2013 Americanism Breakfast
Csatari Prints Still Available The National Eagle Scout Association is proud to offer a variety of purchase options of Joseph Csatari’s brilliant painting, “100 Years of Eagle Scouts.” Items for Purchase
2013 Americanism Breakfast
❏ 20 x 24 framed giclée on canvas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$300 ❏ 20 x 24 giclée on canvas (unstretched). . . . . . . . . . . . . .$150 ❏ 11 x 14 giclée on paper using William Turner stock . .$60
FridAy, MAy 24, 2013
GrApevine, TexAs
Visit www.nesa.org/100_years_prints.html to place your order. Custom orders may be arranged through the NESA office by calling 972-580-2032.
Join the Scouting Alumni Association • T he Scouting Alumni Association is an excellent way to involve more volunteers in your council. • A ll councils should have an alumni relations committee to promote the Scouting Alumni Association using the many resources provided at www.BSAalumni.org. • C ouncil alumni relations committee members should personally contact reconnected alumni to help them get involved in a capacity that suits them. • T he benefits of signing up for the Scouting Alumni Association continue to increase.
Make the Connection By utilizing the Scouting Alumni Association, your council can strengthen its network of resources. Help make this program function more effectively in your council, and reap the benefits.
www.nesa.org
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5/14/13 1:17 PM
Elijah LeCroix
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Opening Ceremony
Jordan Hughes, National Order of the Arrow vice chief
Breakfast Welcome
Scott Parazynski, M.D., former NASA astronaut and Eagle Scout
Eagle Scout Scholarships and Adams Award
• NESA STEM Scholarship • United Health Foundation Scholarship • Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award
Alumnus of the Year
Ed Pease, Alumni Relations Committee chairman
The children who enjoy the playground at the city park in Rogersville, Alabama, will never know just how much work went into building it. Eli LeCroix knows. For his leadership and perseverance, Eli earned this year’s Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. Eli began work in 2009 and finished last summer. Along the way, he raised and spent $64,000, worked 657 hours, and oversaw volunteers who worked another 1,625 hours. He spoke to civic clubs, solicited donations, sold commemorative fence boards, and overcame numerous construction hurdles and challenges related to safety standards. Eli was also honored with the Heroism Award last year.
Leonard Brunotté
Leonard Brunotté, the winner of this year’s $25,000 United Health Foundation Scholarship, lives at the crossroads of talent and tragedy. The talent: his lifelong flair for science, which led him to take numerous college-level biology, chemistry, and physics classes in high school. The tragedy: his mother’s death in 2011 from breast cancer. Together, talent and tragedy have fueled his interest in becoming a surgeon or biomedical engineer. But there is more to the Rockledge, Florida, Eagle Scout’s story. He has wrestled, played flag football, played in band, and been an active member of Troop 224, even serving as crew chief for a trek at Philmont Scout Ranch.
Eagle Scout Argonaut Keynote Speaker
Bob Ballard, Ph.D., oceanographer and explorer
AMERICANISM BREAKFAST GUESTS Scott Parazynski, M.D.
In 17 years as an astronaut, Dr. Scott Parazynski flew five space shuttle missions and conducted seven spacewalks—one of which was among the most challenging and dangerous ever performed. But this Eagle Scout’s adventures don’t just occur in zero gravity. In 2004, he conducted a scientific dive in the world’s highest lake; in 2009, he became the first astronaut to stand atop Mt. Everest. Today, Dr. Parazynski serves as the chief medical officer and director for the Center for Polar Medical Operations, University of Texas Medical Branch, in Galveston, Texas. He is also chairman of the Challenger Center for Space Science Education, an international not-for-profit founded by the families of astronauts lost during the last flight of the Challenger space shuttle in 1986.
