Why Join Boys Scouts?
As an Webelos parent, this is possibly the most important decision
you will ever make for your child!
you will ever make for your child!
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Before you and your child decide, here are some things you should know.
· Scouts and Sports together make a balanced diet of activities. Scouting is flexible enough for your child to excel at both, and many Scouts do. Scouting encourages a well-rounded balance of activities, and your child doesn’t have to attend every Scouting event.
· Boy Scouts is not like Cub Scouts. Boy Scouts takes things up several gears in the fun-factor and cool-factor for kids. It also teaches kids the kind of leadership, character and citizenship they just can’t get anywhere else.
· Scouts acquire skills, gain confidence and learn self-reliance in many areas that are just not available in the high school, the home or on the athletic field. Outside skills are obvious, but there are others. For example, it is a pleasure to watch a few scouts plan, prepare and cook a great meal for 60 or 80 people, serve it, then clean it all up.
· Scouts is a “leadership lab” for kids, imparting a depth and breadth of leadership and communication skills you just can’t learn any other place. Scouts find the leadership style that works for them, whatever their background and personality. Scouts avoid typical “first job out of college” problems that non-Scouts did not learn.
· Scouting is youth-run. It is also probably the only place in their lives where it can be a tremendous success even when things go awry! Kids learn and improve the next time.
· Scouting requires community service that many kids would not otherwise experience.
· Scouts who earn the rank of Eagle Scout find that it opens doors for them in college and after, because of the achievement signified by that rank. To earn Eagle, Scouts must manage a project for the community, with all that that entails. They must have run all aspects of the entire Boy Scout troop, and explored many personal, sporting and academic areas through the merit badge program. “Eagle Scout”survives on adult resumes well into their careers.
· By the time your child is applying to college, he/she will find that Scouting has given him/her a rich resume of experiences, community service and achievement. Scouts typically make Scouting the core of their college essays and refer to Scouting experiences in their interviews. College admission offciers like the well-rounded and in-depth extra-curricular achievements of Scouting. Many colleges offer leadership scholarships, and there are a number of scholarships for Scouts, especially Eagle Scouts.
It may seem a long way off, but it catches up with you sooner than you think! The full benefit of Scouts will be realized when your child leaves high school, but the time to act is now. Scouting could be the best start on his/her young adult life you can give him/her.
Scouts - you just can’t get this anywhere else!
· Scouts and Sports together make a balanced diet of activities. Scouting is flexible enough for your child to excel at both, and many Scouts do. Scouting encourages a well-rounded balance of activities, and your child doesn’t have to attend every Scouting event.
· Boy Scouts is not like Cub Scouts. Boy Scouts takes things up several gears in the fun-factor and cool-factor for kids. It also teaches kids the kind of leadership, character and citizenship they just can’t get anywhere else.
· Scouts acquire skills, gain confidence and learn self-reliance in many areas that are just not available in the high school, the home or on the athletic field. Outside skills are obvious, but there are others. For example, it is a pleasure to watch a few scouts plan, prepare and cook a great meal for 60 or 80 people, serve it, then clean it all up.
· Scouts is a “leadership lab” for kids, imparting a depth and breadth of leadership and communication skills you just can’t learn any other place. Scouts find the leadership style that works for them, whatever their background and personality. Scouts avoid typical “first job out of college” problems that non-Scouts did not learn.
· Scouting is youth-run. It is also probably the only place in their lives where it can be a tremendous success even when things go awry! Kids learn and improve the next time.
· Scouting requires community service that many kids would not otherwise experience.
· Scouts who earn the rank of Eagle Scout find that it opens doors for them in college and after, because of the achievement signified by that rank. To earn Eagle, Scouts must manage a project for the community, with all that that entails. They must have run all aspects of the entire Boy Scout troop, and explored many personal, sporting and academic areas through the merit badge program. “Eagle Scout”survives on adult resumes well into their careers.
· By the time your child is applying to college, he/she will find that Scouting has given him/her a rich resume of experiences, community service and achievement. Scouts typically make Scouting the core of their college essays and refer to Scouting experiences in their interviews. College admission offciers like the well-rounded and in-depth extra-curricular achievements of Scouting. Many colleges offer leadership scholarships, and there are a number of scholarships for Scouts, especially Eagle Scouts.
It may seem a long way off, but it catches up with you sooner than you think! The full benefit of Scouts will be realized when your child leaves high school, but the time to act is now. Scouting could be the best start on his/her young adult life you can give him/her.
Scouts - you just can’t get this anywhere else!
Some Scouts you may heard of......
JFK and 8 other Presidents have been either Scouts or Scout leaders. President Gerald Ford said:
‘I can say without hesitation, because of Scouting principles, I know I was a better athlete, I was a better Congressman, and I was a better prepared President.’
211 members of the 111th Congress have participated in Scouting
11 out of the 12 people to walk on the moon were Scouts including Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong, who was an Eagle Scout. As of 2005, 38 Astronauts were Eagle Scouts. Click for more on Scouts in Space Exploration.
Other notable leaders who were scouts include Walter Cronkite, Bill Gates, J. Willard Marriott, Jr., Sam M. Walton and Steven Spielberg.
Click here for more famous Scouts.
Click here for more on Scouting Outcomes.
‘I can say without hesitation, because of Scouting principles, I know I was a better athlete, I was a better Congressman, and I was a better prepared President.’
211 members of the 111th Congress have participated in Scouting
11 out of the 12 people to walk on the moon were Scouts including Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong, who was an Eagle Scout. As of 2005, 38 Astronauts were Eagle Scouts. Click for more on Scouts in Space Exploration.
Other notable leaders who were scouts include Walter Cronkite, Bill Gates, J. Willard Marriott, Jr., Sam M. Walton and Steven Spielberg.
Click here for more famous Scouts.
Click here for more on Scouting Outcomes.
