million Dollars of Improvements to National Forests
  
  
• Florida Sea Base
  "...they start to see others beyond themselves and they see where they need other people and they also see where they fit in to the big picture..."
  
  
• John Gottschalk
  "...on my honor, I will do my best."
  
  
• Ted Marris
  "What started with care packages for U.S. troops in 2004 turned into ongoing humanitarian aid for the children of Afghanistan."
  
  
• Ryan Mathews
  "… to know that you’re making a difference in this child’s life, whether or not it’s just a smile or a book or just a wave hello, is so incredible."
  
  
• Thomas Foust
  
  
  
• Chief Scout Executive Bob J. Mazzuca
  "Scouting brings value to every segment that it touches. We really need to reintroduce the American people to Scouting."
  
  
• Eagle Scout Andrew Zimbeck
  
  
  
• Austin McDonough-Fisher
  "It’s not just about the den leader, it’s not just about a family, it’s not just about the Scouting principles, it’s when all of those three come together. He found a need and decided he was going to try to fill it."
  
  
• Bob Gurule
  "The things that I’ve done in my lifetime are all because of Scouting. In Scouting you learn how to be a leader, you learn how to take charge of your life."
  
  
• Chelmsford, England
  "Through the values that Baden-Powell has set down, if I do my part and I keep spreading the word and I keep promoting, then I can one day live to say that I made a difference in this world."
  
  
• Joseph Csatari
  "Scouting plays a very big part in my life and also in the lives of many boys who are going to be leaders in this country and leaders in this world. That kind of background and training is ideal and it’s what we need today."
  
  
• Cimarron, New Mexico
  "Scouting plays a very big part in my life and also in the lives of many boys who are going to be leaders in this country and leaders in this world. That kind of background and training is ideal and it’s what we need today."
  
  
• Camp Perry - Harlingen, Texas
  "Teaching values to these young boys as they grow older and become young men; actually foster making sure they're leading in our community, and they become role models."
  
  
• Trevor Robinson
  Boy Scout Saves Friends
  
  
• Kevin Stephan
  Eagle Scout Saves His Hero's Life
  
  
• Bob Gillis
  Scouting Serves Men With Special Needs
  
  
• Greg Sweeney
  The Heart of Volunteerism: 75-year-old Cubmaster Makes a Difference in the Lives of Youth
  
  
• Purdy Women’s Correctional Facility
  Scouting Serves Sons of Incarcerated Mothers
  
  
• Christian Nanson and John Fitzgerald
  Boy Scouts Save Nebraska Toddler Floating in River.
  
  
• Ashton Pruitt
  14-year-old Boy Scout saves family.