Media Releases

• Scout Who Seized Control Of Car As Driver Became Ill To Receive Heroism Award

  1/17/2012 3:00:00 PM - A Boy Scout who took control of his family automobile on an interstate highway after his diabetic mother became ill due to low blood sugar will receive a Heroism Award for his actions.
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• Eagle Scout Earns 12th Palm, 88 Merit Badges

  12/12/2011 11:00:00 AM -

  ST. LOUIS--Lucas Shapland, a Boy Scout from Troop 601 at Chesterfield Elementary School, will be recognized for earning 88 merit badges by receiving his 12th Eagle Scout Palm during a Court of Honor on Monday, Dec. 12, 2011.

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• Scouts Collect 1.8 Million Cans During 27th Annual 'Scouting For Food' Drive

  11/19/2011 7:00:00 PM - More than 30,000 Scouts conducted the Boy Scouts of America's largest single-day canned-food drive on Saturday, Nov. 19.
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• MEDIA ADVISORY-Scouts To Collect Food On Saturday During 27th Annual ‘Scouting For Food’

  11/18/2011 1:00:00 PM - Scouts will collect canned goods and other non-perishable food items during the 27th annual Scouting for Food Good Turn.
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• County Executive Dooley To Start Scouting For Food With First Donation

  11/14/2011 3:00:00 PM - St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley will make the first donation to this year’s Scouting for Food campaign at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011, at his office in the St. Louis County Government Center.
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• Scouts Participating In Scouting For Food Will Help Feed Growing Number Of Children

  11/7/2011 2:00:00 PM -

  Children will help feed a growing number of hungry children throughout our region as more than 30,000 Scouts participate in the 27th annual “Scouting for Food” canned goods drive in November.
  

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• All Scouts Welcome To Attend Chess Merit Badge Launch

  9/1/2011 3:30:00 PM - The Boy Scouts of America will introduce the Chess merit badge during events on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011, at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis.
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• Boy Scout To Receive Heroism Award; 24 Scouters To Receive Silver Beaver Award

  5/29/2011 3:00:00 PM - Colt Wahl, 12, will receive a Heroism Award for using first-aid skills to assist his father after he fell from a tree and broke both ankles. Jim Williams, the chief executive officer of Sunset Transportation, will be one of 24 adult Scouters who will receive the Silver Beaver Award during Tuesday's Council Recognition Dinner at the St. Charles Convention Center.
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• Scouts To Decorate Graves At Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery In Preparation For Memorial Day

  5/25/2011 10:00:00 AM - ​Approximately 4,000 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Venturers on Sunday will decorate each of the 183,000 graves at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery with an American Flag during the 62nd annual Memorial Day “Good Turn.”
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• Team Of Boy Scouts Aims For World Robotics Championship

  4/26/2011 1:00:00 PM - After reaching the division finals last year, the Oddly Charged Particles hope a home-field advantage helps them win the 2011 FIRST Tech Challenge World Title at the Edward Jones Dome on April 27-30.
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