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Portal:Scouting/Scouting news archive/2007

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  • December 4: Ohio Boy Scouts robbed while selling Christmas trees. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,314907,00.html Full Story]
  • November 26: WAGGGS partners with UNIFEM in a global campaign to end violence against women. [http://www.wagggs.org/en/news/664 Full Story]
  • November 25: Cleveland Sellers to receive Eagle Scout Badge at 64 years of age, more than four decades after it was earned. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/11/25/national/a114302S68.DTL&tsp=1 Full Story]
  • November 14: Indonesian Scouts announce need for relaunch to revitalize movement - despite 21 million active members. [http://www.thejakartapost.com/yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20071113.H06 Full Story]
  • October 30: Study by Girlguiding UK of top British women shows female only experiences in Brownies and Guides contributed to their career successes. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2201503,00.html Full Story]
  • October 26: Mural featuring Scouts by young Hergé is discovered in school in Brussels. [http://www.list.co.uk/article/5360-mural-by-boy-scout-herge-discovered-in-brussels-school/ Full Story]
  • October 23: British Scout group sells special B-P Beer. [http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=News&itemid=IPED22%20Oct%202007%2010%3A02%3A23%3A620 Full Story]
  • October 21: Scouts in Romania aid flood victims. [http://www.scout.org/en/information_events/events/2007/centenary_news/truckloads_of_good_deeds Full Story]
  • October 20: US Boy Scout group rescues injured hiker using improvised stretcher. [http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=local&id=5718017 Full Story]
  • October 20: Hong Kong Scouts help patrol hill fire blackspots during Chung Yeung Festival. [http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=55429&sid=15891924&con_type=3 Full Story]
  • October 19: 50th Jamboree on the Air gets under way with the theme "Around the World in 50 hours". [http://www.maltastar.com/pages/msFullArt.asp?an=15865 Full Story]
  • October 9: Descendants of Baden-Powell and Boyce meet for first time. [http://mywebtimes.com/ottnews/archives/ottawa/display.php?id=345995 Full Story]
  • October 9: Malaysian Scouts announce plan for expansion to 1 million members. [http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Tuesday/National/2055830/Article/index_html Full Story]
  • September 21: Scouts and Guides worldwide celebrate International Day of Peace. Reports from [http://www.wagggs.org/en/news/625 WAGGGS] and [http://www.scout.org/en/information_events/news/2007/international_day_of_peace_21_september WOSM]
  • September 13: International team of Scouts reaches summit of Baden-Powell Peak, Nepal. [http://www.scout.org/en/information_events/events/2007/centenary_news/scouts_reach_summit_of_baden_powell_scout_peak Full Story]
  • September 13: British Girl Guides achieve two world firsts — the highest altitude inflation of any balloon and the highest recorded tethered balloon display. [http://www.girlguiding.org.uk/xq/asp/sID.74/aID.2861/qx/news/article.asp Full Story]
  • August 20: British Cub pack thanked as heroin find leads to convictions. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=476408&in_page_id=1770 Full Story]
  • August 8: Scout hut in Suffolk, UK could be the oldest in existence. [http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/search/story.aspx?brand=EADOnline&category=News&itemid=IPED08%20Aug%202007%2008:48:00:640&tBrand=EADOnline&tCategory=search Full Story]
  • August 5: Four Algerian Scouts drown at a beach in rough weather. [http://www.ech-chorouk.com/english/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=7097 Full Story]
  • August 1: Indian Scouts and Guides flagged off on 1,600 km cycle rally. [http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID=%7B4C858D08-5AFC-423B-9D87-67E34DB1E555%7D&CATEGORYNAME=CHN Full Story]
  • August 1: Scouting's sunrise is celebrated by Scouts worldwide. Reports by country: [http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/national/scout-and-proud-life-still-a-jamboree-after-100-years/2007/08/01/1185647979228.html Australia]; [http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/August2007/01/c3023.html Canada]; [http://www.scout.org/en/around_the_world/arab/information_events/news/node_8145 Egypt]; [http://www.timesofmalta.com/core/article.php?id=270011 Malta]; [http://www.scouts.org.uk/news/archive/2007/August/010807_1.htm UK]
  • July 25: Woman and child rescued from chest-deep flood water by Scout in Texas, United States. [http://www.nbc5i.com/news/13755282/detail.html Full Story]
  • July 23: Atlantic Jamboree 2007 opens in Morocco. [http://www.scout.org/en/around_the_world/arab/information_events/news/2007 Full Story]
  • July 22: The Girls' Brigade Caribbean and Americas Regional Camp on Antigua closes. [http://www.antiguasun.com/paper/?as=view&sun=185524088807192007&an=104154089607192007&ac=Local Full Story]
  • July 17: Irish Girl Guides launch an outreach program to attract immigrants. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/UNHCR/4807d1bc4822172d00a438441127917c.htm Full Story]
  • July 9: Peace Caravan of Community Mediators from the Amahoro Amani Project starts its journey across African Great Lakes. [http://www.scout.org/en/around_the_world/africa/information_events/news/great_lakes_pomp_as_scouts_celebrate_the_peace_caravan Full Story]
  • July 7: Campa le Cheile, the 2007 international camp of the Irish Girl Guides opens. [http://www.meathchronicle.ie/frontpage/mud-sweat-but-no-tears-as--guides-make-field-their-home-996848.html Full Story]
  • July 5: Pope Benedict XVI praises the Scouting movement. [http://www.zenit.org/article-20058?l=english Full Story]
  • July 1: The Boys' Brigade UK has set up a project to help the Boys' Brigade Cameroon to achieve the goal of self-sufficiency. [http://www.palminpalm.org.uk/about.htm Full Story]
