News 4:12 am
People who notice the tiny, gold lapel pin that Bob Mazzuca wears usually recognize it as the Boy Scouts emblem.
But afterward, he said, too many ask whether the organization still is around.
“That speaks volumes about our marketing effort,” said Mazzuca, a former Pittsburgh Scout leader who heads Irving, Texas-based Boy Scouts of America. The Scouts are kicking off a public awareness and membership-building campaign to last through their 100th anniversary in 2010.
News 8:10 am
The tornado that plunged an Iowa Boy Scout camp into chaos and terror, killing four Scouts and injuring dozens, struck with virtually no warning, survivors of the deadly twister said Thursday. But they also told tales of heroism, describing how older boys shielded younger ones with their bodies and — remembering their motto when it counted most — used their training to save lives.
News 9:44 am
As part of activities to celebrate the Ninth National Raimuna, a scouts gathering that takes place every five years, senior scouts from across the country took part in rowing and sailing at Ancol’s Carnaval Beach in North Jakarta on Thursday.
Among the scouts was 21-year-old Husniatul Millah from Ronggolawe University in Tuban, East Java.
“I’ve been waiting here for hours to learn how to row a boat, but that’s OK,” she said.
“I rowed once, a couple of years ago, and I want to try again because it was so much fun.”
After waiting in line, she finally got into a rubber dinghy with nine other scouts and two instructors and paddled away from the beach.
News 8:21 am
Scouts are known throughout the world for performing acts of public good and sometimes acts of heroism. For example, a boy Scout foiled a 2008 assassination attempt on Maldives’ President Maumoon Abdul Gamon by “grabbing an attacker’s knife as the man leapt from a crowd and lunged at the leader.The scout, Ibrahim Jaisham, a male member of the co-educational The Scout Association of Maldives, sustained minor injuries during the intervention and was subsequently treated.
News 9:30 am
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Monday, June 09, 2008 – DALLAS-The Boy Scouts of America is expanding its search to find a site of at least 5,000 acres to build a permanent home for the Boy Scouts National Scout Jamboree. After considering properties owned by more than 300 state and local member Boy Scout councils, the Dallas-based organization has contracted McCallum Sweeney Consulting, a site selection firm from Greenville, SC, to help it reach beyond its internal asset base. The project’s initial capital investment is expected to exceed $100 million. |
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