Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Girl Scouts has been an important part of my life since I can remember. Girl Scouts helped me to learn to be practical, independent, strong, and most importantly, a leader. Put simply, Girl Scouts has molded me into the extremely driven person I am today. So you can imagine the shock and dismay I felt when my troop disbanded earlier this year. Though we were all members of the highest level of Girl Scouts as a girl could be, I thought the troop would remain intact until I went to college. I…

year commitment, I was about to finish the journey I started in kindergarten. I was walking into my Eagle Board of review and was about to join a very select group of boys that can call themselves Eagle Scouts and achieve the most prestigious achievement of my life to date. As I looked around the room I was thinking about all that Boy Scouts had meant to me. I remembered learning how to shape a block of wood with a sander during my first attempt to make Pinewood Derby car. I remembered…

on Boy Scouts of America's decision on letting girls join the program, I thank you for your insight and respect everyone’s point of view. And while the facts are that BSA intends to start a program that will begin to integrate girls into BSA by having “Girls Only Troops”, it still does not change the core argument that BSA is changing the dynamic of Boy Scouts. This is the first step to the inevitable merger of male and female troops. While the troops, for now, will not be co-ed. If the girls…

The Young Men’s Christian Association focuses primarily on the betterment of communities through fostering the development of upstanding youth. In addition to youth development, “the Y”, as it is often called for short, focuses itself on teaching others to live a healthy life, and to be socially responsible citizens. For example, in the YMCA’s Youth Development program, children can pick from a variety of activities – one of which is camping. Camping comes in three unique flavors at the Y; kids…

describe a Boy Scout and they will probably tell you that Boy Scouts are socially awkward kids who play with knifes, fire and guns. Stereotypes are oversimplifications about groups or individuals. What makes up a stereotype is that a bit of truth is blown completely out of proportion. When stereotyping, society will see a small section of a group, and assume that the entire group fits within what has been observed. There are many different stereotypes regarding members of the Boy Scouts of…

The various roles in the Boy Scouts of America are based on leadership. You have a Senior Patrol leader, Assistant Senior Patrol Leader, Patrol Leader, Assistant Patrol leader, Quartermaster, Scribe, Historian, Librarian, Instructor, Chaplain Aid, Bugler. The Senior Patrol Leader is elected by the Scouts to represent them as the top youth leader. He runs all troop meetings, events, activities. He appoints other troop youth leaders with the advice and counsel of the Scoutmaster. The Assistant…

From my beginning as a Wolf Scout to my current promotion as an Eagle Scout, the Scouting program has always existed as a fundamental aspect of my life that has largely shaped my morals and personality. The picture above represents not only a culmination of the hard work that I have dedicated towards achieving a great honor, but also a large influence that has helped guide me through life. Through every campout, service project, fundraiser, and planning conference, Scouting constantly helped me…

The Boy Scouts of America is one of the largest youth organizations in the nation, having an astounding 2.4 million youth involved in its programs. Since 2007 I have been lucky to consider myself one of those members. Starting in third grade, I joined as a Bear Cub, in the Cub Scout program, and have made my way from there up to the highest rank in Boy Scouts, Eagle. When I started my journey I was a fairly quiet kid, reserved and not very good at controlling a group. The Boy Scouts program…

As I worked toward my Eagle Scout Award, I became Senior Patrol Leader of my Boy Scout Troop #83. In this role, I was to lead the troop of 15-20 active members ranging from fifth grade to twelfth grade. When I took this leadership role, the troop was having difficulty retaining membership, the parents complained about lengthy award events, the youth leadership that I replaced did not take their role seriously, scout behavior became disruptive and unacceptable, and overall the meetings just…

My journey to Eagle Scout An event that marks my transition from childhood to adulthood is going through Scouting. This was a major event that made a huge impact on who I am today this made me mature, responsible and so much more. What was the final stage of my journey to adulthood was getting my Eagle. This shows me the whole transition from childhood to adulthood. Going through Scouting has been a huge event in my life for several reasons, one being that I would always be learning how to…