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Service is a Learned Behavior
I took advantage of the warmer weather yesterday evening to take my 2 1/2-year-old son to Bill Burke Park and observed that kids are really not that nice to one another. You do not have to be a child...
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Too Cool for Scouting
I recently received the following e-mail from a Scouting volunteer and mother. “ Would you write a piece on the challenge of keeping the older adolescent’s interest in Scouting. My own son is going...
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Do You Want to Do Something Great?
I do not think that I have ever met someone who would answer the question “Do you want to do something great?” with a no. If there are people who have no desire to accomplish something meaningful I can...
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Turning up the Volume in 2012
At a Scouts own service concluding a 100th anniversary event in Chillicothe, Ohio in front of five thousand Scouts and volunteers I watched as a great Scouter named Kerry Cheesman did a remarkable...
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A Word About Growth from “A Man in the Arena”
I am a big fan of Theodore Roosevelt and have always marveled at his life and writings. One of my favorite pieces is an excerpt from a speech he made entitled “the man in the arena”. It is not the...
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YES – 3 Letters Changing Lives
I have come to love one of the shortest and simplest words in the English language, “yes”. Yes has the power to change lives and is the genesis of most great endeavors. The people who use the word...
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Is Your Son the Next Jimmy Smith?
I must preface this by saying I love sports. I am a fan and although my vertical is probably less than 17″ and my 40 yard dash time can be taken with the minute hand on a watch, I love athletics. I...
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“Together as Champions”
There are a few products and services I LOVE. I like many things and count myself a consumer of many more, but there are few things I would say “I Love” or readily encourage people to buy or use. So...
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Giving Thanks for the Scouting Family
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwPWk12uAvs&feature=plcp Thanks to you and the Coronado Area Council Scouting Family the following accomplishments have occurred in 2012! Over 3,571 young people are...
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Where Do We Find Our Heroes Today?
After recently being inundated with stories regarding how Lance Armstrong did in fact cheat his way to success and then watching a negative story about JFK, I asked my wife if there will be any heroes...
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Adventures Build Friendships
We currently have 65 young men experiencing the adventure of a National Jamboree and several others taking on a trek at Philmont. Over 450 had the adventure of a week-long summer camp this year at...
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Mystery Families
For many years now Boy Scout Councils have used a concept called the “Mystery House” in the conduct of the annual popcorn sale. Several houses throughout the area are given prizes and when a Scout...
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My Cup Runneth Over
I came to work for the Boy Scouts of America with an adamant desire to take the small cup that God had given to me and so many had filled, and empty it out for others. I thought I could pay back...
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