Executive Board President

Service to others is burned into Scouting’s culture: • “Do a Good Turn Daily” • “...to help other people at all times...” • “A Scout is ... Helpful” • “I ... will endeavor, so far as in my power lies, to be unselfish in service and devotion to the welfare of others.” But knowing that we are supposed to engage in service doesn’t answer the fundamental question: Why? I believe the answer to that question comes in three parts: First, service benefits the community around us. Peo

I returned this week from the “Thrive 2026 West” conference in Las Vegas (the other one, in Nevada.) That was a gathering of Councils from the western half of the country to get updates from our National leadership and to exchange ideas for meeting challenges that we are all facing. • The main takeaway from Thrive was the serious need to boost membership, locally and nationally. 2025 was disappointing on membership, as Scouting America slipped lower in numbers. That pattern i