BOY SCOUTS

I am an Army wife of 17 years and a mother of three. My children are 13, 8, and 3. I have a BA in English and was recently accepted to a university Alternative Teacher Certification Program in order to become a Special Education Teacher. I start my studies Spring 2011 and am very excited. With my husband in the Army, our family has moved quite a bit over the last 17 years to include living in Germany and Italy. My two oldest and I are heavily involved in Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts. When not doing something Scout-related, I love to read, surf the internet, connect with old friends and watch my favorite TV shows or movies.

Scott Erikson lives in Omaha, Nebraska and has been educating and supporting auto Dealers since 1994. Scott served as the Area Sales Manager for CitiFinancial Auto covering the state of Nbraska and the surrounding eleven states. This experience placed Scott in literally hundreds of dealerships where he would provide sales and compliance support for these dealers. Prior to CitiFinancial, Scott was the Finance Director with H & H Chevrolet in Omaha for many years and thirteen years with Wells Fargo prior to that. In May 2007, Scott was recruited to be the District Manager for Automotive Development Group LLC. (ADG) Scott likes to spend time with his family, he serves as the Council Camping Chair for the Mid-America Council - Boy Scouts of America and is pleased to have the opportunity serve youth and now helping others build better camps. Scott is an active public speaker, motivator and educator for the auto industry and for the Boy Scouts.

I am a former Outdoor Recreation Manager for a small luxury resort in Northeastern Pennsylvania. I have been employed in the outdoor recreation industry, one way or another, since 1990. My previous employment has included many years at various summer camps, ultimately ending up as a camp program director. I have worked as a backpacking guide in New Mexico, sold outdoor recreation equipment for several companies, made snow and ran lifts at ski areas, and was an executive director for the Boy Scouts. I also currently volunteer as a high-ropes/challenge course director for the Boy Scouts and am member of the National Ski Patrol. I have also served as a volunteer instructor for disabled skiers, a Leave-No-Trace outdoor educator, and have been affiliated with several hiking and outdoor clubs and groups throughout the Northeastern US.

I was born in late August a few years ago on the small island of Okinawa in Japan. Wow many people say but it is not all that unusual as both of my parents served in the United States Air Force. Soon after birth we moved to Texas when my little sister was added to the family. Another 2 years another move to our nation's capital Washington DC. It was there that I had the opportunity to spend time with my family in Baltimore, MD and get to know my cousins and prepare for the next move. In 1984 we moved to Aviano Air Force base in Italy. It is here that I began to really experience the world and get an appreciation for other lifestyles. We lived in Italy for four years and again while we were there we added my baby sister to the family. We traveled extensively while there. From Aviano, to Florence, to Milan, to Venice, Rome, even atop the Leaning Tower of Pisa and rang the bell there! I loved the art work, I loved the people, but I especially gained an affinity for Italian food! Lasagna is by far my favorite. While there we also had the chance to see many other sites and cities such as Ramstein in Germany, Eagles Nest in Austria, we even visited some of the most beautiful beaches on the coast of the Mediterranian Sea. I honestly don't have one bad memory from our family adventures in Europe. After our tour there we got our next duty station: Austin, Texas here we come! We were to be stationed at Bergstrom Air Force Base (now it is closed) and there we lived for two years. It was great to be back in the United States! I joined the Royal Rangers a small group for boys very similar to the Boy Scouts of America. By the time we were ready to leave there I think that I had finally gotten used to moving every few years as it became "the norm" for me. Next up Andrews Air Force Base, home of Air Force One the President's personal plane. After arriving I felt like it was time for a new challenge! I was extremely happy not just for the new start but also

Mark Pere Madrona is working as an assistant editor for a book publishing company. He contributes blogs for Definitely Filipino and occasionally edits Wikipedia articles pro bono. Last August 2011, his feature article about the 1963 Boy Scouts of the Philippines tragedy was published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer. He earned his degree in Journalism from UP College of Mass Communication in 2010 (cum laude) and is currently a Master of Arts in History student in UP Diliman. He is maintaining a WordPress blog.

