Sam Friedman Saved a Drowning Man
Every year the Boy Scouts of America presents around 100 Lifesaving or Meritorious Action Awards....
Category Archives: Alumni
Rex Tillerson Speaks on the Values of Scouting
Rex Tillerson grew up as a Scout in Troop 20 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. His...
Scouts Remember 9/11 with a Field of Flags
This year, on the fifteenth anniversary, the fourth commemoration of the 9/11/2001 attacks was...
Jacob Murphey Still Uses His Scouting Skills
He may be a long way from his home in Marietta, but Jacob Murphey...
Kimani Selby Made Friends For Life
A Scout is Friendly, and many Scouts make their best friends through Scouting. Kimani Selby is...
Alyson Snipes Found Her Passion
George and Alyson Snipes both found their dream jobs through Scouting. He is the...
Dr. Randy Rizor Served Alongside Eagle Scouts
Roughly 5% of all Boy Scouts reach the rank of Eagle Scout, meaning that...
Tom & Mike Deimler Climbed Inspiration Point
Tom Deimler, 84, is a former Professional Scouter and father of three adult sons:...
David Saville is Always Cheerful
David Saville is an Eagle Scout from Johns Creek, Georgia. But you probably know...
Kevin Magby Learned to Cook
Kevin Magby always enjoyed the outdoors as a boy. That was why a member...
Jon Ingram Gave a Scout his Jacket
Before he became a District Executive, Jon Ingram worked on staff at Woodruff Scout...
Volunteering at the World Jamboree
I was able to attend the 2007 Centennial World Scout Jamboree as a member...
50 Years of Leadership Lessons
Dave Moody joined Cub Scouts in the mid-1960’s. Over the last fifty-plus years he followed...
The Yancey Brothers’ Religious Emblems
Young people have been known to lose things. It’s also not rare for adults...
Volunteering at the Gone With The Wind Premiere
When he was a young Scout in 1939, Doug Cook did all kinds of community...
Scouting Runs in the Techau Family
Tracy Techau is the Scout Executive / CEO of the Atlanta Area Council of...
Watching the Moon Landing from Summer Camp
Before he became the Camp Director at Bert Adams Scout Camp, Tom Morin served...
Ron Young’s Scoutmaster Inspired his Service
Ron Young grew up in Scouting and later enlisted in the United States Army....
Danny Walden’s Appetite for Adventure
When I was ten years old, at my parents’ insistence, I joined Scouting. I loved...
Four Eagle Scouts over 60 Years
In the 1950’s, Troop 5 was a vibrant troop in the Garden Hills section...