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BSA Adventure Base 100 in San Antonio, Texas

Posted on 12 February 2010 by Dan

BSA Adventure Base 100 is in San Antonio, Texas. Take a peek inside the exhibit and meet Eagle Scout Anthony Trevino. Anthony describes his Eagle Scout project which supports the military men and women being deployed from Lackland Air Force Base, by providing them with a piece of home.

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BSA Adventure Base 100 in Austin

Posted on 05 February 2010 by Dan

BSA Adventure Base 100 is in Austin, Texas. Take a peek inside the exhibit and meet Scout Sean Gingras. Sean talks about his battle with leukemia and his later efforts to raise money on behaf of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

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Man Awarded Eagle Scout 36 Years Later

Posted on 01 December 2009 by Editor

The Standard Times has an article about a man who was able to be awarded his Eagle Scout award, 36 years later, after delivering a package to a Concho Valley Council Office Manager:

Saturday morning, Boy Scout Troop 20, sponsored by Trinity Lutheran Church, named San Angelo’s five newest Eagle Scouts.

For one of them, however, the road to get there took a few extra turns along the way.

Griff Hanks, now a San Angelo resident, completed his Eagle Scout requirements in 1973 in Colorado City. Hanks said that he did not think the paperwork was ever filed, because he was not ever officially presented with his Eagle Scout Award.

Read the rest of the article at The Standard Times.

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