[Troop139] Fwd: Are There Still Boy Scouts?

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Hi Folks!
Saw this article on retired SECDEF Bill Gates, an Eagle Scout himself and the volunteer President of the Boy Scouts of America.
Great stories embedded here.
Yours in Scouting,
Gordon Beattie
201.314.6964





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From: papadall at aol.com 
Date: 2014/10/05  02:44  (GMT-05:00) 
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Subject: Are There Still Boy Scouts? 
 
Esquire, the highly respected men’s magazine that reaches 2.6 million adults, profiles BSA National President Robert M. Gates in its October 2014 issue.

Robert Gates, a former CIA director and secretary of defense.In May became the thirty-fifth national president of the Boy Scouts .
Are There Still Boy Scouts?

Millions of them, in tens of thousands of troops, though not nearly as many as there once were. Robert Gates is hoping to change that.

http://www.esquire.com/features/boy-scouts-1014?click=promo