CPA with a Masters Degree in Accounting/Taxation from BYU. Managing Partner of Peisner Johnson & Company, LLP. PJCo is a nationwide CPA firm specializing in the practice of state and local tax consulting. The firm has been in existence since 1992 and has consulted with thousands of companies to help them solve their multistate tax problems. Mr. Johnson is a family man living in North Texas. Active in his community, Mr. Johnson has served in many community roles. Currently he serves on the local District Committee for the Boy Scouts and serves as the President of the school booster club. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are also ranchers who raise not only cattle and horses but their 8 children on a ranch near Waxahachie, Texas. Mr. Johnson has always been active in serving in his church. He served a mission to Central America in the early 1980's and maintains fluency in spanish both in writing and speaking by actively serving in the hispanic community of his church.

I am a Christian wife and mother. I enjoy homeschooling my two sons, leading an awesome group of Boy Scouts, teaching a Youth class at my church, and spending lots of time with my family. I am an avid reader, and I love to write. I believe the things I value most in life have lost their value to most people in this world. I don't put much stock in earning a high salary, climbing the ladder of success, keeping up with the Jones', or modeling myself after the latest 'it' girl. I value love, honesty, respect, integrity, loyalty, courtesy, compassion...things many people can't even begin to define. I believe as a nation and as a culture we have lost our way.

Hi I am Kathy. I live in the beautiful state of Oregon. I am 50, and have lived a good life. I am struggling with MS and no longer working. I write to keep me going and feel it can be very therapeutic. I have raised three children, and have one grandson. They are the joys of my life. My grandson is my inspiration. He says some of the most beautiful things to me. It is a joy to see him always thinking and thinking outside of the box. His imagination is amazing and he is so creative. I have worked with children all of my life and it has been very rewarding for me; whether it be teaching preschool, or doing in home daycare, being a Girl Scout Leader or being a Scout Master for the Boy Scouts. I enjoy writing poetry, and writing other articles. Hope you enjoy my articles.

Born and raised in Southern California I have enjoyed a rich life filled with wonderful family. I enjoy gardening and playing with my grandchildren. I am always ready to see a festival or arts and crafts fair. I owned my own Interior Plant Care service company for many years and am familiar with the southern part of California having hiked and explored many of the local mountain trails. I especially love reading, sewing and searching for wildflowers and edible native plants. I also volunteer with the Boy Scouts of America as a merit badge counselor and troop committee member.

A southern Catholic from a family of 12 siblings, all adopted, homeschooled and biracial. Now as a married mother of two that also works in retail, continues to search for any biological realitives and raise her own children as Catholic, and remain sane. Involved in 4-H, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Ballet, and numerous volunteer positions.

This is the third "first day of school" for Amanda C. Miller at Windover High School. Not a Michigan native, Amanda grew up near Cleveland, OH and attended The Ohio State University. After earning a B.A. in English from OSU, she moved to Saginaw, MI and worked in the nonprofit world for Boy Scouts of America, becoming a "Commissioned Professional" at Tall Pine Council in Flint, MI. In 2003, Amelia, Amanda's daughter was born and she left the Boy Scouts to focus on motherhood, returning to work a few months later at Chemical Bank and Trust Company in Bay City, MI. While working at Chemical Bank and caring for the then-infant, Amelia, Amanda returned to school at Saginaw Valley State University to obtain her secondary teaching certification. Doing so required that she finish a minor in Psychology and complete education courses. During this time, Amanda transitioned from Chemical Bank to substitute teaching while she finished her teaching program at SVSU. After completing the coursework and becoming a "Highly Qualified Teacher" in the areas of English Language Arts and Psychology for grades 6-12 in the State of Michigan, her first experience having a classroom all her own, was at Millet Learning Center (center-based special education), which is where Amanda was a long-term substitute in a classroom of four students with Autism Spectrum Disorder. This position was coming to an end in December 2007 and actually led to Amanda finding the available position at Windover High School. Hired as a long-term sub with the hopes of a regular contract, Amanda started at Windover in January 2008. By June 2008, she became a contracted teacher and had started up the Special Education Department at Windover. Operating under an Emergency Certification, Amanda continues to complete the coursework toward a Learning Disability Endorsement and Masters Degree in Special Education. She is currently the only ELA teacher on staff and one of two Special Education teachers. I