Patrick Lowe
Patrick Lowe, the recipient of this year’s $50,000 NESA STEM Scholarship, knows how to use his hands. He built his own wind tunnel to study aerodynamics, used his welding and machining skills to support his high school robotics team, and fabricated performance parts for a ’65 Plymouth Barracuda he turned into a hot rod. But the Eagle Scout from Palos Verdes Estates, California, also knows how to use his brain, having studied everything from biofuels and genetic algorithms to airplane propulsion and cyber defense. In fact, his biggest challenge at MIT, where he is a rising sophomore, is not the course work. It’s choosing just one field of engineering to pursue.
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David Briscoe, Ph.D.
David Briscoe, this year’s Alumnus of the Year, holds a Ph.D. in sociology and is an alumnus of the Executive Program at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Yet he invites his students at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock to call him by his first name, and he counts Introduction to Sociology among his favorite courses. It’s no surprise the university named him a Distinguished Teaching Fellow. He is a member of the National Executive Board and the NESA Committee. He has served on the Philmont Training Center faculty and taught “College: The Eagle Scout Way” at last summer’s National Order of the Arrow Conference.
C.B. Wren
He’s only 16 years old, but C.B. Wren has already enjoyed a lifetime of adventures. He has visited the Galapagos Islands, camped in the African bush, danced with the Maasai people in Tanzania, run in the Great Rift Valley, atop the Great Wall of China, and climbed the thousands of steps at Tibet’s Potala Palace. This summer, the Augusta, Georgia, native will add to his résumé by serving as the National Eagle Scout Association’s second Eagle Scout Argonaut. In that role, he will visit Dr. Bob Ballard’s ship, the E/V Nautilus, and work to get other Scouts and students excited about careers in science, technology, engineering, and math.
Bob Ballard, Ph.D.
Bob Ballard is chairman of the JASON Project (sponsor of the Eagle Scout Argonaut program) and explorer-in-residence with the National Geographic Society. He is best known for revolutionizing undersea exploration through the development of remotely operated submersibles that can function at expedition sites miles below the surface. Such submersibles have helped him find and explore such famous shipwrecks as the Titanic and the Lusitania. He has done extensive studies on hydrothermal vents and the chemistry of seawater. He has published more than 60 scientific articles in such journals as Science, Nature, and Earth and has written numerous books and articles for the general public.
5/14/13 1:17 PM
Elijah LeCroix
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Opening Ceremony
Jordan Hughes, National Order of the Arrow vice chief
Breakfast Welcome
Scott Parazynski, M.D., former NASA astronaut and Eagle Scout
Eagle Scout Scholarships and Adams Award
• NESA STEM Scholarship • United Health Foundation Scholarship • Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award
Alumnus of the Year
Ed Pease, Alumni Relations Committee chairman
The children who enjoy the playground at the city park in Rogersville, Alabama, will never know just how much work went into building it. Eli LeCroix knows. For his leadership and perseverance, Eli earned this year’s Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. Eli began work in 2009 and finished last summer. Along the way, he raised and spent $64,000, worked 657 hours, and oversaw volunteers who worked another 1,625 hours. He spoke to civic clubs, solicited donations, sold commemorative fence boards, and overcame numerous construction hurdles and challenges related to safety standards. Eli was also honored with the Heroism Award last year.
Leonard Brunotté
Leonard Brunotté, the winner of this year’s $25,000 United Health Foundation Scholarship, lives at the crossroads of talent and tragedy. The talent: his lifelong flair for science, which led him to take numerous college-level biology, chemistry, and physics classes in high school. The tragedy: his mother’s death in 2011 from breast cancer. Together, talent and tragedy have fueled his interest in becoming a surgeon or biomedical engineer. But there is more to the Rockledge, Florida, Eagle Scout’s story. He has wrestled, played flag football, played in band, and been an active member of Troop 224, even serving as crew chief for a trek at Philmont Scout Ranch.
Eagle Scout Argonaut Keynote Speaker
Bob Ballard, Ph.D., oceanographer and explorer
AMERICANISM BREAKFAST GUESTS Scott Parazynski, M.D.
