Did You Know?

For every 100 boys who join Scouting, records show that:

• RARELY will one be brought before a juvenile court system
• 2 will become Eagle Scouts
• 17 will become future Scout volunteers
• 12 will have their first contact with a church
• 1 will enter the clergy
• 5 will earn their church award
• 18 will develop a hobby that will last through their adult life
• 3 will enter a vocation that was learned through the merit badge system
• 1 will use his Scouting skills to save the life of another person
• 1 will use his Scouting skills to save his own life

Scouts also account for:

• 64% of the Air Force Academy Graduates
• 70% of Annapolis Graduates
• 72% of Rhodes Scholars
• 85% of F.B.I. Agents
• 26 of the First 29 Astronauts