Troop 405 Scout helps get homeless off streets

By Linda Wilson Fuoco, from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Boy Scout Troop 405 Bob Donaldson/Post-Gazette Boy Scout Michael Deschaine delivers a sofa to a sixth-floor apartment in McKeesport's Isbir Manor. Michael was joined by family and Scouts from Troop 405 in Baden to deliver furniture to clients of Pittsburgh Mercy Health System's Operation Safety Net, which helps to improve the lives of the homeless. When Michael Deschaine of Baden embarked on his Eagle Scout project, he pick...

Learning Life’s Lessons on Path to Eagle Scout

By Chase Untermeyer, from Chron One of Houston's leading citizens, bearing a name found on many a cherished local institution, once told me, “I'd rather my son became an Eagle Scout than win the Heisman Trophy.” Though sometimes people may chide a clean-living man by calling him “an Eagle Scout,” my friend's sincere respect for those who actually reached the highest rank of Boy Scouting is more typical. There is special distinction in the honor that lasts a lifetime, not just a young man's...