Small Miracles: One Boy Scoutโs project inspires unexpected transformation
Each child was partnered with a volunteer, many of whom were friendly Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. Together they created the Buddy Summer Camp Eagle project that started with a GoFundMe page to cover expenses for 11 children. โBy having both, I think itโs really made the dynamics powerful,โ Steve Chamberlain said. Itโs a paralyzing fear that, at one point, stopped Romina and Aida from crossing a bridge over a resaca during a race. But on Wednesday, as Aida drove away from the camp, Susy Perez, another parent, recorded a video that forced her to pull over.
myrgv.comSCOUTING: Downtown churches host Ten Commandments Hike for area Troops
Youth from Fredericksburg and Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania and Stafford counties visited five locations to learn the importance of the commandments and understand how various religious traditions observe them.
fredericksburg.comBoy Scouts propose more than $300 million, Norman Rockwell paintings to settle sex abuse claims
At the time of the bankruptcy, the Boy Scouts of America had assets of more than $1 billion, with billions more held by its local councils. It also required new abuse claims to be handled in that venue rather than in state courts. ... We are deeply sorry.โThis week, the Scouts called the reorganization plan a โcritical stepโ toward equitably compensating abuse survivors while continuing to carry out its mission. AdvertisementSome insurers also were quick to dismiss the Scoutsโ reorganization plan. Kosnoff, who in the past had sued the Boy Scouts hundreds of times, also called the reorganization plan โdead on arrivalโ and said it is time to liquidate the youth group.
latimes.comNearly 1,000 girls become first female Eagle Scouts
Becoming an Eagle Scout is a rare honor. Two years after girls were first allowed into the Boy Scouts, almost 1,000 of them rose to the top rank of Eagle Scout. CBS News spoke with some of the first young women who can call themselves Eagle Scouts. "Eagle Scout is so much more than a medal or an award. Once an Eagle, always an Eagle," said Lyndsey Nedrow, who earned the rank with her sister, Lauren.
cbsnews.comAbout 90,000 sex abuse claims filed in Boy Scouts bankruptcy
NEW YORK โ Close to 90,000 sexual abuse claims have been filed against the Boy Scouts of America as the Monday deadline arrived for submitting claims in the organizationโs bankruptcy case. The Boy Scoutsโ insurers also will be contributing, as will the Boy Scoutsโ roughly 260 local councils and companies that insured them in the past. โWe are deeply sorry.โThe bankruptcy has been painful for the 110-year-old Boy Scouts, which has been a pillar of American civic life for generations. Under the terms of the case, no additional sex abuse claims can be filed against the Boy Scouts after Monday. One of the official parties in the case, a group of nine sex abuse survivors representing all the victims, called the case โthe largest and most tragic bankruptcy ever resulting from sexual abuse liability.โ"More sexual abuse claims will be filed in the Boy Scouts bankruptcy than all claims filed against the Catholic Church throughout the nation," the Torts Claimants Committee said.
Thousands of dollars in camping equipment stolen from local Boy Scout groups
Luetkenhaus is the Cub Master of Cub Scout Pack 345. Pack leaders informed the young Cub Scouts during a meeting outside the church on Sunday. It is just one part of the group," said Boy Scout, Daniel Flamm. If you have any information on the stolen trailer, contact San Antonio police. RELATED: Sweatshirt helps SAPD identify suspect connected to four robberies across San Antonio
Boy Scouts file for bankruptcy due to sex abuse lawsuits
The Boy Scouts are just the latest major American institution to face a heavy price over sexual abuse. Teams of lawyers across the U.S. have been signing up clients by the hundreds to sue the Boy Scouts. whether by priests or scout leaders, but both face many lawsuits alleging negligence and cover-ups, mostly decades ago. The next day, Boy Scouts chief executive Mike Surbaugh wrote to a congressional committee, acknowledging the group's previous claim was untrue. "A Boy Scout bankruptcy would be bigger in scale than any other child abuse bankruptcy we've ever seen," said Seattle-based attorney Mike Pfau, whose firm is representing scores of men nationwide alleging they were abused as Boy Scouts.
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