  • June 20: The Scout Association of Croatia is honored by President of Croatia Stjepan Mesić for its contribution to Croatian life. [http://www.scout.org/en/around_the_world/europe/information_events/news/the_scout_association_of_croatia_awarded_by_president_of_croatia_stjepan_mesic Full Story]
  • June 13: Girl Scouts of the USA wins educational awards for resources about cars and girls with parents in prison. [http://www.girlscouts.org/news/news_releases/2007/2007_aep_awards.asp Full Story]
  • June 4: Ugandan Scouts urge their government to save Mabira forest from sugar farming. [http://www.scout.org/around_the_world/africa/information_events/news/uganda_scouts_call_on_government_to_protect_forests Full Story]
  • June 3: A bear tries to pull an 11-year old Girl Scout from New Jersey out of her tent while she was asleep in her sleeping bag, at a campsite in Pennsylvania, USA. [http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj-njo--girlscouts-be0606jun06,0,2480133.story?coll=ny-region-apnewjersey Full Story]
  • May 31: In an unannounced vote, the Philadelphia City Council voted to evict the Cradle of Liberty Council Boy Scouts from the building they have occupied since 1928. [http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/20070601_Council_votes_to_end_Boy_Scouts_lease_The_group_must_pledge_not_to_discriminate_against_gays_or_else_pay_market_rent_to_the_city_.html Full Story]
  • May 28: Rain grounds Chief Scout's helicopter, but doesn't stop hundreds of thousands of British Scouts holding Centenary Camps. [http://www.scouts.org.uk/news/archive/2007/May/290507.htm Full Story]
  • May 24: An International Agoonoree starts on Jeju Island in South Korea. [http://www.scout.org/index.php/en/information_events/events/2007/centenary_news/fun_in_the_sun_with_korean_agoonoree Full Story]
  • May 17: Girlguiding UK announces a new strapline - girls in the lead. [http://www.girlguiding.org.uk/xq/asp/sID.74/aID.2557/qx/news/article.asp Full Story]
  • May 12: Texan Scouts attempt to break the world record by simultaneously launching 965 model rockets. [http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/05/13/13rockets.html Full Story]
  • May 11: Guiding in Ontario (Canada) will undergo an administrative restructuring, abandoning districts, divisions and areas. [http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=524780&catname=Local%20News&classif= Full Story]
  • May 4: The Australian Government has announced that 2008 will be the Year of the Scout in Australia. [http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21670300-1702,00.html Full Story]
  • April 29: 95 000 Belgian Scouts and Guides gather to celebrate the centenary of Scouting in and around Brussels. [http://www.scout.org/en/around_the_world/europe/information_events/news/jambe_95_000_belgians_launch_scouting_into_it_s_next_hundred_years Full Story]
  • April 22: A British Scout leader is honoured by Queen Elizabeth II for saving the lives of a group of mountain walkers. [http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1005/1005352_hero_of_danger_mountain.html Full Story]
  • April 18: Boy Scout training saves the life of student in the Virginia Tech massacre. [http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_5692940?nclick_check=1 Full Story]
  • March 18: Swiss Scouts break a world record with an igloo village. [http://www.scout.org/en/information_events/events/2007/centenary_news/switzerland_igloo_village_breaks_record Full Story]
  • March 10: The Rover Peace Baton reaches its destination in the Philippines, after crossing 24 countries. [http://www.scout.org/en/information_events/events/2007/centenary_news/peace_relay_in_asia_pacific_celebrates_100_years_of_scouting Full Story]
  • March 7: Salt Lake City, Utah, — A local chapter of the Boy Scouts of America has agreed to pay $330,000 and plant 9,000 tree seedlings to settle a state lawsuit over a wildfire that burned 14,200 acres, officials said. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,257258,00.html Full Story]
  • March 4: KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Premier Sibusiso Ndebele calls for at least 200 000 Scouts and Guides in the province by the end of September. [http://allafrica.com/stories/200703050409.html Full Story]
  • February 26: A study for Girlguiding UK finds young women in Guiding to be ambitious, career-minded and optimistic, but facing inequalities and pressures. [http://www.girlguiding.org.uk/xq/asp/sID.705/aID.2384/qx/press/article.asp Full Story]
  • February 25: Scouting is to become compulsory in schools in Pakistan from September 2007. [http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C02%5C25%5Cstory_25-2-2007_pg7_2 Full Story]
  • February 15: Scouting New Zealand will be holding its first National Mudslide Day this month. [http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0702/S00149.htm Full Story]
  • February 4: Girlguiding UK is adding a hijab to its uniform in an attempt to encourage a more ethnically diverse membership. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1324182.ece Full Story]
  • January 31: Scouts in Bhutan celebrate their first National Jamboree. [http://www.kuenselonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=8079 Full Story]
  • January 28: Malek Gabr, Bronze Wolf and former WOSM Deputy Secretary General, has died. [http://www.scout.org/en/information_events/news/2007/gone_home_malek_gabr Full Story]
  • January 25: Girl Scout Research Study Institute issues report on girls, obesity, and healthy living. [http://www.girlscouts.org/news/news_releases/2006/healthy_living.asp Full Story]
  • January 8: Parents are the people most admired by young people, but boredom is a problem. A ground breaking report by The Scout Association reveals young people's attitudes and motivations in the UK today. [http://www.scouts.org.uk/news/archive/2007/Jan/080107.html Full Story]
  • January 3: A 14-year-old Scout has become the youngest person to sail across the Atlantic Ocean singlehanded. [http://www.scouts.org.uk/news/archive/2007/Jan/030107.htm Full Story]
  • January 3: Issues such as eating disorders and sex are being incorporated into the peer education program for Guides in the UK after feedback from girls. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6227879.stm Full Story]