D. X. Logan was born in July of 1979 in Trenton, Ohio but grew up most of his life in Middletown, Ohio. He always displayed an overriding interest in all things creative and in the outdoors. In the second grade he finish the novel Golem in the Gears by Piers Anthony. It was the first full novel he read on his own and his love of the written word already apparent to anyone. The works of such authors as Piers Anthony, Steven Brust and Robert Jordan, as well as many classics, were quickly used to feed an appetite. In High School, he became involved in roleplaying games, finding that they were an outlet for his desire to draw into the mindset of a character. It also gave him a lot of practice on expanding a character's background information. Understanding how the past affected their present actions became a valuable tool in his writing arsenal. In 1998, He achieved the highest rank in the Boy Scouts, being named Eagle Scout. Shortly after, he became an assistant Scoutmaster in addition to being an instructor for the survival merit badge. Later that same year, he began attending Miami University, majoring in Early Childhood Education with a focus in family social work. He graduated with a Bachelor degree, but did not move into the teaching field. Since then, he has lived in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Mississippi and learned the ins and outs of many different types of job, each of which offers insights and inspiration for his writing. He has hiked over 8000 miles over the course of his life and in 2006 did almost 2200 of them as a continuous trip. That year he hiked from Georgia to Maine under the moniker of Sir Lancelot the Brave. The trip took nearly six months and offered a lot of perspective in his life. The trip also served as the major inspiration for Hike Not Alone. On returning from the Appalachian Trail, he began researching on Roleplaying Game design, crafting several games. This included the E-publishing of an alpha test version of a game called Th

Dr. Fullmer graduated from Washington State University with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree. He also graduated from the University of Idaho with a bachelor's degree in Veterinary Sciences and from Ricks College with an associate's degree in Health Science and a year certificate in Emergency Medicine. He was formerly certified as a Red Cross CPR and First Aid Instructor and an Emergency Medical Technician in Idaho and Georgia. He has served as the emergency preparedness coordinator for his congregation and is a member of the Oregon Veterinary Emergency Response Team Dr. Fullmer worked for the Northwest Equine Reproduction Laboratory at the University of Idaho, the Boron Neutron Capture Therapy program at Washington State University and lived and worked on a USDA farm in Pullman, Washington during college. He currently practices veterinary medicine at the Dallas Animal Clinic, a mixed animal practice in Dallas, Oregon. Dr Fullmer was born May 18, 1964 in Rexburg Idaho to Jaylene Marie Elder and William Ross Fullmer. He grew up in Menan, Idaho on his grandfather's farm, where he was involved in raising sheep, beef cattle, sugar beets, seed barley, wheat, russet potatoes, field corn, and alfalfa, as well as milking his uncle's dairy cows. He graduated from Rigby High School and attended Ricks College for one year, where he was a theatre major. After his first year at Ricks he served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints in the Thailand Bangkok Mission. Dr. Fullmer is active in his church, where he has served as young men's president, Sunday school and primary teacher, high councilor with responsibility for young men and young women, as a bishop's councilor with responsibility for the youth, and currently serves as a bishop. He also volunteers with the Boy Scouts of America, and has served in the leadership of his local veterinary association.

Born in the 1950's, when Mom knew best, grew up on the ideals of the Lone Ranger, Boy Scouts, My Friend Flicka and a love of horses that knew no end. I have always resided in Michigan. During the sixties, I gradually, grew up and found the ideas of several camps who shaped new ideas and ideals. Books and nature were important as were science, animals, college and developing "self". I have professional experience in finance, banking, lending, retail management, customer service with awards, research into complex escalated issues with resolution and a paralegal degree.

I grew up in Overland Park Kansas and found my love for the outdoors when I joined the Boy Scouts.And first discovered my lifelong interest in Gold Prospecting in the Sangre de Christo mountains of New Mexico at the Philmont Boy Scout Ranch. I earned my Associates in Computer Sciences and HVACR. The careers of my live has always been involved one way or another with those two. I ended up retiring from a 15 year career as a HVACR supervisor for the Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice. I managed to go on prospecting and camping trips throughout my working life. The last 10 years my life has taken on me on a path of self study of Constitutional and Common Law.