In 17 years as an astronaut, Dr. Scott Parazynski flew five space shuttle missions and conducted seven spacewalks—one of which was among the most challenging and dangerous ever performed. But this Eagle Scout’s adventures don’t just occur in zero gravity. In 2004, he conducted a scientific dive in the world’s highest lake; in 2009, he became the first astronaut to stand atop Mt. Everest. Today, Dr. Parazynski serves as the chief medical officer and director for the Center for Polar Medical Operations, University of Texas Medical Branch, in Galveston, Texas. He is also chairman of the Challenger Center for Space Science Education, an international not-for-profit founded by the families of astronauts lost during the last flight of the Challenger space shuttle in 1986.
Patrick Lowe
Patrick Lowe, the recipient of this year’s $50,000 NESA STEM Scholarship, knows how to use his hands. He built his own wind tunnel to study aerodynamics, used his welding and machining skills to support his high school robotics team, and fabricated performance parts for a ’65 Plymouth Barracuda he turned into a hot rod. But the Eagle Scout from Palos Verdes Estates, California, also knows how to use his brain, having studied everything from biofuels and genetic algorithms to airplane propulsion and cyber defense. In fact, his biggest challenge at MIT, where he is a rising sophomore, is not the course work. It’s choosing just one field of engineering to pursue.
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David Briscoe, Ph.D.
David Briscoe, this year’s Alumnus of the Year, holds a Ph.D. in sociology and is an alumnus of the Executive Program at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Yet he invites his students at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock to call him by his first name, and he counts Introduction to Sociology among his favorite courses. It’s no surprise the university named him a Distinguished Teaching Fellow. He is a member of the National Executive Board and the NESA Committee. He has served on the Philmont Training Center faculty and taught “College: The Eagle Scout Way” at last summer’s National Order of the Arrow Conference.
C.B. Wren
He’s only 16 years old, but C.B. Wren has already enjoyed a lifetime of adventures. He has visited the Galapagos Islands, camped in the African bush, danced with the Maasai people in Tanzania, run in the Great Rift Valley, atop the Great Wall of China, and climbed the thousands of steps at Tibet’s Potala Palace. This summer, the Augusta, Georgia, native will add to his résumé by serving as the National Eagle Scout Association’s second Eagle Scout Argonaut. In that role, he will visit Dr. Bob Ballard’s ship, the E/V Nautilus, and work to get other Scouts and students excited about careers in science, technology, engineering, and math.
Bob Ballard, Ph.D.
Bob Ballard is chairman of the JASON Project (sponsor of the Eagle Scout Argonaut program) and explorer-in-residence with the National Geographic Society. He is best known for revolutionizing undersea exploration through the development of remotely operated submersibles that can function at expedition sites miles below the surface. Such submersibles have helped him find and explore such famous shipwrecks as the Titanic and the Lusitania. He has done extensive studies on hydrothermal vents and the chemistry of seawater. He has published more than 60 scientific articles in such journals as Science, Nature, and Earth and has written numerous books and articles for the general public.
5/14/13 1:17 PM
Csatari Prints Still Available The National Eagle Scout Association is proud to offer a variety of purchase options of Joseph Csatari’s brilliant painting, “100 Years of Eagle Scouts.” Items for Purchase
2013 Americanism Breakfast
❏ 20 x 24 framed giclée on canvas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$300 ❏ 20 x 24 giclée on canvas (unstretched). . . . . . . . . . . . . .$150 ❏ 11 x 14 giclée on paper using William Turner stock . .$60
FridAy, MAy 24, 2013
GrApevine, TexAs
Visit www.nesa.org/100_years_prints.html to place your order. Custom orders may be arranged through the NESA office by calling 972-580-2032.
Join the Scouting Alumni Association • T he Scouting Alumni Association is an excellent way to involve more volunteers in your council. • A ll councils should have an alumni relations committee to promote the Scouting Alumni Association using the many resources provided at www.BSAalumni.org. • C ouncil alumni relations committee members should personally contact reconnected alumni to help them get involved in a capacity that suits them. • T he benefits of signing up for the Scouting Alumni Association continue to increase.
