2010 was the Boy Scout’s centennial and marked a year full of events and programs. Here are the top 5 most-read stores from the Boy Scouts Examiner.
Top 5 stories for national Boy Scouts Examiner in 2010
Chuck Douros
Here are the Top 5 most-read stories from this column in 2010:
Mike Rowe Dirty Jobs speech strikes a chord with National Jamboree audience
He was the perfect choice for keynote speaker of the most important Arena Show of the 2010 National Jamboree. Mike Rowe was spot-on with his inspirational message and hook, “A scout is clean, but not afraid to get dirty.”
Geocache with the Boy Scouts: Get in the Game!
The Boy Scouts of America helped put this relatively unknown new ‘sport’ on the map, with the introduction of 5 imaginative and ‘cool’ geocaching activities.
BSA IndyCar finishes fourth in 2010 Indianapolis 500
Alex Lloyd took the gold trimmed special edition BSA #19 IndyCar to a 4th place finish at the Indianapolis 500
BSA draws worldwide audience with engaging programs: cargo on Space Shuttle Discovery
Planes, trains and automobiles! These are the vehicles the BSA chose to propel their message into the next 100 Years.
Boy Scouts receive $25 million gift from Dallas Eagle Scout
This was the first of two substantial donations made to the Boy Scouts of America in the latter half of 2010. In October, the Rees-Jones foundation made what has become the largest-ever single donation to a regional BSA council.
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Over here in Ohio/N. KY, Dan Beard Council had over 350 Eagle grads and 1/5 of those boys came from our TrailBlazer District in Northern KY. One of those Eagle grads was mine – John. Congrats to the moms, dads and new Eagle Scouts! Thanks Mike Rowe for your continued encouragement! This is all so good, such great people!