Boy Scout
facts:
• Started in 1910
• There are 2.4 million youth
participants and nearly one million
adult volunteers.
• More than 110 million Americans
have been participants in BSA
programs at some time.
• Became a founding member of
the World Organization of the Scout
Movement in 1922.
• Just over 2 million boys have reached
Eagle (the highes rank) in 100 years
(15,000 a year, roughly).
• Around 4 of every 100 boys that join
Scouts make Eagle Scout.
Girl Scout
facts:
• Started in 1912
• There are more than 1.7 million girls and
750,000 adults who participate in Girl
Scouts
• More than 50 million women have been
involved in Girl Scouts
• Girl Scouts of the USA was chartered by
the US Congress on March 16, 1950.
• Girl Scouts do a lot more than sell
cookies!
The long list of famous Boy Scouts and
Girl Scouts will surprise you. Presidents,
senators, representatives, judges, city
mayors, astronauts, explorers, military
leaders, sports stars, business leaders,
actors, singers, university and college
presidents and teachers. It's a long list. You
might know who some of them are and you
probably know someone in your family who
was a scout.
service projects and making their
communities a better place. You
might see them out cleaning up
parks and playgrounds, or helping
people in some way.
Scouts learn about all kinds of
different topics by doing activities
and earning badges for completing
the activity. For example, making
a first aid kit. They learn how to
treat wounds and administer first
aid. Then they build a first aid kit
and finally get a badge or patch for
learning. Each level has badges for
different things they learn. You can
learn about sciences, sports, crafts
trades, business and future careers.
From knot tying to camping to
cooking to computer coding, Scouts
get out and try lots of new things
and have fun learning together.
Scouting is a great way to make
new friends, be part of a team and
learn to do new things together.
See if any of your friends at school
are Scouts, they can show you their
badges and share what they like
about being a Scout. Check with
your adult if you want to join Boy
Scouts or Girl Scouts in your town.
You just might learn something and
make a bunch of new friends.
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