Make the Connection By utilizing the Scouting Alumni Association, your council can strengthen its network of resources. Help make this program function more effectively in your council, and reap the benefits.
www.nesa.org
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5/14/13 1:17 PM
2013 Americanism Breakfast
❏ 20 x 24 framed giclée on canvas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$300 ❏ 20 x 24 giclée on canvas (unstretched). . . . . . . . . . . . . .$150 ❏ 11 x 14 giclée on paper using William Turner stock . .$60
FridAy, MAy 24, 2013
GrApevine, TexAs
Visit www.nesa.org/100_years_prints.html to place your order. Custom orders may be arranged through the NESA office by calling 972-580-2032.
Join the Scouting Alumni Association • T he Scouting Alumni Association is an excellent way to involve more volunteers in your council. • A ll councils should have an alumni relations committee to promote the Scouting Alumni Association using the many resources provided at www.BSAalumni.org. • C ouncil alumni relations committee members should personally contact reconnected alumni to help them get involved in a capacity that suits them. • T he benefits of signing up for the Scouting Alumni Association continue to increase.
Make the Connection By utilizing the Scouting Alumni Association, your council can strengthen its network of resources. Help make this program function more effectively in your council, and reap the benefits.
www.nesa.org
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5/14/13 1:17 PM
Elijah LeCroix
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Opening Ceremony
Jordan Hughes, National Order of the Arrow vice chief
Breakfast Welcome
Scott Parazynski, M.D., former NASA astronaut and Eagle Scout
Eagle Scout Scholarships and Adams Award
• NESA STEM Scholarship • United Health Foundation Scholarship • Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award
Alumnus of the Year
Ed Pease, Alumni Relations Committee chairman
The children who enjoy the playground at the city park in Rogersville, Alabama, will never know just how much work went into building it. Eli LeCroix knows. For his leadership and perseverance, Eli earned this year’s Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. Eli began work in 2009 and finished last summer. Along the way, he raised and spent $64,000, worked 657 hours, and oversaw volunteers who worked another 1,625 hours. He spoke to civic clubs, solicited donations, sold commemorative fence boards, and overcame numerous construction hurdles and challenges related to safety standards. Eli was also honored with the Heroism Award last year.
Leonard Brunotté
Leonard Brunotté, the winner of this year’s $25,000 United Health Foundation Scholarship, lives at the crossroads of talent and tragedy. The talent: his lifelong flair for science, which led him to take numerous college-level biology, chemistry, and physics classes in high school. The tragedy: his mother’s death in 2011 from breast cancer. Together, talent and tragedy have fueled his interest in becoming a surgeon or biomedical engineer. But there is more to the Rockledge, Florida, Eagle Scout’s story. He has wrestled, played flag football, played in band, and been an active member of Troop 224, even serving as crew chief for a trek at Philmont Scout Ranch.
Eagle Scout Argonaut Keynote Speaker
Bob Ballard, Ph.D., oceanographer and explorer
AMERICANISM BREAKFAST GUESTS Scott Parazynski, M.D.
In 17 years as an astronaut, Dr. Scott Parazynski flew five space shuttle missions and conducted seven spacewalks—one of which was among the most challenging and dangerous ever performed. But this Eagle Scout’s adventures don’t just occur in zero gravity. In 2004, he conducted a scientific dive in the world’s highest lake; in 2009, he became the first astronaut to stand atop Mt. Everest. Today, Dr. Parazynski serves as the chief medical officer and director for the Center for Polar Medical Operations, University of Texas Medical Branch, in Galveston, Texas. He is also chairman of the Challenger Center for Space Science Education, an international not-for-profit founded by the families of astronauts lost during the last flight of the Challenger space shuttle in 1986.
Patrick Lowe
Patrick Lowe, the recipient of this year’s $50,000 NESA STEM Scholarship, knows how to use his hands. He built his own wind tunnel to study aerodynamics, used his welding and machining skills to support his high school robotics team, and fabricated performance parts for a ’65 Plymouth Barracuda he turned into a hot rod. But the Eagle Scout from Palos Verdes Estates, California, also knows how to use his brain, having studied everything from biofuels and genetic algorithms to airplane propulsion and cyber defense. In fact, his biggest challenge at MIT, where he is a rising sophomore, is not the course work. It’s choosing just one field of engineering to pursue.
