News Releases

• Boy Scouts of America Traveling Exhibit At Ballpark Village on Aug. 20-22, Open to Public Before Cardinals Games

  8/4/2010 3:30:00 PM - Adventure Base 100 Features Ropes Course, Interactive Displays On 10,000-Square Foot Campus
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• 230 Boy Scouts, Leaders Finish Packing On Sunday For National Jamboree

  7/16/2010 11:30:00 AM -

  Hundreds of Boy Scouts will finish packing on Sunday at Beaumont Scout Reservation before traveling to the National Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia.

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• Scouts To Decorate 179,000 Graves At Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery

  5/27/2010 1:00:00 PM -

  More than 4,000 Scouts, Leaders, Parents Prepare For Memorial Day By Decorating Graves At Jefferson Barracks With American Flags

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• Boy Scouts and Leaders Celebrate Scouting’s 100th Anniversary With Campout In Forest Park

  5/20/2010 4:00:00 PM - ​Scouts Will Be Climbing, Fishing, Canoeing And More Throughout Park On June 4-6; 20,000 Expected For Saturday Show, Fireworks On Art Hill; General Public Welcome
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• Boy Scout to Receive Heroism Award For Rescuing Man Who Fell Through Ice In Meramec

  1/15/2010 12:00:00 AM - ​A Boy Scout who rescued a man who fell through ice and into the Meramec River last year will receive a Heroism Award during a National Court of Honor Ceremony on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, at approximately 7:45 p.m.; Holiday Inn Hotel St. Louis-Southwest (Viking Conference Center); 10709 Watson Rd., St. Louis, Mo., 63127​
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• ​Eagles Nest Dedicated In Memory of Scoutmaster

  1/13/2010 12:00:00 AM - ​A former Missouri American Water employee and Boy Scout leader who built nesting boxes to improve eagle habitat throughout St. Louis County and helped many boys become Eagle Scouts will have two nests dedicated in his memory during Eagle Days at the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge on Saturday, Jan. 16 at 9:45 am at the Missouri entrance to the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge, 10950 Riverview Dr. (63137)
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• Eagle Scout Is Honorary Grand Marshal of 2009 AmerenUE Thanksgiving Day Parade

  11/24/2009 12:00:00 AM - ​2 Millionth Eagle Scout Is Honorary Grand Marshal Of 2009 AmerenUE Thanksgiving Day Parade at 8:45 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 26, in downtown St. Louis; Scout Will Lead Service Project At Animal Protective Assoc. at 10 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 27, at Animal Protective Association of Missouri, 1705 South Hanley Rd.
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• 2009 Scouting for Food Drive Gathers 2.1 Million Cans During 25th Annual Drive

  11/21/2009 12:00:00 AM - ​More than 30,000 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Venturers helped the needy on Saturday as they collected 2.1 million cans of food during the 2009 Scouting for Food drive on Nov. 21, 2009.
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• RISING DEMAND PUTS GREATER PRESSURE ON BOY SCOUTS’ 25th ANNUAL ‘SCOUTING FOR FOOD’ CAMPAIGN

  11/10/2009 12:00:00 AM - ​With the demand for food pantry assistance continuing to increase due to the area’s high unemployment rate, the Greater St. Louis Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, is urging residents throughout Eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois to help needy families by contributing what they can during the 25th annual Scouting for Food drive, which will be held Saturday, November 14, and Saturday, Nov. 21.
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• Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts To Place 172,000 Flags At Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery On Sunday

  5/21/2009 12:00:00 AM - ​Approximately 4,000 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Venturers on Sunday
  will decorate each of the 172,000 graves at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery with an
  American Flag during the 60th annual Memorial Day “Good Turn.”
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