Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Road to Eagle The Boy Scouts of America is an association that was founded in 1910 with the goal of helping and serving communities all across America to make them a better place. Boy Scouts are highly looked upon for their good deeds and willingness to help, especially those who have reached the highest rank, Eagle Scout. As a proud Eagle Scout I can say that the journey to eagle is definitely a long and hard journey but one filled with adventure, great friends and completely worth wile in the…

skills development camp for four years, but I served on the climbing tower staff in the summer of 2015 as a merit instructor, a first-aid demonstrator/administrator, and as a meal entertainment leader for a total of seventy days. Before I left for Boy Scout camp for my fourth year, I attended a weeklong leadership training program called the National Youth Leadership Training. This course is taught by adults, but is executed and operated by the youth. During this program, I learned valuable…

Case Study- boy Scouts of America Name Institutional affiliation Professor’s Name Course Title Date Introduction Historical background In 1992, James Dale who was an assistant scoutmaster of Eagle Scout was suspended following allegations of being homosexual and an activist championing for the rights of the gay people. Later on, James, filed a case against his dismissal, claiming that, the Boy Scouts of America Association was violating The New Jersey law is in place against biasness…

When I set my mind to accomplishing a goal, I will be proactive and put in my maximum amount effort to complete the task the best I can. An example of an outsider school curriculum that shows initiative is being a Boy Scout. I am a First Class rank and working on becoming a Star Scout and an Eagle Scout. Due to Scouts, I can now start a fire in the middle of the woods in the dark. Every Tuesday night from 7.30-9pm, we learn various skills such as first aid which could help others if they are…

“Is anybody not ready? Hike On.” I exclaimed countless times on my twelve day trek at Philmont Scout Ranch. My much older brother had ventured to Philmont with our dad fifteen years before my trip, so as you can imagine, I grew up hearing stories of the 137,000 acre paradise perched within the Sangre de Cristo mountains in New Mexico. Philmont is a twelve day strenuous backpacking experience and not for the faint of heart. Luckily for me, I was eligible at fourteen and my dad was healthy and…

One accomplishment that sparked a period of growth and new understanding of myself was when I became a star scout in Boy Scouts. Before this time, I was not very motivated to becoming an Eagle Scout because only one percent of scouts become the pristijuce rank of Eagle Scout. Then one of my leaders came up to me and asked if I was planning on putting in the work it took to be an Eagle. I told him I did not know because I knew all the hard work and how I would have to persevere. In response, he…

Boy Scouts have been around for 108 years but they are planning to make the program more inclusive by letting girls into the program. Thus, creating a new name for the original organization. The conversation of changing the name causes a lot of controversy throughout the nation. The Boy Scout organization made their ultimate decision which was changing the name from Boy Scouts to Boy Scouts B.S.A in March of 2018. Having young girls and boys become equal in these programs caused a lot of…

Timothy Walt, a seventeen - year old boy scout had one big survival story to tell after his ordeal in climbing the Clavender Mountain in Aspen, Colorado near his hometown. It was June 22, 2017, a group of boy scouts assembling in the foot of Clavender Mountain for the “4th Annual Winter Survival. Timothy Walt was very excited to participate in the prestigious event. Timothy watched at the beauty of the mountain and it was magnificent – sharp peaks, stony slopes and serene ponds expansive to the…

young age. Sir Baden Powel in England founded Boy Scouts. It was based on morals and militaristic order to teach children how to learn new skills and how to act with good morals. After it transferred to the United States the Boy Scouts of America mirrored its British counterpart. The traditions that drove the organization since the 1800’s continued into the United States. From a young age these traditions drove how I interact with others like many other boys across the world. The world of…

in—which he denied were actually Transitions. James and I had become fast friends when we met the summer before, and I had often found myself on the phone with him since then, talking about how much we longed for camp, interspersed with updates of his girl problems. We were finishing up our hamburger foil packs, the evening…