Boy Scouts of America, Eagle Scout, Vigil Honor member Order of the Arrow, Network Engineer, American Red Cross Instructor Trainer, NRA Instructor

Born in Salt Lake City Utah in 1980, I have been active in the community, Boy Scouts of America, and the LDS (Mormon) church my entire life. I have always had great interest in computers and technology. I am currently employed as the Director of IT for a market research firm. In this role I have the opportunity to manage a team of programmers, negotiate IT related contracts, and have the primary responsibility for help desk, networking, database management, telecommunications, programming, and web development. I come from a family of educators. My mother has focused on special education, and so the family maintains a constant discussion centered around the challenges and most important elements of early education. It was likely this focus that pushed me to read as much as I do, and to do well in school. Other interests I have include: camping, sight-seeing, scuba diving, exercise and weight loss, sports, piano and trumpet, fantasy and science fiction novels, and of course writing.

Born in Philadelphia, grow up in southern NJ,spending time with my family. Twin Boys,wife Boy Scouts,Kids sports

I am a man of many interests. My philosophy in life is to learn and try whatever piques my interest. In High school I taught myself to play guitar. I studied Psychology and Music in College. I was a Camp Counselor for Boy Scouts and later a Camp Counselor for Troubled Youth. I worked at a Group Home for three years in the Chicagoland area. I am currently an emplyee at Home Depot and have learned a wealth of knowledge about Home Improvement. I took up running (again) and trained for and completed the Chicago Marathon. Two years ago I completed a certificate program for Architecture and AutoCAD design. I like to think I am a very well rounded individual that is always looking to expand his experiences.

A happily married mother of a rambunctious boy and a furry Maltese, I recently decided to stop complaining about not having enough time to take care of my family and my home. Instead, I will be leaving my job (that I do enjoy- but not enough to choose it over my family) and starting a career in random small jobs that will allow me to be home when the school bell rings. Born and raised in beautiful Hatillo, Puerto Rico, I moved to Lafayette, Indiana to obtain a Bachelor in Arts from Purdue University. After college I married my wonderful husband, moved four times in two years, worked as a project manager, store manager and photographer before joining the Boy Scouts of America. After four years of very rewarding work, I will soon "retire". Waiting for me are many house projects, some translating work, writing, volunteering and enjoying my son.

I'm a 19 year old technology enthusiast as well as active gamer. I'm an active member of the Boy scouts of America where I received my Eagle Scout Award in 2005 as well as three Eagle Palms, and roughly 300 merit badges

Boy Scouts - 1960's to early 70's USMC - 10 years from 70's to 80's Geo, Env & Mat Consulting - 20 yrs Concrete and Steel Fab - 6 yrs First Aid/CRP Instructor Certified OSHA 40 Hour Hazardous Waste Certified Radiation Safety Officer Certified

5 Years Technology teacher, 6 Years Professiopnal with Boy Scouts, Senior Chief USNR retired.

I was born in Virginia and educated at Old Dominion University with a degree in Theatre Arts and Directing. For the past 35 years I have been lucky enough to work in that field both on the stage and in the director's chair. I have worked with the Boy Scouts of America for the past four years as a Scoutmaster. I am happily married with two sons who are in my Boy Scout Troop.

My real name is Chris Cancilla and I am a published Author: "History: The Salvation of Man" available at any on-line bookseller. My profession is an EDI professional specializing in Gentran/GIS products. I am an active adult leader with the Boy Scouts of America; and I haveCompleted Wood Badge, Outrageous Owl of SR-755.

Eagle Scout Class VP All that I know I learned from the Boy Scouts, for better or worse.

Born in a small town. Met my husband at age 33, married 15 years now. Had 1 very healthy baby in 1992; and Trisomy 18 baby in 1993. Very involved in Boy Scouts - husband is Scoutmaster.

Motivated charismatic personality. Accomplished Public Speaker, trained interns & public speakers, radio reporter announcer. Reliable, dependable. Volunteer for MADD, Boy Scouts, United Way. My motto: Let your attitude determine your altitude.

I'm a college student at North Georgia College. I'm majoring in Criminal Justice. I hope to one day work for the GBI as a Criminal Investigator. I have been working with Boy Scouts of America for 7 years.

I'm currently an English/Journalism Student at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. I'm an Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America, I enjoy spending time outdoors, and I work out every chance I get.