Jan 15, 2021 | Bryan on Scouting
It’s been said that the journey to become an Eagle Scout is like climbing a mountain. In many ways, that’s a fair comparison. It’s not easy, and nobody can carry you to the top. When you reach that high point, your perspective improves and suddenly you can see what... 
Jan 14, 2021 | Bryan on Scouting
Surviving a battle with cancer is certainly cause for celebration, but it might also lead to reassessing one’s life and finding purpose, especially after two bouts with the deadly disease. That’s the case with Dylan Slattery, who earned the Eagle Scout Award in 2009... 
Jan 13, 2021 | Bryan on Scouting
It’s worn by kings and queens, Pelicans and Saints, and Scouts and Scouters. It’s found atop iron fence posts at private homes and famous landmarks, including London’s Buckingham Palace. And, perhaps most important of all, it has its own emoji: . So why do Scouts use... 
Jan 12, 2021 | Bryan on Scouting
Completing an Eagle Scout project is hard — completing one during a pandemic is even harder, but it can be done, as proven by 10 Scouts in Troop 98 of Whitpain Township, Pa. Summer camp was cancelled as was the troop’s two-week backpacking trek at Philmont Scout... 
Jan 11, 2021 | Bryan on Scouting
If you strolled the hallways of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston in the 1990s, you would’ve heard men and women talking about the Mission Control, the Mir space station and the space shuttle Atlantis. You also would’ve heard them talking about Scouting. “It was... 
Jan 8, 2021 | Bryan on Scouting
Each year on Feb. 8, the Boy Scouts of America celebrates its birthday. It’s a date officially known as Scouting Anniversary Day. But this is more than an excuse to eat an extra s’more and commemorate another year of Scouting adventures. It’s also when packs, troops,...