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Scouting Heritage


A Look At 100 Boys That Join Scouting:

        18 will develop hobbies which will last a lifetime
8 will enter a career based on Merit Badges work
17 will become Scout volunteers
12 will receive their first time religious contact
5 will earn their religious emblem
2 will enter the clergy
1 will use Scouting skills to save the life of another person
1 will use Scouting skills to save his own life
        2 will attain the rank of EAGLE
28 will continue lifelong hobbies started in Scouting

Were you aware that Boy Scout Alumni include:
63% of Air Force Academy graduates
68% of West Point graduates
70% of Annapolis graduates
72% of Rhodes Scholars
85% of FBI agents
65% of college graduates
65% of US Congress
85% of airline pilots
85% of student council presidents
89% of senior class presidents
71% of football captains
65% of basketball captains
88% of school newspaper editors
77% of editors of school annuals
75% of business managers of school publications
80% of junior class presidents


26 of the first 29 astronauts were Boy Scouts.
11 of the 12 who walked on the moon were Scouts.
108 of 172 astronauts were Boy Scouts.
Over half of the 108 Scout Astronauts attained Star, Life or Eagle ranks.




Source: www.eaglescout.org