The Boy Scouts of America turn 100
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From: Andrew Hiller
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The Boy Scouts of America are celebrating their Centennial this year. From their participation in the New Year’s Day Rose Parade to a high tech scavenger hunt and a nationally touring exposition. Andrew Hiller finds out if it’s true that they’re always prepared.
The feature also includes a profile of Eagle Scout Nate Schrader, a fifteen year old with cerebral palsy and looks at the history of scouting, its evolution and changing demographics.
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The Boy Scouts of America are celebrating their Centennial this year. From their participation in the New Year’s Day Rose Parade to a high tech scavenger hunt and a nationally touring exposition. Andrew Hiller finds out if it’s true that they’re always prepared.
The feature also includes a profile of Eagle Scout Nate Schrader, a fifteen year old with cerebral palsy and looks at the history of scouting, its evolution and changing demographics.
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The Boy Scouts of America are celebrating their Centennial this year. From their participation in the New Year’s Day Rose Parade to a high tech scavenger hunt and a nationally touring exposition. Andrew Hiller finds out if it’s true that they’re always prepared.
VO: On Feb. 8, the Boy Scouts of America turned 100 years old. Not bad for an organization that started because a tourist got lost in the fog. Bob Mazzuca, Chief Scout Executive, Boy Scouts of America
Mazzuca: William Boyce, a publisher from Chicago was lost in a fog in London and was looking for an address and a young man sort of materializes out of the mist and he was wearing this scruffy uniform and asked if he could help and escorted Boyce to his address and Boyce tried to tip the young man and he said, “No, no, I’m a scout and scouts don’t take tips for doing good turns. So, as a resu...
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INTRO:The Boy Scouts of America are celebrating their Centennial this year. From their participation in the New Year’s Day Rose Parade to a high tech scavenger hunt and a nationally touring exposition, the Boy Scouts are pulling out all the stops. Andrew Hiller finds out if it’s true that they’re always prepared.
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