29-year-old professional football player, David Montgomery, didn’t get to where he is now by sitting on the sidelines…
When we say “sidelines,” we’re talking about sports AND Scouting. A member of Troop 772 (a troop in Cincinnati), David fell in love with Scouting quickly. In time, he earned the highest and most revered rank –
#EagleScout status – in 2014.
But, when David first joined
#CubScouts, he was a bit nervous…thinking
#Scouting was not for people like him.
He quickly learned this fear was unwarranted – from Pinewood Derby, to campouts, to earning plenty of Merit Badges in
#ScoutsBSA, to so much more…David excelled in Scouting. Sitting on the sidelines was never an option.
“I definitely think it’s a form of fear because the thought of what everybody else around them would think,” Montgomery explains in a recent AP article. “Definitely think that plays a major role. So, I think me playing football and playing as long as I have and being a positive … role model in regards ...