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David Briscoe, Ph.D.
David Briscoe, this year’s Alumnus of the Year, holds a Ph.D. in sociology and is an alumnus of the Executive Program at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Yet he invites his students at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock to call him by his first name, and he counts Introduction to Sociology among his favorite courses. It’s no surprise the university named him a Distinguished Teaching Fellow. He is a member of the National Executive Board and the NESA Committee. He has served on the Philmont Training Center faculty and taught “College: The Eagle Scout Way” at last summer’s National Order of the Arrow Conference.
C.B. Wren
He’s only 16 years old, but C.B. Wren has already enjoyed a lifetime of adventures. He has visited the Galapagos Islands, camped in the African bush, danced with the Maasai people in Tanzania, run in the Great Rift Valley, atop the Great Wall of China, and climbed the thousands of steps at Tibet’s Potala Palace. This summer, the Augusta, Georgia, native will add to his résumé by serving as the National Eagle Scout Association’s second Eagle Scout Argonaut. In that role, he will visit Dr. Bob Ballard’s ship, the E/V Nautilus, and work to get other Scouts and students excited about careers in science, technology, engineering, and math.
Bob Ballard, Ph.D.
Bob Ballard is chairman of the JASON Project (sponsor of the Eagle Scout Argonaut program) and explorer-in-residence with the National Geographic Society. He is best known for revolutionizing undersea exploration through the development of remotely operated submersibles that can function at expedition sites miles below the surface. Such submersibles have helped him find and explore such famous shipwrecks as the Titanic and the Lusitania. He has done extensive studies on hydrothermal vents and the chemistry of seawater. He has published more than 60 scientific articles in such journals as Science, Nature, and Earth and has written numerous books and articles for the general public.
5/14/13 1:17 PM
Elijah LeCroix
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Opening Ceremony
Jordan Hughes, National Order of the Arrow vice chief
Breakfast Welcome
Scott Parazynski, M.D., former NASA astronaut and Eagle Scout
Eagle Scout Scholarships and Adams Award
• NESA STEM Scholarship • United Health Foundation Scholarship • Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award
Alumnus of the Year
Ed Pease, Alumni Relations Committee chairman
The children who enjoy the playground at the city park in Rogersville, Alabama, will never know just how much work went into building it. Eli LeCroix knows. For his leadership and perseverance, Eli earned this year’s Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. Eli began work in 2009 and finished last summer. Along the way, he raised and spent $64,000, worked 657 hours, and oversaw volunteers who worked another 1,625 hours. He spoke to civic clubs, solicited donations, sold commemorative fence boards, and overcame numerous construction hurdles and challenges related to safety standards. Eli was also honored with the Heroism Award last year.
Leonard Brunotté
Leonard Brunotté, the winner of this year’s $25,000 United Health Foundation Scholarship, lives at the crossroads of talent and tragedy. The talent: his lifelong flair for science, which led him to take numerous college-level biology, chemistry, and physics classes in high school. The tragedy: his mother’s death in 2011 from breast cancer. Together, talent and tragedy have fueled his interest in becoming a surgeon or biomedical engineer. But there is more to the Rockledge, Florida, Eagle Scout’s story. He has wrestled, played flag football, played in band, and been an active member of Troop 224, even serving as crew chief for a trek at Philmont Scout Ranch.
Eagle Scout Argonaut Keynote Speaker
Bob Ballard, Ph.D., oceanographer and explorer
AMERICANISM BREAKFAST GUESTS Scott Parazynski, M.D.
