Boy Scout of America was founded over 102 years ago. The original founder was Robert S.S. Baden-Powell he was originally from England. In the 1880s a Boy Scout leader immigrated to America and started it there. In 1909 William D. Boyce got lost in a dense fog then a boy came to help and refused payment, then the boy explained that Scouts where not supposed to take a tip and just do “a good turn daily”. As a result of that William started up the Boy Scouts as a national organization on February 8, 1910. In 1911 a physically handicapped man named James E. West was appointed Chief Scouting Executive, he retired in 1943.
The Boy Scouts have 2.7 million members and over 1 million adult volunteers, 11,963,746 service hours where recorded in 2011 of the journey to excellence. In 2011, 51,473 members earned the rank of Eagle Scout (of which I am one), and from 1912-2011 2 million scouts earned Eagle Scout rank. 33 astronauts became eagle scouts. President Ford, our 38th president, was an Eagle Scout and Bill Gates earned the rank of Life scout, one step short of Eagle rank.
Today the Boy Scouts are a big part of my life. Throughout scouting, I have learned many different things including how to start o good fire, and how to make a shelter out of the things I find in the wilderness. I have also learned to better manage my money, and other goals I may have. I have learned what to do in emergency situations, how to care for the wounded and how to keep people calm in these kinds of situations. It also has helped me become a leader. By learning about all of these famous people it makes me proud to be in the same group as them.
http://www.scouting.org/About/FactSheets/ScoutingFacts.aspx
http://www.scoutorama.com/eagle/eag_famous.cfm
http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/Founders.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Scouts_of_America
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Well done Paul!