By Ian Miller
At The Golden Scoop, we take pride in all our staff, but we want to take the time to celebrate a special few of our team members: Eagle Scouts! Incredibly, The Golden Scoop has several Eagle Scouts on staff.
Here is a look at our amazing Eagle Scouts: Super Scooper Patrick, wholesale manager Bob Asaro, and me, your column writer!
I became an Eagle Scout in 2007, at the age of 16. Being an Eagle Scout is a huge honor and privilege, and it takes years of dedication and hard work to achieve.
Completion of the requirements for Eagle also includes leading a community-improvement project of some sort; for mine, I designed and oversaw the creation of a multilevel garden on the grounds of my former church, which is still there today.
As a worldwide organization, the Boy Scouts has a long history. Formed in 1910 by Robert Baden-Powell in the UK as the “Boy Scouts Association,” the Scouting Movement quickly spread, and soon boys’ and girls’ scouting troops were forming all over the world, using the original scouting guide Scouting for Boys that Baden-Powell had written in 1908.
The Girl Guides (known as Girl Scouts in the United States) was officially incorporated shortly afterwards, created by Baden-Powell’s sister, Agnes Baden-Powell, with help from Baden-Powell himself.
“I feel proud to [be an] Eagle Scout,” wrote Super Scooper Patrick during our chat-message interview. “My family, my Scoutmasters, and my fellow scouts helped and supported me. [For my Eagle Scout project,] I designed three horse-training bridges for Sugar Creek.” [Sugar Creek Equinapy is a horseback-riding therapy center in Harrisonville, MO.] Patrick is also the proud holder of 39 merit badges!
Patrick has a family history of Eagle Scouts. When he received his Eagle rank, he described the ceremony: “When I got [my] Eagle Scout [award], it made me feel important . . . My sisters [gave] a speech about [me] and they were proud, and I [could] see them cry tears of joy. My grandma was proud of me and my brother-in-law and cousins and an uncle, who are also Eagle Scouts, were very proud of me.”
Bob Asaro, wholesale manager at The Golden Scoop, is also an Eagle Scout! When I asked him about his Scouting experience, he wrote, “I definitely enjoyed being in Scouting for many years, from the age of 7 until my early teenage years. Learning camping and survival skills at an early age helped me through my Navy years and into the workforce. Adding “Eagle Scout” to my resume’s accomplishments helped me get my first job and two great careers.”
He concluded with an insightful message about the positive, meaningful impact Eagle Scouts strive to have on their communities and upon the younger scouts who follow them:
“Eagle Scouts are a lifelong ‘brotherhood’ interested in doing the right thing, helping other people to have a better life and sharing good deeds every chance we get.”
Find the Golden Scoop at these locations:
9540 Nall Avenue
Overland Park, Kansas 66207
913-284-804410460 W 103rd Street
Overland Park, Kansas 66214
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Sunday @103rd: 9am-5pm
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