In 17 years as an astronaut, Dr. Scott Parazynski flew five space shuttle missions and conducted seven spacewalks—one of which was among the most challenging and dangerous ever performed. But this Eagle Scout’s adventures don’t just occur in zero gravity. In 2004, he conducted a scientific dive in the world’s highest lake; in 2009, he became the first astronaut to stand atop Mt. Everest. Today, Dr. Parazynski serves as the chief medical officer and director for the Center for Polar Medical Operations, University of Texas Medical Branch, in Galveston, Texas. He is also chairman of the Challenger Center for Space Science Education, an international not-for-profit founded by the families of astronauts lost during the last flight of the Challenger space shuttle in 1986.
Patrick Lowe
Patrick Lowe, the recipient of this year’s $50,000 NESA STEM Scholarship, knows how to use his hands. He built his own wind tunnel to study aerodynamics, used his welding and machining skills to support his high school robotics team, and fabricated performance parts for a ’65 Plymouth Barracuda he turned into a hot rod. But the Eagle Scout from Palos Verdes Estates, California, also knows how to use his brain, having studied everything from biofuels and genetic algorithms to airplane propulsion and cyber defense. In fact, his biggest challenge at MIT, where he is a rising sophomore, is not the course work. It’s choosing just one field of engineering to pursue.
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David Briscoe, Ph.D.
David Briscoe, this year’s Alumnus of the Year, holds a Ph.D. in sociology and is an alumnus of the Executive Program at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Yet he invites his students at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock to call him by his first name, and he counts Introduction to Sociology among his favorite courses. It’s no surprise the university named him a Distinguished Teaching Fellow. He is a member of the National Executive Board and the NESA Committee. He has served on the Philmont Training Center faculty and taught “College: The Eagle Scout Way” at last summer’s National Order of the Arrow Conference.
C.B. Wren
He’s only 16 years old, but C.B. Wren has already enjoyed a lifetime of adventures. He has visited the Galapagos Islands, camped in the African bush, danced with the Maasai people in Tanzania, run in the Great Rift Valley, atop the Great Wall of China, and climbed the thousands of steps at Tibet’s Potala Palace. This summer, the Augusta, Georgia, native will add to his résumé by serving as the National Eagle Scout Association’s second Eagle Scout Argonaut. In that role, he will visit Dr. Bob Ballard’s ship, the E/V Nautilus, and work to get other Scouts and students excited about careers in science, technology, engineering, and math.
Bob Ballard, Ph.D.
Bob Ballard is chairman of the JASON Project (sponsor of the Eagle Scout Argonaut program) and explorer-in-residence with the National Geographic Society. He is best known for revolutionizing undersea exploration through the development of remotely operated submersibles that can function at expedition sites miles below the surface. Such submersibles have helped him find and explore such famous shipwrecks as the Titanic and the Lusitania. He has done extensive studies on hydrothermal vents and the chemistry of seawater. He has published more than 60 scientific articles in such journals as Science, Nature, and Earth and has written numerous books and articles for the general public.
5/14/13 1:17 PM
Csatari Prints Still Available The National Eagle Scout Association is proud to offer a variety of purchase options of Joseph Csatari’s brilliant painting, “100 Years of Eagle Scouts.” Items for Purchase
2013 Americanism Breakfast
❏ 20 x 24 framed giclée on canvas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$300 ❏ 20 x 24 giclée on canvas (unstretched). . . . . . . . . . . . . .$150 ❏ 11 x 14 giclée on paper using William Turner stock . .$60
FridAy, MAy 24, 2013
GrApevine, TexAs
Visit www.nesa.org/100_years_prints.html to place your order. Custom orders may be arranged through the NESA office by calling 972-580-2032.
Join the Scouting Alumni Association • T he Scouting Alumni Association is an excellent way to involve more volunteers in your council. • A ll councils should have an alumni relations committee to promote the Scouting Alumni Association using the many resources provided at www.BSAalumni.org. • C ouncil alumni relations committee members should personally contact reconnected alumni to help them get involved in a capacity that suits them. • T he benefits of signing up for the Scouting Alumni Association continue to increase.
Make the Connection By utilizing the Scouting Alumni Association, your council can strengthen its network of resources. Help make this program function more effectively in your council, and reap the benefits.
www.nesa.org
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