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Every month Boy’s Life has several stories of Scouts who have responded to a crisis. We should create a web site that has all of the S.I.A. stories ever published.

We should also add a where are they now follow up piece to each story. Did the Scout then go on to become an Eagle Scout, go to college, military or public service, etc.

The opportunity also exists to produce a collection, or the entire series of these stories in a book. Commemorative editions could be good sellers/ fundraisers. A fantastic media opportunity would be to present a copy to every Library and School in America on a coordinated date.
Moderator Comments
2/18/09
From: Warren Young, Department Manager of Magazines

We are investigating the possibility of a compilation of "A True Story of
Scouts in Action," possibly for our centennial year in 2011, as well as the
possibility of a series of books. However, a Web site full of these stories
would amount to giving away our content, which we don't like to do (nor do
the freelancers who create the material nor do our accountants). The
magazine doesn't have the resources to follow up on the Scouts featured in
S.I.A. That would be an incredibly time-consuming process. Ancillary
products are always a good idea if we can make them financially feasible.
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jeburke 9 months ago
I made an overhead transparency of the SIA that ran after September 11... volunteers enjoy being reminded of that on the anniversary each year. a SIA database would be terrific for many community things-- heatstroke awareness in the summer, combatting drunk driving at prom season, etc.
Judy Sizemore 5 months ago
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